ITEM 10572367 - Removed from a temperature and humidity controlled wine storage unit
...black cherries, raspberry, crushed stone and pressed iris flower, all quite restrained for a Bonnes-Mares but showing outstanding focus. The palate is medium-bodied with chalky tannins, a fine line of acidity and a strict and quite linear finish that lingers long in the mouth. Outstanding.
Sumptuous cherry fruit on the nose. Lovely sweetness of intense dark-red fruit. Powerful, and so concentrated that it is quite closed in on all that tannic power. Dense, compact, almost impenetrable in its concentration but the fruit is fresh and the finish endless.
...full-bodied, lively and incisive, with a muscular and tight-knit core, racy acids and a long, chalky finish.
...really lovely energy to the cool and restrained yet muscular medium-bodied flavors that are compact, firm and a bit drying...