96 Tim Atkin
Review Date: 01/2023
Positive reduction starts off the nose, followed by tangy black cherry, crunchy black plum, charcoal and licorice. The tannins are profoundly fine though plentiful enough to lightly dry the lengthy finish. There is a whisper of earthiness and crushed sea salt on the final impression. There is just over a half hectare total from both colors of soils in the Dujac stable.
94-96 Wine Advocate
Review Date: 01/2023
The 2021 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru is brilliant, exhibiting inviting aromas of cherries and raspberries mingled with rose petals, rich spices and vine smoke, followed by a full-bodied, ample and multidimensional palate that's richly layered, underpinned by powdery tannins and lively acids. (WK)
95 Decanter
Review Date: 10/2022
Intensely good wine. The colour is a fairly deep ruby, and the nose displays a lush, plummy fruit. There are no heavy, smoky aromas, just clean, pure fruit and floral notes. The texture is supple and dense with a lively acidity that carries this to a superbly ripe, long finish. Dujac has 0.59 hectares in total in two sections. They picked everything here on 25 September, in advance of their other grand crus, to spectacular result. (CC)
95 John Gilman
Review Date: 01/2023
After all of the red fruity fireworks on display with so many of the 2021s from Domaine Dujac, I was surprised to find how black fruity their excellent Bonnes-Mares is this year. The bouquet offers up scents of black cherries, sweet dark berries, venison, coffee bean, a touch of stems, a complex base of soil, mustard seed, woodsmoke and vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, reserved in personality and full-bodied, with a rock solid core of fruit, excellent mineral drive, ripe tannins and a long, beautifully balanced and youthful finish. This will be excellent, but it is going to need some extended nap time before it is ready to drink.
