Bouchard Pere & Fils, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru Domaine 2011

"Here the wood treatment is much more discreet with spicy, pure and elegant cool red berry fruit aromas that display hints of spice, dried flowers and wet stone. There is excellent mid-palate concentration to the overtly muscular and powerful broad-scaled flavors that enjoy superb length. If there is a nit, this is not as complex as the best in the range but my score assumes that greater depth will develop in time as the underlying material is certainly present to allow for it." - Allen Meadows

"Aromas of redcurrant, strawberry and clove. Sweet and rich for 2011 but with lovely saline sappiness to its ripe flavors of strawberry, raspberry and spices. A substantial grand cru but less densely packed than the 2012 version; this will be much more approachable in its youth. Finishes with sweet tannins and a lingering note of cherry pit." - Vinous