2/23/2024 - cch1966 Likes this wine:

Notes of red berries and a little herbs. Soft on tannins. Enjoyable wine with good length.

4/19/2023 - remyworldpeace Likes this wine:

Tasted from barrel at property just before bottling. Smokier. Nice oak along with the cassis and blackberries and some darker cherry. Smokier oak and spices on long, complex finish. Dense and concentrated but with great acidic balance.

My favourite out of all of the Grand Crus. 96-97+.

3/7/2023 - johnh1001 wrote:

This is like candy

2/3/2023 - oxwombat Likes this wine:

Opened at POB Paulee in HK.

End of the night wine, so minimal notes and P&P even though it was still enjoyed quite a few hours. Confusing BM for me, didn't really remind me of the terroir. Also am unfamiliar with Bernstein so perhaps I need more experience with this producer to get a sense for the house style.

Still, good to open and share with friends and drinking nicely after a 1-2 hours of being opened in the bottle.

2/1/2023 - johnh1001 wrote:

Another lovely bottle. Wonderfully open and round.

11/12/2022 - WineScars Does not like this wine:

the wine has decent fruit and nice acidity but very little complexity.. especially for the money seems kind of insane.. the structure even felt a little rickety

8/19/2022 - johnh1001 wrote:

Raspberries, rhubarb and spice.

4/23/2022 - Ltim BE Likes this wine:

Delicious bottle and first Bernstein.

4/2/2022 - johnh1001 wrote:

Excellent nose and spice and fruit

3/22/2022 - johnh1001 wrote:

Another delicious bottle. Amazing spice and delicate concentration of red fruit.

12/25/2021 - Brian of Mull Likes this wine:

Coming back to this after about 2 years. Opened for 1.5 hours. Color is ruby red. On the nose: Cherry, spice and cola. On the palate: Tart Cherry, cranberry, cola, warm lavender and baking spices. Mouthfeel is sensuous, very elegant and rich. I think still would benefit from more aging. I put off next one for a few more years.

8/21/2021 - Burgundy Al wrote:

Sam's 60th Birthday (The Krengels - Bannockburn IL): Small glass, brief note. More red vs black cherry with very good concentration and a sweet, spicy start. Still firm with the tannins still a bit too front-and-center. I haven't tasting this since visiting OB in 2010, when I felt patience would be required. It's slowly getting there.

12/3/2020 - flah00 wrote:

Initially blackberries and curious notes of oak, closer to leather and something medicinal. For a time gamey. But on the palette, as the hours wore on... My palette was fatigued by brash oak, and not nearly enough fruit. The perfume and fruit of bonnes mares seems marred by 100% new oak.

5/27/2020 - johnh1001 wrote:

Subtle nose of ripe red fruit, some asphalt and spice. Unimpressive on the palate. Flaccid with an alcoholic finish. Not what I expected.

1/24/2020 - Brian of Mull Likes this wine:

A lot of wow in this wine. Tart cherries, red fruits plus lavender and a bit of spice and cola. Long and luscious mouthfeel. Needs more time but very easy to drink now.

9/23/2019 - acyso wrote:

Pausing for the Cause 2019 (Chicago, IL): Overpriced moderately-oaked Oregon pinot? Nope, Olivier Bernstein! A pretty charmless wine, lacking any real Burgundian sensibility. The earth elements have been obliterated by ripe fruit and fancy oak. Want your three bottles of DRC from Wilson Daniels? You'll have to take a pallet of this first.

8/4/2019 - johnh1001 wrote:

Very delicious. Excellent spice and rhubarb. A bit tannic on the finish but this will smooth out over time.

10/3/2018 - Burgundy Al wrote:

Olivier Bernstein Dinner with Olivier Bernstein (Sepia - Chicago IL): A tough wine tonight. One year ago this was amazing, tonight it was closed and teasing us with its potential, even if not really/ quite pleasurable. Clearly very good potential, but when?

6/28/2018 - Burgundy Al wrote:

Olivier Bernstein Cellar Visit and Tasting (Day 5, Visit 3) (Beaune): Barrel tasting at Bernstein. From Terres Rouges. Very bright cherry, more red vs black with excellent and elegant textures. Very impressive density, while still nicely accessible. Very long finish. Impressive 93-94 point potential.

8/23/2017 - Burgundy Al wrote:

Wilson Daniels Dinner (Blackbird - Chicago IL): Rich black berry aromas with thyme and tarragon. Similar fresh fruit flavors also bring out some red fruit, along with equally good spice. Powerful, long and meaty. If served blind, I'd have thought a top Gevrey Grand Cru. Still firm middle through finish, so this wine needs time in the cellar, but is certainly pleasurable right now.

4/29/2010 - Burgundy Al wrote:

Olivier Bernstein Cuverie Visit and Tasting (Gevrey-Chambertin): Tasting at Bernstein cuverie. Lots and lots of black berries with braised meat and savory spice. Big, powerful and very brooding. Very long and teasing us with its concentration and potential, 92-94 points. Patience required.

6/21/2017 - Burgundy Al wrote:

Olivier Bernstein Cellar Visit and Barrel Tasting (Beaune): Barrel tasting. Interesting enough to taste, but impossible to assess with the wine just 20% finished with ML. Massive acidity and just mouth puckering. One other cuvée is 80% done, all the others 100%.

2/6/2016 - drjb wrote:

At Noosa. Dark black plum colour. Fine primary nose of black fruits with touches of red cherry. Palate intense and very primary with a big dollop of dark plums, cherries and strawberry liqueur. Fine finish - quite austere tannin and acidity but with very good length. This is modern winemaking when compared to the Mugnier 01 BM that was opened alongside.

8/20/2015 - yenda wrote:

animal and young

6/26/2015 - Burgundy Al wrote:

Olivier Bernstein Cellar Visit and Tasting (Beaune): Barrel tasting at the domaine. Only 60% done with ML, impossible to fairly assess. Slowest ML of all the cuvées.

4/3/2015 - johnh1001 wrote:

Ripe, rich black fruit and black pepper on the nose and palate. Very primary, but already great balance and nice depth. Rich and round finish.

1/16/2015 - Barry Rothof wrote:

LUNCH @ CALLAS (The Hague): More firmness and more earthy character. There is some lovely dark fruit , blended with more mineral nuances and some hints of forest floor. An interesting interplay between different soil types …

1/9/2015 - Burgaddict wrote:

Leiden visits New Years Lunch in The Hague: Typical bonnes mares. Masculine, muscular wine, maturing. Lovely red fruit, minerals, soft tannins. Opened further in the glass.

6/20/2014 - rossi.wine wrote:

Quite dark in colour, glowing. Darker fruit notes, holding back quite a bit, herbal, game, undergrowth. Mineral and really powerful on the palate, great acidity, rich fruit, with assuring but round tannic frame. Wonderful balance, drive and length. Very young obviously. One to look forward to. 2025-2045+. 93-94+

3/1/2014 - kingkanu wrote:

Bonnes Mares tasting with Jasper Morris; 2/24/2014-3/1/2014 (Berry, Bros & Rudd, St James, London): Deep purple in colour, plenty of toasted wood on the nose from the 100% new barrels, some whole bunches in is wine. Quite big in style, quite earthy flavours, good length, not really my style of wine, it's just too big in every way.

2/24/2014 - Rupert wrote:

Bonnes Mares with Jasper Morris (The Pickering Cellar, St James's, London): Still purple, good fragrance, spicy oak both on the nose and not the palate, briery, smoky. Nice but not distinctive.

4/19/2013 - bulldurham wrote:

There was something rather stringent about this bottle. Maybe it needed more time in the bottle. It lacked fruit and while pleasant was a disappointment. Not up to the standards I expected of Bernstein.

12/2/2012 - Burgundy Al wrote:

Knightsbridge Annual Holiday Burgundy Tasting and Sale (Northbrook, IL): Tasting, brief note. slightly reductive to start. Aromas show a wide array of red, black and blue fruit with plenty of spice, lots of new oak influence coming through right now. Palate is equally complex with lots of powerful fruit, nicely framed by mineral, tannic and acidic support. Great concentration. Great spice.

3/15/2012 - CamWheeler wrote:

Oliver Bernstein Tasting (Fix St James, Sydney): Stem driven nose, with some raspberry and violets. The palate is much more savoury, with the tannins standing out right now. Bonnes Mares is a vineyard that I love, but this didn't have the depth on the palate I'd expect even at this early stage.

9/19/2011 - cortoncharlie wrote:

ok its young. we gave it a good hour in the decanter and that was not nearly enough. first impression was the wood. even though there was acidity lurking underneath all that heavy oak this still tasted russian river valley to me. i actually found it difficult to finish more than a glass. there was a bit of length and it did soften up slightly after another hour of air. Still hardly pleasant for me today and anyone's guess how it will turn out in 10-20 yrs. glad to have tried it so at least i know. maybe i give one of his village a try just to confirm my impressions.

4/18/2011 - MatthewF wrote:

Domaine Tasting at Olivier Bernstein (Burgundy, France): From barrel at the Domaine. Wine was going through malo. All from the Chambolle side, from right above Vogue's parcel. Great purity of red fruits. Some roasted herb/game notes. Great minerality. Nice power. Should be great when it all comes together.

9/13/2010 - Burgundy Al wrote:

Olivier Bernstein Cellar Tasting (Burgundy): Barrel tasting. Lots of CO2 today so I found this very difficult to fairly assess.

12/1/2008 - G SQUARED wrote:

Tasted at the Domaine with Olivier. What a nose. Was closed down at first but really opened after a few minutes. This is serious juice. Great depth and precision. Amazing length.