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2004 Domaine Georges Roumier, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
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Critics Scores
Wine Spectator
Intense and brooding, this red offers complexity and power in an understated way. Blackberry, mineral and tobacco flavors meld with the lively structure and fine-grained tannins. Picks up a violet theme on the long finish. Even better than a previous bottle.
Burghound.com
This is maturing into a really lovely wine as there is some evident evolution to the still pretty mix of violet, red and black fruits, earth, herb and game-suffused nose that gives way to textured, sappy, firm and intense flavors that are complex, long and utterly delicious though the finish does reflect a discreet note of acid tang. For my taste this still needs a few more years of cellar time but if given sufficient air in a decanter, the '04 BM could be enjoyed now. Note that this is not an especially big wine by the typical standards of the Roumier Bonnes Mares but it largely avoids the greenness prevalent in some examples of the '04 vintage.
John Gilman
As the youngest and least evolved of all the ’04 Roumier wines that I tasted for this report, the Bonnes-Mares is also the most peppery at the present time, but I have little doubt that this is just a passing phase. The wine offers up a superb nose of dark berries, red and black cherries, game, espresso, white pepper, woodsmoke and complex soil tones. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, powerfully built and still quite primary, with excellent mid-palate depth, fine focus, plenty of ripe, well-integrated tannins, tangy acids and outstanding length and grip on the soil-driven and laser-like finish. A classic Roumier Bonnes-Mares in the making, the 2004 will need at least another six years to fully blossom, and will be a superb bottle a decade out from this time. Nothing off vintage about this wine! (Drink between 2015-2045)
Burghound
This is maturing into a really lovely wine as there is some evident evolution to the still pretty mix of violet, red and black fruits, earth, herb and game-suffused nose that gives way to textured, sappy, firm and intense flavors that are complex, long and utterly delicious though the finish does reflect a discreet note of acid tang. For my taste this still needs a few more years of cellar time but if given sufficient air in a decanter, the '04 BM could be enjoyed now. Note that this is not an especially big wine by the typical standards of the Roumier Bonnes Mares but it largely avoids the greenness prevalent in some examples of the '04 vintage.
Stephen Tanzer
(the fruit here was picked with 14.2 potential alcohol, higher than in 2003) Medium red. Red cherry, peony, dried herbs and mint on the high-pitched, scented nose. Juicy but tightly wound and quite closed; conveys an impression of great energy but this is hiding its sweetness today. Not especially agreeable on the back end today, but this is the deepest and most concentrated wine of the 2004 collection. I'd give it at least six years in the bottle. (ST) 91+