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WA: The 2005 Bonnes Mares marries black and red raspberries with fresh- sorbet- and liquer-like aspects alternating on a quite refined, polished, and (for this cru) seemingly less-savage than usual palate. Myriad herbs and spices mingle with the fruit and suggestions of wood smoke, horehound and sassafras emerge along with the sweet raspberries in a lingering finish that administers a considerable lashing of fine tannin and displays a sappy, resinous, faintly peppery cling. This is certainly the alter ego of this year’s cool, floral, tender Amoureuses. Final choices had been made as to those barrels from Musigny that would be culled to bottle as Chambolle 1er Cru but they represented several as yet unblended lots, which I was unable to taste. Francois Millet notes that skin-to-juice ratios this year were as formidably high as those of 2003, yet thanks to relatively mild temperatures, the fruit retained what he terms a “sorbet-like presentation.” Dreyfus Ashby, New York, NY; tel. (212) 818-0770 and a Peter Vezan Selection (various importers), Paris; fax 011 33 1 42 55 42 93 |
| 2007-11-09 10:43 |
IWC: By Stephen Tanzer
Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Mar/Apr 07
Medium ruby-red. Briary blackberry, blueberry, violet and inky licorice on the nose. Thick on entry, then dense and sweet in the middle, with excellent thrust to the flavors of blackberry, violet, earth, herbs and spices. Finishes broad, subtle and long, with a powerful tannic backbone and lingering notes of dark berries, herbs and bitter chocolate. Built for extended aging. 92-94 points
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