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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.5 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 26 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 12/26/2023 flawed bottle: Boxing Day Tasting (Birch Road Cellar - Chicago IL): Sit down tasting. Slightly dirty, a bit madeirized, too (432 views) | | | Tasted by cellarb2 on 2/7/2021 & rated 94 points: 各种莓果的芬芳，多年以后依然这么多汁。森林蘑菇的气息。好喝。 (3123 views) | | | Tasted by NickZNYC on 11/8/2020: A beautiful bottle that needed time to open up. Bottle condition better than the recent 90 Musigny. Gamey nose at the start and solid acidity gave it backbone (3044 views) | | | Tasted by Rob MacKay on 2/6/2017: Bonkers good. Perfect condition bottle. Constantly evolving in the glass over 2+ hours. What a treat! (4854 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 9/21/2016: Christie's Smith Haut Lafitte Dinner (RPM Steak - Chicago IL): Very ripe from the start, then a clear descent toward stewiness. This bottle was well stored since release, so it's unlikely a heat damaged bottle. (5551 views) | | | Tasted by Wine Expresso on 11/28/2015 & rated 91 points: At a 90 red Burg GC tasting event with the following line-up:
1. Jadot Beaune Clos Des Ursules
2. Vogue Boones Mares
3. Rousseau Charmes-Chambertin
4. Bouchard Le Corton
5. Faiveley Corton Clos des Cortons (Mag)
6. Ponsot Griotte-Chambertin
7. DRC Romanee St Vivant
8. Henry Rebourseau Charmes-Chambertin
9. Hubert Lignier Clos de la Roche
The Vogue BM was very approchable from start. Nose was spicy, roast with a hint of malt, dry red fruits. Palate was not completely smooth. (5383 views) | | | Tasted by tinybubbles on 11/17/2015 & rated 86 points: Difficult to believe that this is a Bonnes Mares from the '90 vintage. Awkward and tired. Residual dark fruit, musty notes on the nose, a rather empty palate and a very dry cliff of a finish. A waste of what were probably very good grapes; this should have been a very good wine at this point in its life. While relatively unrewarding, this is not an unpleasant wine, and thus the score more reflects wasted potential (3800 views) | | | Tasted by pigdaddy on 1/23/2015: from magnum. med red, amber rim; shaved root vegetables, crushed aniseed, brown spice, compost; med+ body; dark soil & root cellar, earthy & dried blood, roasted beets, subtle dried cherries, still firm tannins, med acids. showed as enigmatic example, very soil-driven; not oxidized, or perceptually past, just difficult to cipher, at least relative to others from this vintage.
truffled anson mills antebellum grits w/egg yolk & parm, ragout of duck confit & wild mushrooms (4195 views) | | | Tasted by jarjarbinx99 on 10/17/2014 & rated 90 points: Past its peak. Tertiary. Woods. (2707 views) | | | Tasted by fontaine on 10/17/2014 & rated 89 points: Nez très loin du pinot…Sous-bois, fruits cuits, griottes fumées, acidité en fin de bouche. Quelque chose cloche… assez avancé en age (passé son peak) mais je me demande même si la conservation n’a pas pu affecter cette bouteille (2888 views) | | | Tasted by JimN on 7/8/2014 & rated 90 points: Part of a mixed vertical tasting of Bonnes Mares. Light to medium body. Rich fruit with some cranberry in the mix. A bit tart, but a long finish. (2469 views) | | | Tasted by fclarity on 3/15/2014 & rated 92 points: Consumed at a tasting, this wine had a deep red center and red rims. The medium intensity nose was a bit tight but showed black cherries, clove, and some soil.
While closed, it was obvious that this wine was rich and ripe in the mouth. It had firm rounded tannin and very nice length.
This could be excellent but needs another 20+ years in the bottle. At that time I would expect my score to improve notably. If you insist on opening it in advance of that time, give it as much time in the decanter as you can. (2684 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 7/17/2013: Casual Dinner with Friends (goosefoot - Chicago IL): I haven't had this wine in quite a few years and once again it seemed more Rhone-like than Burgundian to me. Ultra ripe dense black fruit start with some licorice and woodsy spice. Big and firm structure is quite front-and-center, and took on even great prominence with more time in glass. I question how/when/where this wine will better integrate and resolve, no matter how much time it is cellared. (3576 views) | | | Tasted by LBBURGJUNKIE on 7/11/2013 & rated 82 points: I have had this wine twice and I hated it. It wasn't flawed, but tasted like a modern-style Rhone rather than a burgundy. There was good fruit and tons of power. It just lacked any sort of balance or finesse. I have some Rhone-loving friends that would have loved this. (2785 views) | | | Tasted by lepetitchateau on 9/20/2011 & rated 82 points: This is worse than bad - chunky, overripe and unbalanced and totally uninteresting. I agree with John Gilman's review (in part): " jammy, fat and rather ungainly today, with little signs of anything but further rotting in the grave." Avoid. (3790 views) | | | Tasted by Pacalet on 12/21/2010 & rated 95 points: Drank from 375ml, dark red in color. Typical Vogue nose of darker red fruit, brown sugar, black truffles, that is quite restrained yet fruit is very pure. Powerful yet elegant, full bodied and sweet, very harmonious and very long finish, easily the best Bonnes Mares that I have tasted so far and much much better than the Musigny VV 90 also from Vogue that I had a year ago, superb. But for 750ml must hold for quite a bit longer. (4291 views) | | | Tasted by cct on 11/28/2010 & rated 92 points: deep and brroding, but simultaneously with a bit of tart cherry to start, along with nice flora l and spice notes. Meaty, and with some brett that blows off. Excellent texture with more of a wilder meatier note than the two Vosne wines. Fuller and a bit more rustic. Excellent as well. 92 pts (3494 views) | | | Tasted by rnellans on 11/28/2010 & rated 95 points: Dark garnet with slight browning on the edges. Initially quite tight and closed, just sitting in the glass saying 'give me some time…I'll show you!). Perhaps slightly more ripe than some would like, but beautiful floral perfume along with red and dark fruits that seemed to open up and expand with air. Great balance and lovely finish that lingered. Not everyone's favorite, but to me it edged out the Richebourg by a hair. (4163 views) | | | Tasted by Imoollan on 10/6/2010 & rated 86 points: Bottle showing poorly, very tertiary and mostly unpleasant aromas, dry and astringent tannins. Hope it was just a bad bottle. Drink up. (3954 views) | | | Tasted by 60ouvrees on 5/22/2010: Unlike the '90 Mugnier, I think this was a perfect bottle but the wine just isn't very good. It's tasty enough but there's a clumsiness to it and it lacks any kind of lift or dimension. (3360 views) | | | Tasted by Roentgen Ray on 12/21/2008 & rated 92 points: Popped and poured. A little slow to open up. Good fruit and some spice were hiding in the glass. Very nice texture and lovely aromatics. No harsh edges. Chocolate and cherries and a little earthiness and limestone minerality. The wine was very nice, but most tasters were left with the impression that this wine could improve with time. (3688 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 10/26/2007 & rated 97 points: Comte Georges de Vogüé Dinner (Plumpjack Cafe, San Francisco, California): Dark red color; porcini mushroom and truffle nose; lovely, mature, soy sauce, tart red fruit, truffle, mineral and iron palate; long finish WOTF (which included '00, '01 and '04 Vogue Bonnes Mares) and WOTN (including Vogue Musigny and Chambolle-Musigny) (5182 views) | | | Tasted by ajlewis on 4/14/2007 & rated 91 points: Still a very dark ruby. Dark cherries, soft background spices, and some wood splinters. Not as precise, not as delineated as I imagined from the nose; still a rich wine and a special treat for me who tends to drink his burgundies way too young. (4292 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 8/1/2006 & rated 91 points: SAG (Blind) Tasting (Chez Weber - Chicago IL): Blind tasting. Very ripe fruit and lots of spice and pepper. Some mushroom character as well. Dark fruit with a smoky element. Finish also seems quite black and ripe, somewhat short. Tasted blind and asked to identify this as Rhone or Burgundy, I thought it Rhone, as did most others. While this was a very good wine, I'd hardly consider it a very good Bonnes Mares. (3007 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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(Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé Bonnes Mares) Dark red color; porcini mushroom and truffle nose; lovely, mature, soy sauce, tart red fruit, truffle, mineral and iron palate; long finish WOTF (which included '00, '01 and '04 Vogue Bonnes Mares) and WOTN (including Vogue Musigny and Chambolle-Musigny) 97 points |
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| Domaine Comte Georges de VogüéGeorges Comte de Vogue - Burgundy
Many domaines in Burgundy can trace their roots back over 100 years, but only a handful can claim more than 200 years of history. Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé can trace a line back over 550 years, to 1450 and the Chambolle vines of one Jean Moisson. Highly regarded as the greatest estate in Chambolle Musigny, today the domaine is headed by its 20th generation – Claire de Causans and Marie de Ladoucette, the granddaughters of the late Comte Georges de Vogüé.
THE DOMAINE OF COMTE DE VOGUE
The Domaine currently owns 12.43 ha of vines, all of it in Chambolle-Musigny.
The Estate:
7.2ha are in Musigny,
2.7ha in Bonnes-Mares,
0.56ha in Chambolle Amoureuses,
0.27ha in other Chambolle premiers crus, and 1.8ha in Chambolle Village
Viticulture
Eric Bourgogne practices ‘lutte raisonnée’ (reasoned battle) which is effectively intervention only as required rather than treatment as prevention. In common with most domaines in Chambolle he also practices ‘confusion sexuelle’ – he puts small brown tags of insect pheromones on the end of the rows of vines. Eric Bourgogne believes that a balance of insects is best, as treatments against one insect type will often have negative consequences for beneficial predators. Across the domaine he uses three types of pruning; Guyot, Cordon Royat and for the young vines a formation pruning.
Within Musigny, he allows the weeds and grass to grow between the rows throughout the autumn and winter, ploughing by horse from spring onwards, using no weed killer. Eric Bourgogne believes that these choices result in less-compacted soil and significantly less erosion than the domaine used to experience. The Domaine puts its own compost on the vineyards at a rate of 2 hectares per year; this translates to an addition of compost every six years.
A STUDY OF LE MUSIGNY VINEYARD
Musigny, sometimes referred to as Le Musigny, is an Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (AOC) and Grand Cru vineyard for red and white wine in Côte de Nuits of Burgundy. It is located within the commune of Chambolle-Musigny, to the south of the village itself. It borders on the Grand Cru Clos de Vougeot in the southeast, to Échezeaux in the south, and to the Premier Cru Les Amoureuses in the northeast. The name is derived from a family de Musigny, which is now extinct, but which held offices in the court of the Dukes of Burgundy from the 14th century. The AOC was created in 1936, but the borders of Musigny were previously set down legally in 1929.
Musigny is the only Grand Cru vineyard in Côte de Nuits for white wine as well as red, although the production of red wine dominates by over 90%. All the other Burgundy Grand Crus for white wine are located in Côte de Beaune.
Even though the vineyard of Musigny has been famous for centuries, its history of ownership is not well understood. The earliest record of the village of Chambolle is traced back to 1110 and by 1140, the Cistercians owned the vineyard of Musigny; or at least it is believed they did. The confusion rests because up until the French Revolution there was also a subclimat within the Clos de Vougeot called Les Petits Musigny. Mysteries of the dark ages aside, what is certain is that in 1882, the village of Chambolle appended Musigny to its name.
In 1855 there were two parcels of Musigny, which together comprised 10.05 ha: Les Musigny and Les Petits-Musigny. Most people believe that these are only two subclimates of Musigny, but this is not so. In 1929, suit was brought before the courts to extend the right to the name Musigny to a 0.61 ha parcel of the adjoining premier cru La Combe d’Orveau. Ultimately, this request was granted and in 1936, all three climats were combined to create a single A.O.C. under the name Musigny.
Then, in 1989, the right to the name Musigny was extended yet again to a few rows of vines, which increased the surface area to the present size of 10.70 ha.
The entirety of 4.2 ha of Les Petits Musigny is a monopole of the Domaine Comte de Vogue and Domaine Jacques Prieur owns the entire La Combe d’Orveau subclimat (0.61 ha). Ownership of Musigny is quite concentrated with a mere four domaines owning fully 90% of it, and with the lion’s share of that owned by de Vogue. The total number of domaines with ownership is only ten.
Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé is by far the largest owner of Grand Cru Musigny, i.e. 66,5 % of the entire vineyard, with a total of 7.12 ha, including all of Les Petits Musigny (4,2 ha - a monopole) and 2,92 ha of Le Musigny.
The vineyard lies on several north-south faults which separate different geologies: Oolite limestone at the top and Comblanchien limestone further down.
To ensure the best possible quality and emphasize its non compromise policy, the Domaine commercializes the Musigny solely under the label “Vieilles Vignes”, i.e. from selected vines exclusively between 25 years of age and approximately 60 years of age.
Pinot Noir Varietal character (Appellation America) | Varietal article (Wikipedia)
Pinot Noir is the Noble red grape of Burgundy, capable of ripening in a cooler climate, which Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot will not reliably do. It is unpredictable and difficult both to grow and to vinify, but results in some of the finest reds in the world. It is believed to have been selected from wild vines two thousand years ago. It is also used in the production of champagne. In fact, more Pinot Noir goes into Champagne than is used in all of the Cote d'Or! It is also grown in Alsace, Jura, Germany, the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Romania, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Italy, and so forth, with varying degrees of success.
Pinot Noir is one of the world's most prestigious grapes. It is very difficult to grow and thrives well in France, especially in Champagne and Burgundy. Pinot Noir thrives less in hot areas, is picky on soil, and deserves some oak storage.
Pinot Noir, or Blauburgunder / Spätburgunder in German, is a blue grapevine - and, as the German name suggests, the grape comes originally from Burgundy in France.
The grape, which thrives in calcareous soils, is used primarily for the production of red wine, and it is widely regarded as producing some of the best wines in the world. The wine style is often medium-bodied with high fruit acidity and soft tannins. It can be quite peculiar in fragrance and taste, and not least in structure - which may be why it is referred to as "The Grapes Ballerina".
Pinot Noir is also an important ingredient in sparkling wines, not least in champagne since it is fruity, has good acidity and contains relatively little tannins.
The grape is considered quite demanding to grow. The class itself consists of tightly packed grapes, which makes it more sensitive to rot and other diseases.
Pinot Noir changes quite easily and is genetically unstable. It buds and matures early which results in it often being well ripened. Climate is important for this type of grape. It likes best in cool climates - in warm climates the wines can be relaxed and slightly pickled.
In cooler climates, the wine can get a hint of cabbage and wet leaves, while in slightly warmer regions we often find notes of red berries (cherries, strawberries, raspberries, currants), roses and slightly green notes when the wine is young. With age, more complex aromas of forest floor, fungi and meat emerge.
In Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Hungary, it often produces light wines with less character. However, it has produced very good results in California, Oregon and New Zealand.
With its soft tannins and delicate aroma, it is excellent for white fish, chicken and light meat. For the stored wines you can serve small game. Classic duck breast is a matter of course, a Boeuf Burgundy and Pinot Noir are pure happiness.
Pinot Noir loses quality by over-harvesting.
Pinot Noir is prone to diseases, especially rot and mildew. Viruses cause major problems especially in Burgundy.
Pinot Noir are large round grapes with thin skins. Relatively high in alcohol content. Medium rich tannins and good with acid.
As a young person, Pinot Noir has a distinctly fruity character such as raspberries, cherries and strawberries.
A mature Pinot Noir, the taste is different. Cherry goes into plum and prune flavors. It smells of rotten leaves, coffee, moist forest floor and animal wine. This must be experienced.
In warm climates you find boiled plum, some rustic, little acid.
If the grapes are over-grown, the wine will be thin, with little color and flavor.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBurgundy Les vins de Bourgogne (Bureau interprofessionnel des vins de Bourgogne) (and in English)
Burgundy - The province of eastern France, famous for its red wines produced from Pinot Noir and its whites produced from Chardonnay. (Small of amounts of Gamay and Aligoté are still grown, although these have to be labeled differently.) The most famous part of the region is known as the Cote d'Or (the Golden Slope). It is divided into the Cote de Beaune, south of the town of Beaune (famous principally for its whites), and the Cote de Nuits, North of Beaune (home of the most famous reds). In addition, the Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais are important wine growing regions, although historically a clear level (or more) below the Cote d'Or. Also included by some are the regions of Chablis and Auxerrois, farther north.
Burgundy Report | Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne - na stejné téma od Heleny Baker
# 2013 Vintage Notes:
* "2013 is a vintage that 20 years ago would have been a disaster." - Will Lyons
* "low yields and highly variable reds, much better whites." - Bill Nanson
* "Virtually all wines were chaptalised, with a bit of sugar added before fermentation to increase the final alcohol level." - Jancis Robinson
# 2014 Vintage Notes:
"We have not had such splendid harvest weather for many years. This will ensure high quality (fragrant, classy and succulent are words already being used) across the board, up and down the hierarchy and well as consistently from south to north geographically apart from those vineyards ravaged by the hail at the end of June." - Clive Coates
# 2015 Vintage Notes:
"Low yields and warm weather allowed for ample ripeness, small berries and an early harvest. Quality is looking extremely fine, with some people whispering comparisons with the outstanding 2005 vintage. Acid levels in individual wines may be crucial." - Jancis Robinson
# 2017 Vintage Notes:
"Chablis suffered greatly from frost in 2017, resulting in very reduced volumes. As ever, the irony seems to be that what remains is very good quality, as it is in the Côte d’Or. Cooler nights across the region have resulted in higher-than-usual acidity, with good conditions throughout the harvest season allowing for ripe, healthy fruit." - Jancis Robinson
# 2018 Vintage Notes:
"The most successful region for red Burgundy in 2018 was the Côte de Beaune. The weather was ideal in this area, with just enough sunlight and rain to produce perfectly balanced wines naturally." - Vinfolio
Côte de Nuits on weinlagen.infoBonnes Mares Grand CruDescrittori: Ribes e violetta sono il marchio di fabbrica del Bonnes Mares |
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