1989 | Domaine Georges Roumier | Bonnes Mares Hot on Sale

1989 | Domaine Georges Roumier | Bonnes Mares

Red Wine: 1989 | Domaine Georges Roumier | Bonnes Mares

The concentrated big-bodied flavors, by contrast, are rich, structured, beautifully textured and complex and the backend offers solid if not genuinely stunning length.

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Producer: Domaine Georges Roumier

Ratings: JG | 93  WS | 93

Vintage: 1989

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13.5%

Varietal: Pinot Noir

Country/Region: France, Burgundy

Detailed Description

The bouquet wafts from the glass in a mature and vibrant mix of black cherries, plums, woodsmoke, game, sous bois, mustard seed and a dollop of new oak. The concentrated big-bodied flavors, by contrast, are rich, structured, beautifully textured and complex and the backend offers solid if not genuinely stunning length.

Reviews:

• John Gilman: The 1989 vintage is not one that Christophe Roumier looks back on fondly, but his Bonnes-Mares is excellent and continues to cruise along beautifully at age twenty-five. This was the very first vintage where Christophe did away with multiple bottlings of Bonnes-Mares and only produced a single cuvée, which he has done in each subsequent vintage. The bouquet wafts from the glass in a mature and vibrant mix of black cherries, plums, woodsmoke, game, sous bois, mustard seed and a dollop of new oak. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, complex and still nicely plush at the core, with melted tannins, sound acids, fine focus and grip and a long, velvety and quite classy finish. Good juice at its apogee, but with plenty of life still in it. (Drink between 2014-2040)

• Wine Spectator: Big and complex, with masses of fruit and tannins and a long, almost tough finish. A traditional, big wine that is drinkable now.

Producer Information

From its beginnings all the way up to the present, Domaine Georges Roumier has maintained one of the best reputations in Burgundy. Their superb wines are also amazingly dependable and consistent in quality. Georges Roumier began the enterprise in 1924 and operated it until his retirement in 1961, when the estate was divided among his children. After his death in 1965, his son Jean-Marie ran the domaine and made the wines. Adopting his father’s métier, Jean-Marie’s son Christophe became a talented winemaker as well, and bought out his uncles in 1992.
Domaine Georges Roumier is one of the finest sources of classic, long-lived red Burgundies, with wines that demonstrate fruit, spice, and balance, with substantial tannins. Simply put, Roumier wines are brilliantly made. They are rich, fragrant wines with characteristic aromas of cherries and berries, and often need 4-5 years to show their great depth and harmony. They are also very long-lived, lasting up to twenty years.