rich young purple color, refined and seamless nose of ripe cherry with spicy oak and a bit of bramble, on the palate a surprisingly sedate presentation for a 2018, mid-weight ripe cherry core, buttery fruit, ideal ripeness, fine long lean and tense finish, Bonnes Mares can be very tough to read at a young age- but everything is here for this to develop quite nicely and not be so negatively affected by the extremes of the vintage as may prove to be the case with many of its peers.
(****), 2033++
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La Paulee NYC 2022 walkaround tasting Heady nose. This is very concentrated with a truck load of dark fruits, but with dry tannins that are a bit off balance at this time, but there is a very good mounting flavor at the back end to offset the dryness. Needs lots of time in cellar, and the fruit will eventually prevail over the tannins in the end.
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La Paulée de New York Grand Tasting (Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers - New York NY): Walk around tasting. A bit reticent aromatically, but more powerful and forthcoming on the palate. Impressive length with ripe red and black cherry that seems to bring everything together in balance on finish. 93-94 point potential, 2028forward for a few decades.
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Wonderful floral nose, good acidity, great length, beautiful sweetness with generous red then dark fruit flavours with moderate tannins. This opens up as you drink the bottle and shows it's capabilities after a few hours. Left a third of the bottle after being vacuum pumped for the next day and this wine was more intense in fruit flavours with just a hint of tannins on the back of the palate. Stellar Bonne Mares!
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4/8/2024 - 831900_ wrote:
Hard to understand. Nice nose, slightly reductive, good mouthfeel, and wave after wave of tannin.
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8/18/2023 - Elpaninaro Likes this wine:
rich young purple color, refined and seamless nose of ripe cherry with spicy oak and a bit of bramble, on the palate a surprisingly sedate presentation for a 2018, mid-weight ripe cherry core, buttery fruit, ideal ripeness, fine long lean and tense finish, Bonnes Mares can be very tough to read at a young age- but everything is here for this to develop quite nicely and not be so negatively affected by the extremes of the vintage as may prove to be the case with many of its peers.
(****), 2033++
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3/19/2022 - Mag357 Likes this wine:
La Paulee NYC 2022 walkaround tasting
Heady nose. This is very concentrated with a truck load of dark fruits, but with dry tannins that are a bit off balance at this time, but there is a very good mounting flavor at the back end to offset the dryness. Needs lots of time in cellar, and the fruit will eventually prevail over the tannins in the end.
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3/12/2022 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
La Paulée de New York Grand Tasting (Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers - New York NY): Walk around tasting. A bit reticent aromatically, but more powerful and forthcoming on the palate. Impressive length with ripe red and black cherry that seems to bring everything together in balance on finish. 93-94 point potential, 2028forward for a few decades.
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2/16/2022 - Pinot Peter Likes this wine:
Wonderful floral nose, good acidity, great length, beautiful sweetness with generous red then dark fruit flavours with moderate tannins. This opens up as you drink the bottle and shows it's capabilities after a few hours. Left a third of the bottle after being vacuum pumped for the next day and this wine was more intense in fruit flavours with just a hint of tannins on the back of the palate. Stellar Bonne Mares!
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