Bonneau, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Marie Beurrier

Un c9p sur le fruit, petits fruits, candy, cannelle, épices. Assez léger en comparaison à d’autres c9p, moins garrigue que charvin. Bon mais trop cher pour le rendu.

2013 vintage

Oxidised - sadly enough to completely ruin the wine… Went down the drain 😩. My score reflects the potential this wine could have had.

2013 vintage

Grenache tasting, wine #10. Made from Grenache blend with 10% Mourvedre, old school traditional farming, indigenous yeast, aged for 5 years in old oak. Medium+ ruby colour. Medium+ intensity aroma of plums, black pepper, bacon, earth, smoke, dried rose petals, leather, hint of garrigue. Medium+ body, rich and concentrated yet refined and elegant with impeccably managed medium acidity and high yet fine sticky tannins.

2013 vintage

ESTG weekend in Minneapolis; 7/25/2025-7/26/2025 (Minneapolis, MN) : Shockingly cherry profile. So bright and mineral, tannic, precise.

2010 vintage

An Epic Summer Wine Weekend - Year 4; 6/27/2025-6/29/2025 (Conestogo Lake) : [Tasted Single Blind] This pours medium to light ruby with flecks of purple toward the rim. The nose is tight on opening grudgingly opening to show plum, violets, perfume, seaweed, peppercorn, Herbs de Provence, and charcoal. Again the nose was grudging and reluctant to come out here, and really could use further age to allow it to unfurl. The palate enters on broad and plummy fruit with medium …

2013 vintage

I really like this wine; lovely nose with wild herbs, dark fruits, violet, hints of forest floor, a touch of fennel; elegant and yet powerful at the same time with great concentration; still feels well balanced; a Chateauneuf that pinot drinkers can appreciate

2013 vintage

Second bottle of this and both have been quite enjoyable for me; I don't drink a lot of Chateauneuf anymore, but Bonneau re-opened my eyes to what I used to enjoy; starts with some lovely red fruit and turns more black with air, lovely earthy garrigue notes, tobacco, menthol, a hint of white pepper, some floral notes; palate is big, but balanced with more acidity than most Chateauneuf, plenty of tannic structure, and good concentration. Very good now with food, …

2013 vintage

Wonderful. Opened for four+ hours and then decanted for another hour. A bit funky before the decant but the hour decant blew the funk off. The wine is in a great place now; don’t anticipate it maturing further from here but not at risk of decline in the next few years at least. Wish I had more of this in my cellar. Wine like this is what it is all about.

1995 vintage

High-end Rhone Dinner at a friend's house. (Hollywood) : Ruby color with slight garnet. Nose is peppery, with olive, red spicy fruit and a bit rustic. Full body, great acidity and long finish. This showed much more opulent than the 1988 we had in the same flight.

1995 vintage

Heater week; 3/8/2024-3/17/2024 (Chicago, IL) : Archetypal CdP. Slightly sweet with its ripe fruit, and more black than red. Heavyset but not actually heavy. A bit of barnyard here, this is pretty much the way CdP ought to be. Accessible now, but certainly plenty of potential ahead.

2013 vintage

Rhône or Nôwhere 2.0 (Malcolm, NE) : I opened this bottle of the 2013 “Cuvée Marie Beurrie” the day before and poured into a ship’s decanter for a couple of hours before returning to the bottle. In the glass, just, wow. This is developing still with the darkest brambles and stone with purple flowers and garrigue. This is so beguiling, so deep with tannins and acid for days. Full of power and grace and stunner with cassoulet, Toulouse sausage and …

2013 vintage

Saturday late night at Maison Dakota. Wife asked for one more bottle to cap the night off! Pop and poured. Drank in Grassl Cru. Appearance is clear, medium intensity, ruby colour. Legs. Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of fragrant stewed red plums, licorice, garrigue, nutmeg oil. Developing. On the palate, dry, medium+ acidity, medium+ alcohol (14%), high tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of garrigue, licorice, sweet stewed red plums, very sweet red cherries, sweet spices, …

2013 vintage

Bar a Vin CdP dinner. I thought it was off. Much less on nose than in the past. Others liked it more than I, but all disappointed I think.

1995 vintage

Wow quel vin époustouflant ! Le nez est d'une pureté incroyable et nous transporte aucunement en Chateauneuf. Bonneau a une signature Bourguignonne bien évidente et ce vin ne fait pas exception. Fleurs fraîches, petits fruits des champs, Acidité présente et bien équilibré avec cette légère chaleur qui nous amène sur un terroir plus sudiste que la Bourgogne tout en gardant cette finesse incroyable. Grand vin qui ma procuré un plaisir immense !

2013 vintage

Belle robe rubis d'intensité moyennement pale - Nez aux accents italien et même de Toscane aux notes de vinaigre balsamique puis cerise, épice léger. La bouche est fluide dans un style assez nordiste et dans laquelle on a l'impression qu'un coulis de fruit nous traverse la gorge. Des cuvées dans le Rhône Sud qui sont à ce niveau de plaisir, je n'en connais malheureusement pas des dizaines.

2013 vintage

Peach Farm. Great nose, as always, but this bottle was better and fresher on the palate than ones in 2012 and 2014. Not at all tired. Hopefully the remaining bottle is like this, but will drink it before long.

1995 vintage

First time with this cuvee and I really liked it. The nose was more red fruited and floral than the Celestins I have tried. Felt more typical of grenache, but still had some earthy and herbal notes; the balance on the palate was excellent and the finish was delicious. Doesn't seem like it will age for a really long time, but should be good for the next decade.

2013 vintage

Quite drinkable but no fireworks here. In fact wine seems a bit tired and really needs to be consumed. Storage issues? 89 if I ranked it, but I’ll call it defective.

2013 vintage

I am coming back to this after a few years. Opened for 2.5 hours. Color is deep garnet with some orange showing on the rim. On the nose: Strawberry, cherry, licorice and some herbs. On the palette: Strawberry, lots of dry tannins, black licorice, cherry , spice notes and herbs. This is really getting good. It is very elegant.

2013 vintage

Classic old school CdP. A nice contrast to many of the “modern styled” overly alcoholic wines hyped by some critics. Red fruit with forest floor and garigue. Strawberries and red licorice. Nice freshness and acidity. Tannins are a bit drying on the finish.

2013 vintage

La Tablee: Bonneau retrospective (Mercerie) : The only wine in the flight that was really in drinking window and I'd say calling it in drinking window is prob being a bit kind. More apt is starting to get there. Very well done wine. There's a structure to this that is very pleasing. It's again a bit on the bigger side. A touch less expressive than I think it will be with some more time. But getting there.

1995 vintage

La Tablee: Bonneau retrospective (Mercerie) : And while I had young many times in my note on the '14, this came across as even younger. A bit more alcohol. Very fruit dominant. Not close to ready. We'll be holding on ours.

2013 vintage

Very pretty aromatics, lots of strawberry. At 1/5th the price of the 95' Rayas, this seems like a pretty good buy to me right now.

1995 vintage

Served blind, slow oxed for 3 hours & then decanted for 1 hour, dark color, very refined on the palate, guessing Northern Rhone, still very young but impeccable balance & lovely mouth feel 93+

2013 vintage

Wonderful earthy dark spicy fruits with good weight and complexity. However a somewhat high acid structure creates a somewhat disjointed feel. goid and enjoyable.

2010 vintage

Decanted for 1 hour. Reserved nose with thin red fruit, the palate is Burgundy like but a bit stronger. Uniform style and medium finishing. I feel this is still not opened. Maybe further decanting / cellaring are need.

2013 vintage

Big

2013 vintage

Juicy, with good complexities. 91+

2013 vintage

Herbs, dark currant, smoke, earth and garrigue. Elegantly masculine with precision. Richness without being overwhelming. Benchmark Bonneau. 92-93

1995 vintage

I will declare I am a huge Bonneau fan. I save up to buy a case every few years. THis wine is very young. Give it at least 5 years. I get cranberries, strawberries and cherries for fruit. Big tannins. Very well made.

2013 vintage

A farewell to Tooch (Chicago, IL) : If more CdP tasted like this, I would probably drink more CdP. Yes, it's a big and brash wine, with broad shoulders and chock full of flavour, but it's also real flavour, not like that high-fructose corn syrup garbage that Parker passes off as Chateauneuf. There is a varied array of fruit here, from tart cranberries to ripe plums, and that assortment adds plenty of complexity to this wine. Surprisingly on the palate, …

2013 vintage

Tooch Going Away Dinner (TDS) : Big, primary and almost grapey nose is quite primary with notions of herb and licorice. Palate is impressively concentrated yet light on its feet. It's a bit coarse on the mid-palate and finish, suggesting it needs time to soften. Lots of licorice and herbs in the finish. Upside as this matures and gains nuance.

2013 vintage

Guessed this one; lots of beef blood, minerals, extremely tight and vertical with the richesse of the terroir kept tightly knit. This is certainly Grand Vin in the making, would not min owning a case of this.

2010 vintage

Grenache with Panache (New York, NY) : Sandwiched in between a vertical of Rayas and a flight of SQN grenache, this served as a great transition. My first time with Bonneau and based on the experience will surely not be the last. Similar to Rayas, this sports a very fragrant and perfumed nose. On the palate, the fruits are darker and a bit more masculine in the style than the Rayas wines, perhaps more forest floor, and darker berries, with …

1995 vintage

Grenache with Panache (Friends apt) : A little Bonneau sandwiched between Rayas and SQN. I am still learning my way around these wines which continue to be very interesting. This is more on the savory side. Lots of leather and spice. Again an interesting structure to it (I guess maybe part of the appeal of the Grenache grape in CdP where it has lots of flavor without requiring much heaviness). Very nice.

1995 vintage

Nose has wild berries, herbs and soil. Smooth and expressive but the finish is slightly short. Still very enjoyable.

2010 vintage

Really quite deeply flavored with dark fruits and an animalistic funk in a good way. There are mature flavors of tar, dark spices, garrigue and black forest that give way to a concentrated finish with notes of char, black minerals and damp earth. A black bull of a wine.

1995 vintage

Initial funk on the nose followed by black truffle, tar, game meat. Dark earth, blackberry and light smoke on the palate. Smooth but noticeable tannins on the backpalate. 2 hour decant. 93+

1995 vintage

Understated and flawless.

1995 vintage

China King. Beautiful nose, tired palate. Unforunately both of my bottles so far have been that way.

1995 vintage

I really liked this wine…may be WOTN for me. Red fruits. Complex secondary notes. Spice, mineral, wood. Great balance and long. Hitting it’s stride. Very burgundian!

1995 vintage

Nose of cork taint. On the palate some tca and also tasted a bit bretty (is that possible, the double-whammy)? Bummer.

1995 vintage

Long, sophisticated, and extremely tasty. Loads of unami, strong tannins and with a flavor profile in between CdP and Burgundy. Red fruit and layers of flavor. Outstanding.

1995 vintage

Monthly Tasting Group: Loads of CDP's and more (Meritage, St. Paul) : small pour, no detailed notes, pretty decent.

1995 vintage

CdP as Burgundy. Gorgeous nose, even if the palate is less exciting.

1995 vintage

Lawton's w David S. The copious ripe fruit is all secondary at this stage, so what must have been a big wine at one time now shows complexity and even elegance. Lovely nose.

1995 vintage

The magical combination of CdP that drinks like Burgundy, and why I like this cuvee better than the Bonneau "luxury" cuvees. Medium bodied with depth and persistence of red fruit and perfect balance along with a cinnamon/spice bouquet that blind I would have guessed as a mature Grand Cru Vosne. Loads of complexity and in a great place - mature now but with years of life ahead.

1995 vintage

Rustic, sweaty, dark fruits. Surprisingly mature tasting and lacking in supporting backbone. Enjoyable, but not special.

1995 vintage

Bonneau Tasting (Graz, Austria) : Now we are talking! Medium density, maturity beginning to show on nose, a refined yet dense inky fruit, verging on burnt fruit, like the concentrated gooey stuff around the edge of a pie dish. Great concentration on palate, inky brooding sour cherry, high acidity, soft tannin, may have a little age. Exceptional.

1995 vintage

Dégusté le soir de mon mariage après déjà quelques crus... Phenomenal de complexité aromatique, helas je ne disposait pas du recul necessaire pour apprecier pleinement ce vin, il s'agit sans aucun doute des plus grandes réussite des chateauneuf de tous les temps. C'est complexe et puissant tellement agreable, cela ressemble dans une certaine mesure au Pegau Cuvée Réservé 1990: tellement riche que cela s'approche d'une liqueur de vin rouge avec une force qui est presente mais dure: fantastique !!!

1995 vintage

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