Beginning with the hugely deep but very fresh purple colour, The Roumier 2019 Bonnes Mares shows its majesty from the outset. The nose is backward, but clear and pure. It is much more in pure deep raspberry and less wild on the nose than it can be. Such harmony on the palate, this is exquisite, a very noble Bonnes Mares with optimum purity and one of the most persistent finishes of the year. Brilliant! 97-99 Points
The 2019 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru includes around three-quarters whole bunch fruit and is matured in one-third new oak. Despite the small reduction on the nose, there is clearly impressive intensity in this Grand Cru, but it is more backward and more broody than the 2018 tasted from barrel 12 months earlier. With time, there are traces of iodine and Japanese nori. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannins that frame the pure blackberry and bilberry fruit, awash with superb salinity that gets the saliva flowing. Certainly a more intellectual Bonnes-Mares, it gains depth and density toward a finish that feels exceptionally long on the aftertaste. God created wine so that Christophe Roumier could make fermented grape juice like this. (Drink between 2025-2055). 96-98 Points
From the 1.6ha owned by the domaine over several plots throughout the appellation, this is a blend that has produced a sublime result. 80% of the grapes are fermented as whole clusters and the wine is aged in 30% new casks (9 out of 30). There are super-ripe dark fruit aromas of great complexity, with savoury and mineral notes on the attack, allied with a marvellous depth on the palate, with the length driven by a good bit of tannin. (Drink between 2029-2059). 97 Points
