2007 Bonnes Mares
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Keemun tea, incense, orange rind, and dried berry aromas to Groffiers’ 2007 Bonnes Mares lead to a correspondingly resinous, subtly tannic, citrus-oil tinged palate. This finishes with grip, and indeed sizzle, smokiness, and pungency, but I don’t find precisely the elegance that the Groffiers opine characterizes this vintage in comparison with 2008. I would plan to enjoy it over the next several years, though of course I’d be delighted for its and for the Groffiers’ sakes if the wine were to make a fool of me! Nicolas Groffier seems not to have been bashful when it comes to extracting flavors from the family’s 2008 grapes (harvested in a mere 5 days, finishing October 1), despite what he emphasizes was the tiny size of both yields and berries. When it comes to elevage, though, he was cautious even at a risk he acknowledges of wines that might show stiffly and reductively for a while after bottling, having racked the young 2008s into tank after just shy of 12 months, which for some lots meant almost immediately after the conclusion of malo. (Bottling sessions were in December and February). Natural alcohols in 2008 were in the upper 12’s (the 2007s were very slightly higher) and typically adjusted by about a quarter of a degree. A Peter Vezan Selection (various importers), Paris; fax 011 33 1 42 55 42 93, also imported by Atherton Imports, Menlo Park, CA; sales@awiwine.com
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Good medium red. Wild aromas of huckleberry and game. Seamless and sweet, with a firm shape to the complex, intense flavors of wild berries, brown spices, herbs and pepper. Here the acids are nicely integrated, which gives this wine better definition than the Amoureuses. The harmonious, long finish features perfumed high notes of orange rind, ginger and faded rose.
Good deep red. Slightly reduced raspberry and coffee aromas are lifted by an exotic suggestion of white peach; subdued but fresh. Silky on entry, then sweet, fine-grained and subtle in the mid-palate, with noteworthy clarity of flavor. This is unusually suave for an infant Bonnes-Mares, but then that's the Groffier style. Finishes long and scented, with sweet tannins and excellent spine.
Keemun tea, incense, orange rind, and dried berry aromas to Groffiers’ 2007 Bonnes Mares lead to a correspondingly resinous, subtly tannic, citrus-oil tinged palate. This finishes with grip, and indeed sizzle, smokiness, and pungency, but I don’t find precisely the elegance that the Groffiers opine characterizes this vintage in comparison with 2008. I would plan to enjoy it over the next several years, though of course I’d be delighted for its and for the Groffiers’ sakes if the wine were to make a fool of me!||Nicolas Groffier seems not to have been bashful when it comes to extracting flavors from the family’s 2008 grapes (harvested in a mere 5 days, finishing October 1), despite what he emphasizes was the tiny size of both yields and berries. When it comes to elevage, though, he was cautious even at a risk he acknowledges of wines that might show stiffly and reductively for a while after bottling, having racked the young 2008s into tank after just shy of 12 months, which for some lots meant almost immediately after the conclusion of malo. (Bottling sessions were in December and February). Natural alcohols in 2008 were in the upper 12’s (the 2007s were very slightly higher) and typically adjusted by about a quarter of a degree.||A Peter Vezan Selection (various importers), Paris; fax 011 33 1 42 55 42 93, also imported by Atherton Imports, Menlo Park, CA; sales@awiwine.com Wine Advocate.June, 2010
About the producer
Domaine Robert Groffier is based in the village of Morey-Saint-Denis and is famous for having some of the most enviable sites in the Côte de Nuits, including a full hectare within Chambolle-Musigny Premier Cru Les Amoureuses – one of the most fiercely collected vineyards in Burgundy.