2012 BONNES MARES GRAND CRU DROUHIN LAROZE - 6x75cl

Tasting Notes

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  Goedhuis, January 2014

  Quite a firmly structured Bonnes Mares with its powerful masculine tannins fully supported by breadth and weight of fruit. The strong August sunshine and heat has provided a really dark fruit core making this intense and concentrated.

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  Neal Martin, December 2013,
  Score: 90-92

  From the domaine's 1.5-hectares, the usual 20 barrels was reduced to half for the 2012 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru. It has an opulent, vivacious bouquet with small dark cherries, blueberry and crème de cassis that is deliriously gorgeous. The palate is sweet on the entry with fleshy boysenberry and bilberry fruit. There is good presence and length here, although it needs just a touch more nuance on the finish. Always a solid performed, this comes recommended.

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  Burghound, January 2014,
  Score: 92-94

  A spicy, fresh and impressively pure nose features notes of plum, violets and cassis while being framed in a backdrop of moderately toasty wood. There is good power and plenty of size, weight and muscle on the big-bodied flavors that exude plenty of mouth coating dry extract that also serves to buffer the very firm tannic spine on the strikingly persistent finish. This is terrific and worth considering. Drink 2027+

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  Jancis Robinson, January 2014,
  Score: 16.5+

  Lovely oak scent and beautifully succulent red fruit. A good rasp of tannin gives firmness and weight. Long, concentrated fruit power. Lots of potential here. Drink 2020-2035

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Producer

Domaine Drouhin Laroze

This substantial Gevrey Chambertin domaine is under the guardianship of a collaborative family team: Philippe Drouhin is ably assisted by son and daughter Nicolas and Caroline. First established in 1850, the domaine has major holdings in Gevrey Chambertin, as well as an impressive array of the Côte de Nuits’s grands crus, stretching from Gevrey down through Chambolle Musginy and into Vougeot. Recent investment at the domaine’s barrel hall will continue to drive quality at Drouhin Laroze. Their style falls somewhere between a modernist and a traditionalist. The wines are ripe, concentrated, and often earthy and textured. They offer terrific value, particularly in Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru.