Dujac Bonnes Mares Grand Cru 2023

95-97 points Jasper Morris, MW (Inside Burgundy): "An attractive deepish ruby purple. The bouquet has a charming weight of dark raspberry fruit, which continues on the palate, but the tannins are firmer, indicating that a fair amount more elevage is needed. Everything is there, but at the moment the Bonnes Mares comes over as more muscular than one might expect. Finishes more on red fruit. No problem to give this the benefit of the doubt. (Nov 2024)"

95-97 points Neal Martin (Vinous): "The 2023 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru has a complex bouquet with a mixture of red and black fruit, Morello cherries and blackcurrant, later joined with subtle blueberry scents. It's finely delineated, quite open and intense as Bonnes-Mares should be. The palate has a touch of dark chocolate on the entry. It's quite fleshy, but there is real structure underneath. There are touches of black pepper toward the finish. Excellent. Drink: 2028-2052. (Jan 2025)"

96 points Christy Canterbury, MW (TimAtkin.com): "This wine wasn't giving much on the nose as it was incredibly cold. Plum, fireplace cinders and a wee hint of vanilla eke through. Creamy, cuddly tannins and elegant acidity gently hold this together. The Seysses always hold some of this back as they know the wine shows even better down the road. (2025)"

94-96 points William Kelley (Wine Advocate): "Dujac's 2023 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru is a beauty, unfurling in the glass with aromas of cherries, red plums, spices and rose petals. Medium to full-bodied, dense and layered, it's precise and mineral, with lively acids and a long, saline finish. (1/30/25)"

93-96 points Allen Meadows (Burghound): "A riper nose speaks of a plethora of floral wisps, poached plum, warm earth and a suggestion of smoked game. There is impressive volume, power and richness to the bigger-bodied flavors that possess notably better density while displaying superb length on the exceptionally compact finale. This too is very clearly built to reward extended keeping and I would recommend not touching a bottle for at least 10 years. Drink: 2040+. (Jan 2025)"

95 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The 2023 Bonnes-Mares from Domaine Dujac is a great wine in the making. The bouquet is deep, pure and classy, wafting from the glass in a beautiful mix of plums, red and black cherries, raw cocoa, gamebird, a superb foundation of chalky minerality, woodsmoke, mustard seed, roses and cedary new oak. On the palate the wine is deep, very refined in its structural chassis and full, with a superb core of sappy fruit, great soil inflection and grip, ripe, buried tannins and flat out great length on the impeccably balanced finish. This is a proper young Bonnes-Mares and it is going to need a long time in the cellar to blossom, but it will be magical once it reaches its plateau. 2040-2100. (Jan/Feb 2025)"