2017 Jacques-Frederic Mugnier, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru, Bottle (750ml)
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96DR94+RP
Critic key
RP = Robert ParkerDR = Decanter
- Rating
- DR96/RP94+
- Producer
- Mugnier
- Vintage
- 2017
- Region
- Burgundy
- Appellation
- Bonnes Mares
- Country
- France
- Classification
- Grand Cru
- Format
- Bottle
- Volume
- 750mL
- ABV
- 13.0
- Type
- Still
- Color
- Red
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Product Description
DR96 "Fred Mugnier's Bonnes Mares comes mostly from white soils and is among the freshest and most elegant expressions of the grand cru - this may explain why it's poured before Les Amoureuses at the domaine. This is true to type, even in a warm year, showing fine red berry aromas, fine-grained tannins and just a whisper of pepper spice." TA for DR Nov 2018
RP94+ "The 2017 Bonnes Mares Grand Cru is also showing brilliantly from bottle, unwinding in the glass with aromas of cassis, wild berries and plums mingled with notions of peonies, grilled squab, spices and musk. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, velvety and layered, with good concentration and ripe acids, framed by an ample endowment of fine, powdery tannin that renders this more structured than the corresponding Amoureuses but not in any sense more austere. While this is quite charming and expressive for young Bonnes Mares, at least a decade's patience will be warranted." WK for TWA Jan 2020
William Kelley for RobertParker.com writes, "these are serious wines that are more muscular and overtly structured than the sappier, supple and infinitely charming 2017 vintage at this address (which I revisited from bottle), and they will require patience. On the subject of patience, as readers will know, Mugnier has been holding back the release of his Musigny, and he told me that he intends to allocate the 2013 vintage this year. Even if it's still far from mature, it's a noble gesture in a world where vins de garde are increasingly treated like vins de soif, and I applaud him for it." Published: Jan 09, 2020
RP94+ "The 2017 Bonnes Mares Grand Cru is also showing brilliantly from bottle, unwinding in the glass with aromas of cassis, wild berries and plums mingled with notions of peonies, grilled squab, spices and musk. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, velvety and layered, with good concentration and ripe acids, framed by an ample endowment of fine, powdery tannin that renders this more structured than the corresponding Amoureuses but not in any sense more austere. While this is quite charming and expressive for young Bonnes Mares, at least a decade's patience will be warranted." WK for TWA Jan 2020
William Kelley for RobertParker.com writes, "these are serious wines that are more muscular and overtly structured than the sappier, supple and infinitely charming 2017 vintage at this address (which I revisited from bottle), and they will require patience. On the subject of patience, as readers will know, Mugnier has been holding back the release of his Musigny, and he told me that he intends to allocate the 2013 vintage this year. Even if it's still far from mature, it's a noble gesture in a world where vins de garde are increasingly treated like vins de soif, and I applaud him for it." Published: Jan 09, 2020