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Château Bonalgue
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2023
Château Bonalgue (Pomerol)
Medium-bodied, fresh, silky, and vibrant, the wine leans to its elegant, fruity side, with soft, refined tannins, and sweet, ripe, dark, cherries, with plums in the finish. Give it a year or two in the cellar, and it will be even better. The wine is made from blending 95% Merlot with 5% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2042. 90-92 Pts. 455 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2022
Château Bonalgue (Pomerol)
The fruits are ripe, lifted, sweet, spicy, and earthy. The mid-palate, and finish is all about its chocolate-coated plums, black cherries, and espresso. Fresh and vibrant, soft and polished, the fruits are lush, long and creamy. The end note delivers touches of salty-chocolate on the backend. The wine is made from blending 92% Merlot with 8% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2025-2042. 91-93 Pts. 1,463 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
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2021
Château Bonalgue (Pomerol)
Leafy cherries, espresso, chocolate, spice and licorice define the nose. On the palate, the wine is brisk, spicy and a bit oaky, with a dusty, cherry, red plum, and black raspberry dusty finish, topped off with a bit of chocolate. You can enjoy this on release and for at least a dozen years after that. Drink from 2024-2036. 250 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024Wet earth, coffee, licorice, cocoa and red plums show well in the medium-bodied, round, vibrant, bright, earthy, red cherry finish. It is possible here that with aging, the wine could add more roundness and weight before bottling. You can enjoy this on release. Drink from 2023-2035. 88-90 1,107 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
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2020
Château Bonalgue (Pomerol)
Sporting a new, designer label, the wine sports a bouquet of flowers, black cherries, espresso and spice. Medium-bodied, soft, supple, fresh and energetic, the wine finishes with silky-textured plums, kirsch a touch of chocolate and crushed rocks on the backend. Drink from 2023-2040. 564 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023Medium-bodied, elegant, fresh, ripe and already expressing its spicy plum, espresso, earthy, smoke and cocoa-filled nose. Round, polished, and earthy, the red fruits in the finish are ripe, fresh and vibrant. Give the wine 2-4 years of cellaring and it should be a better tasting experience. 90-92 Pts 2,812 Views Tasted Jun 3, 2021 |
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2019
Château Bonalgue (Pomerol)
Floral and plummy, with a fruity character, along with earth, herbs, olives, and a big hit of oak in the medium-bodied finish. Give it a few years in the bottle to gain additional nuances and complexity. 89-91 Pts 3,434 Views Tasted Jun 8, 2020 |
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2018
Château Bonalgue (Pomerol)
Showing much better in bottle than in barrel, the wine starts off with fresh picked flowers, licorice, smoke and red pit fruits on the nose. Lively, silky and refined, with layers of ripe, sweet, pure red fruits and earth on the palate as well as in the seductive finish. 1,827 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021This medium-bodied wine showcases sweet black cherries, silky tannins, licorice and floral notes. The wine is forward, soft and polished and exposes ripe cherries in the finish. 89-91 Pts 2,417 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2019 |
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2017
Château Bonalgue (Pomerol)
This medium-bodied wine is softly textured and forward, showing a fresh, sweet, charming, red cherry character. This can be enjoyed close to release. 1,636 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2018 |
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2016
Château Bonalgue (Pomerol)
Medium-bodied with a hint of truffle already coming through, you find flowers, herbs, plum and cherry notes. The finish is quite fresh, with a strong, herbal accent in the end note. 1,620 Views Tasted Sep 21, 2019Medium bodied with soft, polished plums, cocoa and cherry, there is freshness and early drinkability with an open, fruity personality. 2,571 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2017 |
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2015
Château Bonalgue (Pomerol)
With a touch of oak on the nose before you find the earthy, plummy fruits and truffle on the nose. The wine is medium-bodied, soft textured finishes with fresh, spicy, earthy, red fruits.. 3,313 Views Tasted May 21, 2018Medium-bodied in a pleasant, forward, soft, albeit, simple, fresh, spicy, earth and red berry character. 88 - 90 Pts 2,838 Views Tasted Apr 27, 2016 |
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2014
Château Bonalgue (Pomerol)
Medium-bodied, plumy, short, sweet and tart with a bright, red berry finish. 86-87 Pts 3,046 Views Tasted Apr 24, 2015 |
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2013
Château Bonalgue (Pomerol)
Cherry and herbal in nature, this light wine will offer its simple, bright, red berry profile on release. 84-86 Pts 2,320 Views Tasted Apr 25, 2014 |
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2012
Château Bonalgue (Pomerol)
Tight on the nose, some air should help. The wine is soft, medium bodied, short and sweet. 3,566 Views Tasted May 15, 2015Flowers, cocoa and raspberries with medium body and fresh style, the wine ends with a red berry and herb-dominated finish. 86-88 Pts 3,517 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2013 |
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2011
Château Bonalgue (Pomerol)
Fully mature, medium-bodied, earthy, plummy, bright, soft-textured wine that is not going to make old bones. Drink up if you have any, as it is already gently declining. 1,824 Views Tasted Aug 24, 2021 |
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2010
Château Bonalgue (Pomerol)
A top value wine from Pomerol that delivers a lot of bang for the buck, with its black cherry, mocha and plummy, round profile. This drinks well young too. 5,279 Views Tasted Mar 14, 2014 |
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2009
Château Bonalgue (Pomerol)
Uncomplicated, silky, soft, medium bodied Pomerol dominated by fresh cherries that is made to drink on the young side. 4,739 Views Tasted Aug 4, 2013 |
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2008
Château Bonalgue (Pomerol)
This medium bodied, dark cherry and red plum, earth and thyme filled wine is ready to go. 2,542 Views Tasted Mar 4, 2017 |
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2006
Château Bonalgue (Pomerol)
Fully mature, medium-bodied, with a nose of wet earth, herbal, cherry and plum notes. The nose is better than the palate which finishes with bright red plums and slightly coarse tannins. 1,586 Views Tasted Sep 8, 2020 |
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2005
Château Bonalgue (Pomerol)
Red cherries, black raspberry, herbs and wet earth scents open the perfume. Better in the nose than on the palate, the medium bodied, soft wine ends with a dusty, slightly gruff, red plum finish. 5,357 Views Tasted Aug 11, 2013 |
