Winery - Bonneau du Martray
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
Surprisingly sweet and ripe nose with sugar-washed lemon scents mixed with minerals, smoke and a touch of perfume; sweet and ripe in the front of the mouth, with lots of sugared lemon flavors; big wine with quite a bit of body, softened acidity, but still very much evident; not a blockbuster of a wine, but thoroughly enjoyable and ready to drink. (17/20)
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
Tight nose, lots of minerals and spices, acidity and citrus fruit aromas, smoke, quite closed; this is a much more serious wine; tight flavors and not yet ready but showing complex textures and flavors; lots of lemon acidity in this wine; solid lemon flavors mixed with earthen and mineral touches; much more serious than the Latour. (18/20)
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
Sweet nose, but also laced with lots of minerals, slate and shale, earthen, smoky, very herbal; opens in the mouth with lemony and minerally flavors, quite well focused and intense; there is a lot of ripe fruit in the middle of the mouth, but the wine has the classic Bonneau du Martray leanness; long finish, dry and intense with a beautiful balance of ripeness and austerity. (19/20)
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
This wine ordered from the wine list of Bastide in Los Angeles; soft scented nose with lots of vanilla and honeyed fruit, a bit elusive and lacking focus, but soft enticing aromas; smooth and silky in the mouth, almost buttery, sweet honeyed fruit, but lacks a core; the wine is pleasant enough, and certainly has great softened textures, but it lacks edges; a bit diffuse and flabby; still good for the palate if not exactly grand cru material. (17.5/20)
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
Wonderful nose, first aromas are of sauerkraut and cabbage, then emerging into buttery sweetness and spiciness with touches of licorice and herbs; sweet and round in the mouth with wonderful core of lemons and fresh acidity; round and unctuous at the same time; very balanced; a wonderful example of this wine, and only flawed by being a bit short at the end. (18.5/20)
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
Sweet and minerally nose with touches of barnyard and smoke, deep and layered aromas, sophisticated; sweet fruit in the front of the mouth, wonderful layers of flavor, smooth and honeyed, beautifully balanced; nuances of shale and earth in between the fruit flavors; long finish with sweet, ripe flavors that show great balance and poise. (19/20)
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
Sweet spicy fruit define this nose, with an almost buttery nature, interesting aromas of lemon verbena and a hint of sweet camphor; sweet and rich in the front of the mouth, but also showing nice traces of minerals and lemon peel flavors; quite spicy and peppery on the palate; strong citric flavors at the end with lemon juice concentrate lingering in the mouth. (17/20)
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
Several bottles of this wine tasted over the year, and all consistent; wonderful nose of lemon peel and herbs, touch of honey, lemons and exotic spices, light and fresh aromas; clean and crisp in the mouth, lemons and lemon juice mixed with a subtle blend of herbs and spices, crisp but rich with real grip; this is a nicely balanced wine that provides both a buttery richness while maintaining a crispness with lemon acidity throughout; long, smooth satisfying finish; drunk side by side on one occasion with the 1990, and clearly the better of the two. (18.5/20)
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
Soft, silky nose, quite a serious level of acidity in the nose, lemon zest, minerals and smoke; elegant and refined in the mouth with assertive and big sweet fruit flavors; lots of lemony acidity; minerals spices and powerful flavors; luscious fruit with succulent flavors; huge acidity at the finish with a very long tail of flavors; perhaps more acidity in the mouth than a wine with better balance would show. (18.5/20)
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
An amazing nose here with powerful floral, perfumed scents of oleander and white flowers mixed with an intense sweetness of confectioners’ sugar and very ripe fruit; in the mouth the wine is rich and sweet with intense flavors of candied fruit and almonds, the dominant taste is lemon drops; there is complexity here with lemon peel and flashes of other citrus flavors, but the wine remains focused; there is a lot of muscular acidity in the wine, and this keeps it from tipping into the sweet and unctuous trap; long finish, focused and intense to the end. (20/20)
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