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
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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
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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.
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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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12/26/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote: flawed
Boxing Day Tasting (Birch Road Cellar - Chicago IL): Sit down tasting. Slightly dirty, a bit madeirized, too
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2/7/2021 - cellarb2 Likes this wine: 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。
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11/8/2020 - NickZNYC wrote:
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
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2/6/2017 - Rob MacKay wrote:
Bonkers good. Perfect condition bottle. Constantly evolving in the glass over 2+ hours. What a treat!
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9/21/2016 - Burgundy Al wrote:
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.
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11/28/2015 - Wine Expresso wrote: 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.
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11/17/2015 - tinybubbles wrote: 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
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1/23/2015 - pigdaddy wrote:
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
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10/17/2014 - fontaine wrote: 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
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10/17/2014 - jarjarbinx99 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Past its peak. Tertiary. Woods.
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7/8/2014 - JimN wrote: 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.
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3/15/2014 - fclarity wrote: 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.
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7/17/2013 - Burgundy Al wrote:
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.
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7/11/2013 - LBBURGJUNKIE wrote: 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.
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9/20/2011 - lepetitchateau wrote: 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.
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12/21/2010 - Pacalet wrote: 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.
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11/28/2010 - rnellans wrote: 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.
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11/28/2010 - cct wrote: 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
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10/6/2010 - Imoollan wrote: 86 Points
Bottle showing poorly, very tertiary and mostly unpleasant aromas, dry and astringent tannins. Hope it was just a bad bottle. Drink up.
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5/22/2010 - 60ouvrees wrote:
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.
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12/21/2008 - Roentgen Ray wrote: 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.
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4/14/2007 - ajlewis wrote: 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.
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8/1/2006 - Burgundy Al wrote: 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.
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