Bonnes Mares, Domaine Dujac 1988

The 1988 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru has a sensual bouquet with redcurrant, raspberry, mint, allspice and briary aromas that brings to mind the same wine from Christophe Roumier, which I am lucky to taste both just before and after this particular bottle. The palate is defined by supple tannin, plenty of red fruit (raspberry, redcurrant and a touch of cranberry) with veins of spice surfacing towards the structured finish. To quibble, it does not possess the refinement or class of Jacques Seysses’s 1988 Clos Saint-Denis though you have to sit back and admire the sheer length in the mouth. Tasted at Tour d’Argent restaurant in Paris. 2018 - 2028