Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting in Beaune, the 2013 Bonnes Mares Grand Cru from de Vogüé did not show as well as I was expecting. On this occasion it was showing too much oak on the nose that was masking terroir expression -- at least at the moment. The palate is medium-bodied with supple and rounded black fruit, well integrated new oak, quite plush in style with more blue fruit emerging towards the finish. It just lacks a little personality, perhaps exposed by its juxtaposition against other Bonnes-Mares. Closing down maybe?

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