A superb, muscular Pinot Noir that takes hold of your senses and doesn't let go. Bold, powerful, concentrated, thick and rich and tannic, oozing earth, floral, spice, wet stone and loads of fruit character, it does pirouettes on your palate. Made to age, as the tannins need time to soften.--Pinot Noir Challenge. Best from 2006 through 2020. –PM WS
What a fabulous wine the 1990 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru! Youthful in colour, it has beguiling complexity on the nose, secondary aromas percolating through the carapace of red fruit: truffle, smoke and a touch of peppermint. The palate is quite dense and voluminous, as you would expect given the growing season, yet there is sensational precision and poise. The final third delivers incredible tension and mineralité, hints of iodine and spice lending more complexity and the aftertaste continues on and on and on. I wonder if this is à point? Then again, there is so much substance that you can easily envisage this offering another two decades of drinking pleasure. Stunning. Tasted at the Roumier verticals in Hong Kong and London with consistent notes.- Neal Martin (09/2018)
Producer: Roumier, Georges
Vintage: 1990
Varietal: Pinot Noir
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Sub-Region: Cote de Nuits
Appellation: Chambolle Musigny
Sub-Appellation: Bonnes Mares
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