2013 Domaine Comte Georges de Vogue Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits, France 750ml

The 2013 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru has a feisty bouquet with cracked black pepper sprinkled over the precocious red and black fruit. There is a sense of vivacity here ? generous and exuberant. The palate is sorbet-fresh on the entry with blood orange interwoven through the red fruit, and a controlled spiciness gently wafting through the sappy, blueberry finish. Superb ? stylish and intellectual ? as I described this Bonnes-Mares from barrel last year.