big, lush wine with dark cherry, spice, sous bois, mineral, very lively acidity, rich mouthfeel, long finish, has not really had a chance to develop secondary notes, superb wine, many years to go
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Delicious medium-bodied Burgundy that's lovely to drink now but compared to the other older Burgs at the table, it's clear this needs more time to develop. I would've never guessed an off-vintage as this is beautifully balanced and pure with perfectly ripe cherry fruit and a fine mineral-driven finish. 93+
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Intoxicating red fruit aromatics. Light but not aberrant in vintage context. Complete palate which became more nuanced as the night advanced. Most showy amongst d’Auvenay and Dujac.
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Wild berries, dark fruit, violets, animal, minerals and graphite on the nose. It has the Bonnes Mares power but a touch soft and gentle for a Roumier, perhaps due to the vintage. Drinking very well already. 93+
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Superb expressive nose of violets, lilies, spring flowers and such a delicate palate of crushed damp rocks, red fruit and with a lovely long finish. Love this bottle. In a great drinking window now. Will keep the last bottle for it to develop some more secondary or tertiary flavors.
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Another Wine Slog Across France; 11/2/2019-11/13/2019 (Paris, Alsace, Burgundy, Encore Paris): Still deep ruby with some maturation at the edge. Complicated nose of game, green, stems, and a hint of brown sugar and spice. Big wine, not at all shy about telling a story predominantly about the soil from which it originates and only secondarily about the black, peppery fruit in the background. As it opened, that initial hint of sweetness blossomed. Not at all too tough or tannic to prevent enjoyment now, but little question that another 15 or 20 years will bring greater heights if not the ultimate in refinement.
On the next day, it smells less stemmy and more spicy and sweet. A bit funky. Sappy entry but drier, earthier, more tannic finish. Overall, in definite decline.
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Very serious wine that is in a good place right now. The nose is classic aged Burgundy and deep. The palate is wonderfully complex and secondary. Slightly austere like most 2006s. The class here is undeniable.
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2006 Burgundy Dinner (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Paragon): Superlative. This was a very fine bottle from Roumier. It had such a deep, lovely nose, full of violets and blueberries, spice and earth - a rich, arresting bouquet. The palate was at once full and powerful, yet somehow also really bright and airy, with pure, juicy flavours of blueberries shading into lighter-toned cherries and red berries. This did not seem as dense and inscrutable as some Roumier wines can be in their youth and adolescence. In fact, it was deliciously juicy stuff; full, complete, yet impeccably balanced and beautifully effortless throughout. At the finish, super-fine tannins still gave the wine a little bit of bite. That aside, it was actually surprisingly open. It does probably needs 5-6 years more before approaching anywhere near a peak drinking window, but boy was it gorgeous even on the night.
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Decanted 3 hours, highly complex wine, different layers of red and black fruit, silky and with an exceptional length, hardly to describe, drinks very well now, but this wine has still long years ahead.
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My btl & same btl as R&Rler. Drank at Glen Ellen Star about a week after the fires ended. Remarkably this strip of Glen Ellen survived while some very nearby streets were badly burnt. For me, this was the most ethereal wine of the trip. I can't think of a wine I've tasted that more defined "silky". This was so silky, supple, and resolved from a structure standpoint that the mouthfeel alone blew me back. Far and away superior to previous village Chambolles I've enjoyed from Roumier. So excited to have one more of these for down the road in 3-10. A stunning translucent ruby color that just sparkled in the glass. Cherries, red raspberries, spice, underbrush and mineral. Everything you want from great Burgundy. Only way this gets better is the introduction of more tertiary notes down the line. These 06's might be a major sleeper vintage. It's going to be very difficult to leave my last btl alone but I'd really like to try that one 2021+. Only way this particular btl might have been any more enjoyable would have been one more glass back at the villa, by the fire pit. As other's have noted, the purity of this wine is head turning. Loved it with our close friends in Sonoma!.
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Napa/Sonoma Trip With Some Exceptional Gems; 11/1/2017-11/5/2017 (1800ft Up Cavedale Road, Glen Ellen, CA): Deep ruby red color. PNP, drank 1+ glass over an hour plus. Craig's bottle - thanks again! Like the '07 Rousseau CdB the night before, this was a stunning wine of impeccable balance and poise. Another wow nose with a stunning floral perfume, pure with lively spices, and gorgeous red fruits, raspberry and strawberry and dried leaves. The palate also offers up a featherweight, yet intense and deep wine with lifted bright red fruits, cherry, strawberry, dried earth, mixed spice and a great finish. Pretty special stuff. 95+ to 96pts.
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One of 6 2006's enjoyed over the course of 2 days- La tache, Chambertin and clos de Beze from Rousseau, CSJ from rousseau and fourrier and 2006 Bonnes mares from roumier- We had the BM and LT together at dinner. A dark red color with an open nose that showed cassis and dark red berries. Tannins and oak are present without being over powering. This stood out more to others in the group. Admittedly did not focus as much as I should have or wanted.
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Lovely color. The nose is rich and fragrant; showing aromas of dark red berries, spice, flowers, minerals, and a hint of oak. This is almost full bodied on the palate with excellent concentration and very good finesse. Pure. The long finish features noble tannins and a vibrant mineral elment.
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La Paulee de NY - Verticals Tasting (Rainbow Room - NYC): tasted at large walkaround tasting. this wine seemed somewhat closed, with fruit in the background. black fruit is most prominent, but some red cherry sits behind. really nice herbal and sweet spice notes. nice structure on this. shines on the finish with really interesting character. the "least" of the three Roumier BMs, this is still outstanding.
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La Paulée de New York: Vertical Tasting (Rainbow Room - New York NY): Tasting, brief note. Starts of very rich with ripe black and red cherry aromas and flavors and slightly sweet spice aromas. Flavors start very similarly with a fat character that quickly stands upright and the muscle becomes clear middle-to-finish. Very long. Needs more time.
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The Verticals at La Paulée 2017 (The Rainbow Room, New York): Pale, browning. Green elements and baked fruit. Strong, dry, earthy fruit, considerable grainy tannins. Backward, serious, and oh so different from Drouhin's version of Bonnes Mares.
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A long Sunday lunch at Noble Rot (Wellington, NZ): It was a coincidence that Mike brought the '06 Bonnes Mares but this wine did have a touch of wild Bonnes Mares marker, with mixed dried spices, musk and dark berry perfume. On palate, there was lovely, sparkling acidity that made me think first of 2008, then of 2006. This is a more elegant, restrained Bonnes Mares, showing less oak than the de Vogüé (which I preferred). Clean, crystalline, largely red berried fruit, very 2006.
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Roumier Bonnes Mares Vertical (Bouley): Highly expressive and floral bouquet of orange and red roses and sweet red cherries. Dense and rich on the palate with some herbal development. Beautiful, nice long finish. Cant get away from the roses.
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The '06 continues to grow on me. This wine has put on weight and yet also started to open up aromatically in the last two years. Ripe red fruit and an overtly hard and tannic finish which has just begun to soften
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Dark ruby. Attractive but still very primary nose of raspberry, cranberry, and violet. Similar red berry, floral, and mineral flavors on the palat with some spice on the finish. Classic Bonnes Mares construction: dense and chewy, muscular and tannic. The 2006 will need another 5+ years to mellow and develop some nuance. Drink starting 2020.
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It had just a touch of animale to the aroma along with some higher perfume notes of violets. In the mouth it was compact, dense and linear with chalky structure
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LUNCH @ CALLAS: This is a fabulous sensual and elegant Bonnes Mares with flavors of black and red fruit with a silky smooth mouthfeel. The finish was incredibly deep, seductive and very long. Much better than the 07 we had a few months ago. Brilliant!
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Leiden visits lunch in The Hague: Muscular, big wine. Had thought this would be tight and closed, but it was surprisingly open. Lots of material, lots of tannins but buffered by the lovely fruit. Became even better in time in the glass. Very good to drink now, but I think this will develop into absolute greatness in future.
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Tight, tannic, structured beast on opening. But with an hour of air, started to show it's pedigree. Really beautiful fruit, a bit hidden underneath all that structure. Needs way more time
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Also great aromas coming from this bottle but much more unyielding than the 2001 on the palate. The depth was impressive but this seemed to close down even more as the night progressed.
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Killing baby Burgundies at the Playground (Playground , Santa Ana, CA): Definitely tasted like the youngest wine of the night among a night of baby killin. Tart fruit and a touch of oak but didn't have the punch or vibrancy of the 01 we had next to it. Had a nice nose of fresh flowers and strawberry fruit but the palate was still pretty shut down.
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I thouht this was an absolutely georgeous bottle. A real treat. You don't have to taste twice to feel the quality. Never has the expresion 'wheightless power' been more accurat. Super juice.
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A lovely wine which shows elegance and power in one. Sure, it is a Bonnes Mares personality but a very elegant one. Focused pure well integrated fruit. Very long. Good stuff.
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Served from a bottle that had been decanted about 90 minutes earlier. I'm told that it at first presented strikingly accessible waves of strawberry Chambolle fruit. In my sample, the strawberries were in retreat, and intense, dark, masculine blackberry-blueberry-bramble liqueur dominated. There is enormous inner-mouth perfume and a beam of linear, unmistakably Bonnes Mares fruit , beneath substantial structure that will take eight or ten years to resolve. Still, it appears that 2006 is one of the most open vintages of this wine in a long time.
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Thin at opening and by the second glass a completely different wine. Lovely spice on the nose and cherry on the mid palate. Didn't know what I had till I did the research. Glad I have 5 more. will try again in a few years.
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Tasted double blind, there was no doubt to me that this was red burgundy, from the earthiness on the nose and the silky smooth mouthfeel. My note sheet said "elegant" and "so smooth". I guessed Volnay, D'Angerville, 1999-2004. Rated 9.1 out of 10 at the time; would love to revisit when this has had proper time to mature.
(An '06 Roumier Chambolle villages tasted late in the year was much more expressive at this early stage than this bottling, as you might expect)
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12/24/2023 - jhngo Likes this wine: 95 Points
Approachable regal elegant.
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12/12/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 96 Points
Salon Ficofi Paris walkabout tasting and dinner, no detailed tasting notes. From Jero, Great nose here as well, soft structure, excellent balance.
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12/11/2023 - steinersing wrote: 96 Points
Big improvement from my last tasting - attractive nose and lovely sweetness
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12/21/2022 - ShadowIII Likes this wine: 94 Points
big, lush wine with dark cherry, spice, sous bois, mineral, very lively acidity, rich mouthfeel, long finish, has not really had a chance to develop secondary notes, superb wine, many years to go
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11/26/2022 - NJwineguy wrote: 98 Points
Sublime
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3/18/2022 - dream Likes this wine: 93 Points
Delicious medium-bodied Burgundy that's lovely to drink now but compared to the other older Burgs at the table, it's clear this needs more time to develop. I would've never guessed an off-vintage as this is beautifully balanced and pure with perfectly ripe cherry fruit and a fine mineral-driven finish. 93+
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1/22/2022 - BradE wrote:
Deep, rich, heavy on the lower end. Showing it's class and pedigree, but still quite youthful as expected.
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8/28/2021 - jchan1 wrote: 96 Points
Intoxicating red fruit aromatics. Light but not aberrant in vintage context. Complete palate which became more nuanced as the night advanced. Most showy amongst d’Auvenay and Dujac.
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5/29/2021 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 93 Points
Wild berries, dark fruit, violets, animal, minerals and graphite on the nose. It has the Bonnes Mares power but a touch soft and gentle for a Roumier, perhaps due to the vintage. Drinking very well already. 93+
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3/27/2021 - LB88 wrote: 95 Points
Superb expressive nose of violets, lilies, spring flowers and such a delicate palate of crushed damp rocks, red fruit and with a lovely long finish. Love this bottle. In a great drinking window now. Will keep the last bottle for it to develop some more secondary or tertiary flavors.
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6/26/2020 - fcxj wrote: 94 Points
Lifted, vitamin aromatics. Acrylic, plasticky palate. Very good in vintage context.
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3/5/2020 - hprphf wrote: 94 Points
Zachy's La Paulee 2020; 3/5/2020-3/6/2020 (Le Bernardin Prive): Drinking great, so smooth and structured. Great vintage rendition. 94-95
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11/4/2019 - drwine2001 wrote:
Another Wine Slog Across France; 11/2/2019-11/13/2019 (Paris, Alsace, Burgundy, Encore Paris): Still deep ruby with some maturation at the edge. Complicated nose of game, green, stems, and a hint of brown sugar and spice. Big wine, not at all shy about telling a story predominantly about the soil from which it originates and only secondarily about the black, peppery fruit in the background. As it opened, that initial hint of sweetness blossomed. Not at all too tough or tannic to prevent enjoyment now, but little question that another 15 or 20 years will bring greater heights if not the ultimate in refinement.
On the next day, it smells less stemmy and more spicy and sweet. A bit funky. Sappy entry but drier, earthier, more tannic finish. Overall, in definite decline.
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10/27/2019 - JOsgood wrote: 95 Points
Very serious wine that is in a good place right now. The nose is classic aged Burgundy and deep. The palate is wonderfully complex and secondary. Slightly austere like most 2006s. The class here is undeniable.
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5/25/2019 - steinersing wrote: 94 Points
Still tight and clearly early days. Great underlying material
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5/25/2019 - fcxj wrote: 94 Points
12 coeur. Really backwards from magnum, patience.
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5/25/2019 - LB88 wrote: 94 Points
Excellent one of the WOTN for a amazing tasting dinner but still tight and can wait for 5-10 years!
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4/2/2018 - Paul S wrote: 95 Points
2006 Burgundy Dinner (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Paragon): Superlative. This was a very fine bottle from Roumier. It had such a deep, lovely nose, full of violets and blueberries, spice and earth - a rich, arresting bouquet. The palate was at once full and powerful, yet somehow also really bright and airy, with pure, juicy flavours of blueberries shading into lighter-toned cherries and red berries. This did not seem as dense and inscrutable as some Roumier wines can be in their youth and adolescence. In fact, it was deliciously juicy stuff; full, complete, yet impeccably balanced and beautifully effortless throughout. At the finish, super-fine tannins still gave the wine a little bit of bite. That aside, it was actually surprisingly open. It does probably needs 5-6 years more before approaching anywhere near a peak drinking window, but boy was it gorgeous even on the night.
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12/29/2017 - MJReb Likes this wine: 96 Points
Decanted 3 hours, highly complex wine, different layers of red and black fruit, silky and with an exceptional length, hardly to describe, drinks very well now, but this wine has still long years ahead.
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11/4/2017 - chablis28 wrote: 97 Points
My btl & same btl as R&Rler. Drank at Glen Ellen Star about a week after the fires ended. Remarkably this strip of Glen Ellen survived while some very nearby streets were badly burnt. For me, this was the most ethereal wine of the trip. I can't think of a wine I've tasted that more defined "silky". This was so silky, supple, and resolved from a structure standpoint that the mouthfeel alone blew me back. Far and away superior to previous village Chambolles I've enjoyed from Roumier. So excited to have one more of these for down the road in 3-10. A stunning translucent ruby color that just sparkled in the glass. Cherries, red raspberries, spice, underbrush and mineral. Everything you want from great Burgundy. Only way this gets better is the introduction of more tertiary notes down the line. These 06's might be a major sleeper vintage. It's going to be very difficult to leave my last btl alone but I'd really like to try that one 2021+. Only way this particular btl might have been any more enjoyable would have been one more glass back at the villa, by the fire pit. As other's have noted, the purity of this wine is head turning. Loved it with our close friends in Sonoma!.
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11/4/2017 - rocknroller wrote: 96 Points
Napa/Sonoma Trip With Some Exceptional Gems; 11/1/2017-11/5/2017 (1800ft Up Cavedale Road, Glen Ellen, CA): Deep ruby red color. PNP, drank 1+ glass over an hour plus. Craig's bottle - thanks again! Like the '07 Rousseau CdB the night before, this was a stunning wine of impeccable balance and poise. Another wow nose with a stunning floral perfume, pure with lively spices, and gorgeous red fruits, raspberry and strawberry and dried leaves. The palate also offers up a featherweight, yet intense and deep wine with lifted bright red fruits, cherry, strawberry, dried earth, mixed spice and a great finish. Pretty special stuff. 95+ to 96pts.
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5/25/2017 - fcxj wrote: 96 Points
BM dinner. Achingly pure, such a pretty wine. Clear ruby, lovely aromatics and balance. Killed it.
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5/13/2017 - Alex G. wrote: flawed
Corked :(
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3/25/2017 - fatboi Likes this wine: 94 Points
One of 6 2006's enjoyed over the course of 2 days-
La tache, Chambertin and clos de Beze from Rousseau, CSJ from rousseau and fourrier and 2006 Bonnes mares from roumier- We had the BM and LT together at dinner.
A dark red color with an open nose that showed cassis and dark red berries. Tannins and oak are present without being over powering. This stood out more to others in the group. Admittedly did not focus as much as I should have or wanted.
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3/23/2017 - aajder wrote: 94 Points
Lovely color. The nose is rich and fragrant; showing aromas of dark red berries, spice, flowers, minerals, and a hint of oak. This is almost full bodied on the palate with excellent concentration and very good finesse. Pure. The long finish features noble tannins and a vibrant mineral elment.
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3/10/2017 - ews3 wrote: 93 Points
La Paulee de NY - Verticals Tasting (Rainbow Room - NYC): tasted at large walkaround tasting. this wine seemed somewhat closed, with fruit in the background. black fruit is most prominent, but some red cherry sits behind. really nice herbal and sweet spice notes. nice structure on this. shines on the finish with really interesting character. the "least" of the three Roumier BMs, this is still outstanding.
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3/10/2017 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
La Paulée de New York: Vertical Tasting (Rainbow Room - New York NY): Tasting, brief note. Starts of very rich with ripe black and red cherry aromas and flavors and slightly sweet spice aromas. Flavors start very similarly with a fat character that quickly stands upright and the muscle becomes clear middle-to-finish. Very long. Needs more time.
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3/10/2017 - JOsgood wrote:
La Paulée Verticals Tasting (Rainbow Room NYC): Pretty good stuff with an understated earthy and dry flavor profile. Needs a lot more time.
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3/10/2017 - drwine2001 wrote:
The Verticals at La Paulée 2017 (The Rainbow Room, New York): Pale, browning. Green elements and baked fruit. Strong, dry, earthy fruit, considerable grainy tannins. Backward, serious, and oh so different from Drouhin's version of Bonnes Mares.
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12/3/2016 - HowardNZ Likes this wine:
A long Sunday lunch at Noble Rot (Wellington, NZ): It was a coincidence that Mike brought the '06 Bonnes Mares but this wine did have a touch of wild Bonnes Mares marker, with mixed dried spices, musk and dark berry perfume. On palate, there was lovely, sparkling acidity that made me think first of 2008, then of 2006. This is a more elegant, restrained Bonnes Mares, showing less oak than the de Vogüé (which I preferred). Clean, crystalline, largely red berried fruit, very 2006.
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4/7/2016 - The Vines That Bind wrote:
Roumier Bonnes Mares Vertical (Bouley): Highly expressive and floral bouquet of orange and red roses and sweet red cherries. Dense and rich on the palate with some herbal development. Beautiful, nice long finish. Cant get away from the roses.
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4/7/2016 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 94 Points
The '06 continues to grow on me. This wine has put on weight and yet also started to open up aromatically in the last two years. Ripe red fruit and an overtly hard and tannic finish which has just begun to soften
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3/26/2016 - rlove wrote: 93 Points
Dark ruby. Attractive but still very primary nose of raspberry, cranberry, and violet. Similar red berry, floral, and mineral flavors on the palat with some spice on the finish. Classic Bonnes Mares construction: dense and chewy, muscular and tannic. The 2006 will need another 5+ years to mellow and develop some nuance. Drink starting 2020.
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6/30/2015 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
Wine with a Few Smaller Meals While in Burgundy; 6/22/2015-7/5/2015 (France): lots of red berry aromas and flavored with some blackberry hints. Spring flower hints to start. Spice picks up intensity from middle to finish. This is a dense wine, but it carries its weight perfectly.
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2/7/2015 - FYC wrote:
Wonderful high toned red cherry fruit. Quite elegant and refined but long on the palate. Sexy beast of a wine. Shut down with time. Wait on this one.
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10/15/2014 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
It had just a touch of animale to the aroma along with some higher perfume notes of violets. In the mouth it was compact, dense and linear with chalky structure
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7/7/2014 - Barry Rothof wrote: 95 Points
LUNCH @ CALLAS: This is a fabulous sensual and elegant Bonnes Mares with flavors of black and red fruit with a silky smooth mouthfeel. The finish was incredibly deep, seductive and very long. Much better than the 07 we had a few months ago. Brilliant!
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7/4/2014 - Burgaddict wrote:
Leiden visits lunch in The Hague: Muscular, big wine. Had thought this would be tight and closed, but it was surprisingly open. Lots of material, lots of tannins but buffered by the lovely fruit. Became even better in time in the glass. Very good to drink now, but I think this will develop into absolute greatness in future.
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4/26/2013 - OCgasman wrote:
Tight, tannic, structured beast on opening. But with an hour of air, started to show it's pedigree. Really beautiful fruit, a bit hidden underneath all that structure. Needs way more time
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4/26/2013 - FYC wrote:
Also great aromas coming from this bottle but much more unyielding than the 2001 on the palate. The depth was impressive but this seemed to close down even more as the night progressed.
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4/26/2013 - clayfu wrote:
Killing baby Burgundies at the Playground (Playground , Santa Ana, CA): Definitely tasted like the youngest wine of the night among a night of baby killin. Tart fruit and a touch of oak but didn't have the punch or vibrancy of the 01 we had next to it. Had a nice nose of fresh flowers and strawberry fruit but the palate was still pretty shut down.
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3/8/2013 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
La Paulée de New York: Vertical Tasting (Colicchio & Sons - New York NY): Tasting. Ripe raspberry, strawberry aromas with some floral hints and background spice. Same fruit flavors, fleshy and powerful with subtle spice, then good textures, length and density.
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3/8/2013 - xwine wrote:
La Paulée de New York 2013 Verticals Tasting (Colicchio & Sons, New York): Tart red fruit nose (think cranberries), wonderfully deep, complex, and nicely structured wine.
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3/8/2013 - drwine2001 wrote:
(Most of) The Burgundy Verticals Tasting at La Paulee 2013 (Colicchio & Sons, New York): Gamier and earthier than the 2007. Ripe red fruit. Sappy and long, soil at the end. Also a lot of time in hand. Bigger but less complex and dynamic than the freakishly good '07.
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11/11/2012 - Tavastgatan wrote: 96 Points
I thouht this was an absolutely georgeous bottle. A real treat. You don't have to taste twice to feel the quality. Never has the expresion 'wheightless power' been more accurat. Super juice.
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11/8/2012 - St Paul wrote: 96 Points
A lovely wine which shows elegance and power in one. Sure, it is a Bonnes Mares personality but a very elegant one. Focused pure well integrated fruit.
Very long. Good stuff.
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6/24/2011 - darvid wrote:
Served from a bottle that had been decanted about 90 minutes earlier. I'm told that it at first presented strikingly accessible waves of strawberry Chambolle fruit. In my sample, the strawberries were in retreat, and intense, dark, masculine blackberry-blueberry-bramble liqueur dominated. There is enormous inner-mouth perfume and a beam of linear, unmistakably Bonnes Mares fruit , beneath substantial structure that will take eight or ten years to resolve. Still, it appears that 2006 is one of the most open vintages of this wine in a long time.
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6/29/2010 - tommydiesel wrote: 96 Points
Thin at opening and by the second glass a completely different wine. Lovely spice on the nose and cherry on the mid palate. Didn't know what I had till I did the research. Glad I have 5 more. will try again in a few years.
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3/7/2010 - amateurwino wrote:
Tasted double blind, there was no doubt to me that this was red burgundy, from the earthiness on the nose and the silky smooth mouthfeel. My note sheet said "elegant" and "so smooth". I guessed Volnay, D'Angerville, 1999-2004. Rated 9.1 out of 10 at the time; would love to revisit when this has had proper time to mature.
(An '06 Roumier Chambolle villages tasted late in the year was much more expressive at this early stage than this bottling, as you might expect)
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