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Bonnes Mares, Bouchard Père et Fils 2006

Tasting Notes

This is perhaps the most reserved wine in the range aromatically and it required aggressive swirling to coax even grudging aromas of red and blue pinot fruit with violet hints that precede ripe, pure and very serious broad-shouldered flavors that possess a beguiling texture and impressive mid-palate concentration that still does not completely buffer the firm, long and chewy finish. This is a big wine that will require plenty of cellar patience.

93
Allen Meadows, Burghound.com (30), April 2008

Good full red. Pungently high-pitched aromas and flavors of cherry, raspberry, orange peel, fresh herbs, dried rose and pepper; a compellingly complex projection of Bonnes-Mares soil. Then deep, sappy and utterly vibrant, with outstanding inner-mouth perfume contributing to an impression of delicacy. Wonderfully dense yet weightless wine with a firmly tannic, rising finish of great energy and precision. I drained this bottle to the dregs over a 48-hour period and it only got better.

95
Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar, March 2009
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