2018 Dujac Bonnes Mares Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits

Soft reduction is enough to push the underlying fruit and floral scents to the background. Otherwise there is really lovely energy to the cool and restrained yet muscular medium-bodied flavors that are compact, firm and a bit drying on the short finish. Based on the structure, this may well be a fruit/tannin race as this ages and overall I found this to be well below its usual excellent level. 

89-91 points Allen Meadows burghound.com Jan 2020, Drink: 2030+ 

The 2018 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru is blessed with one of my favorite aromatics from Dujac this year, featuring black cherries, raspberry, crushed stone and pressed iris flower, all quite restrained for a Bonnes-Mares but showing outstanding focus. The palate is medium-bodied with chalky tannins, a fine line of acidity and a strict and quite linear finish that lingers long in the mouth. Outstanding.

95-97 points Neal Martin vinous.com Jan 2020 Drink 2022 – 2050

Unfurling in the glass with a youthfully reserved bouquet of cassis, wild berries, rose petals, peonies and sweet soil tones, Dujac's 2018 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cruis is full-bodied, lively and incisive, with a muscular and tight-knit core, racy acids and a long, chalky finish. As usual, this is one of the tightest-knit, most overtly mineral reds in the cellar, and it will demand patience.

94-96+ points William Kelley robertparker.com Jan 2020