2020 Bonnes Mares, Grand Cru, Millemann Wines, Burgundy

A rich deep and quite dark purple. The bouquet is explosive sumptuous, royal. Such ripe fruit but with the structure to manage it. The fruit is as dark as it can be though. However, it freshens up pleasingly with time in the glass and loses the slight over opulence. I can trace the path of the whole bunch vinification but it doesn’t dominate. Fresh enough finish structure wise, fruit remains at the maximum of acceptable ripeness.Drink 2030-2040Jasper Morris MW, insideburgundy_com (November 2022)

On the initial attack, this has an almost incredibly forward, intensely expressive fruit that ranges from fraises de bois to pomegranate and black cherry, all suffused with lush notes of rose petal and lavender. Only with time does one realise the concentration, freshness and grippy length here. The grapes span the length of the slope and provide a wine that is at once lively and densely firm. There is plenty of whole cluster here, but nothing rustic, only polished elegance and finesse. This wine will age for decades to come.Drink 2030-2070Charles Curtis MW, Decanter (June 2022)