Bonnes Mares, Domaine Mugnier 2019

The 2019 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru is very promising, unwinding in the glass with notions of rapsberry, plums and blackberry fruit complemented by scents of peonies rose petals and blood orange. Full-bodied, layered and elegantly muscular, it's deeper and firmer than the Fuées despite their comparative proximity, with powdery tannins, lively acids and chalky back-end grip. This is a terrific proposition for the patient.

Rich, mid purple, the nose has some weight of fruit, though I rarely find as much class in the bouquet of Frédéric’s Bonnes Mares as I do in his Fuées. Then there is power and structure, with significant weight of deep red fruit with a wilder edge. A good result this year, finishing in Chambolle, says Frédéric, after we had been discussing whether this vineyard is more characteristic of Chambolle-Musigny or Morey St-Denis.