Community Tasting Note

forceberry wrote:

Saturday, December 8, 2018 - Tasting this wine precisely 2 years after the previous time. 13% alcohol.

Deep, luminous and quite developed golden yellow color with a concentrated coppery core. The developed nose feels very concentrated and complex with remarkably intense aromas of orange marmalade, some leathery tones, a little bit of dried pineapple, light wizened apricot tones, a hint of oxidative nuttiness and a lifted touch of nail polish character. The wine feels concentrated, medium-to-moderately full-bodied and rather unctuous on the palate with intense and remarkably sweet flavors of orange marmalade, some dried pineapple, a little bit of caramel, light tangerine-driven citrus fruit notes, light oxidative hints of nuttiness and a touch of steely minerality. The mouthfeel is oily and slightly sticky, but the moderately high acidity lends good sense of balance to the wine. The finish is very sweet, rich and quite sticky with lengthy and intense flavors of orange marmalade, some caramel, a little bit of dried apricots, light tangerine notes, a hint of canned pineapple syrup and a toasty, spicy touch of botrytis.

A delicious, rich and complex Bonnezeaux with remarkable intensity and lovely developed character. As I've written before, the wine isn't big or weighty, but it still delivers all it has at full blast. Most likely the wine is either at its plateau of maturity or close to it. I doubt that there is going to be much development going on here anymore, but neither is the wine going to be falling apart anytime soon. Perhaps a bit oily and unctuous, but still so darn delicious that it's hard not to love it. Outstanding stuff and a bargain at 23€.

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