Christophe Roumier's Bonnes-Mares is the domaine's largest Grand Cru holding and a wine that Roumier followers seek out. The 2005 comes from a ripe, concentrated vintage that is widely regarded as one of the strongest of the decade in the Côte de Nuits.
About This Wine
Bonnes-Mares sits at the northern end of Chambolle, running into Morey-Saint-Denis next to Clos de Tart. The domaine farms roughly 1.4 hectares here, split evenly between the two soil types: the Terres Blanches, pale limestone marl on the upper slope, and the Terres Rouges, red clay-limestone lower down. The two are vinified separately and blended before bottling. The Terres Rouges bring richness and dark fruit, the Terres Blanches spice, floral lift and tension. In a year like 2005 the result is a deep, firmly structured wine that needs time.
Tasting Profile
- Nose: Black cherry, raspberry, violet and peony, with earth and a gamey edge developing.
- Palate: Dense and layered, dark fruit over chalky minerality and firm, fine-grained tannin.
- Finish: Very long, with spice, iron and savoury depth.
Serving & Food
Serve at 16 to 17°C in a Burgundy bowl and decant for one to two hours. Now opening, with a long plateau ahead into the 2030s. Try it with roast grouse or pigeon, braised beef cheek with red wine, or aged Comté.
How to Enjoy
Serious Burgundy lovers and anyone building a cellar of top Chambolle vintages.
Product Details
Producer: Domaine Georges Roumier (Christophe Roumier)
Appellation: Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru
Region: Chambolle-Musigny, Côte de Nuits, Burgundy
Country: France
Vintage: 2005
Grape: Pinot Noir
Format: 750mL
About the Domaine
Domaine Georges Roumier dates from 1924, when Georges Roumier married Geneviève Quanquin and began working her family's vines in Chambolle-Musigny. He started bottling at the domaine in 1945, well before it was common practice, and the estate passed to his son Jean-Marie and then to grandson Christophe, who runs it today.
Grapes are hand-picked and sorted, fermented with indigenous yeasts and a proportion of whole bunches, and aged about 16 months in barrel with a modest share of new oak. The wines are bottled without fining or filtration. The house style is about transparency and fine tannin rather than weight.