Henri Bonneau Cuvee Marie Beurrier 2011 medium red and kirsch emerge leading into

and kirsch emerge leading into a 60+ second finish

a tiny high-quality

fermented wild and raised in barriques (75% new) from quality French cooperages

Excellent depth

though the detail is still to come

Henri Bonneau Cuvee Marie Beurrier 2011 medium red and kirsch emerge leading intoThis wine was named after Bonneau's wifes aunt. Monsieur Bonneaus Cuve Marie Beurrier bottling is a decidedly deeper and more powerful wine than his regular Chteauneuf du Pape, and plays the role of La Tche in the Bonneau cellars to his Rserve des Clestins Romane Conti (of course within the strapping and powerful idiom of Chteauneuf). To my palate this is the most classic expression of Chteauneuf du Pape magic in the Bonneau cellars. John Gilman, A