Domaine Laurent Roumier is the small personal estate of Laurent Roumier, nephew of the celebrated Christophe Roumier of Domaine Georges Roumier, one of Burgundy’s most revered and commercially sought-after producers. Laurent established his own domaine from a modest inheritance of vineyards in Chambolle-Musigny and Morey-Saint-Denis, and has built a quiet but solid reputation for producing wines in the restrained, low-intervention style that his family background and the finest Côte de Nuits tradition demands. The Bonnes Mares is the most prestigious and ambitious wine in the Domaine Laurent Roumier portfolio, produced from a parcel in this 15.06-hectare Grand Cru that straddles the communal boundary between Chambolle-Musigny and Morey-Saint-Denis, and which produces Pinot Noir of formidable structure alongside the aromatic complexity that only the finest Chambolle terroir provides.

Bonnes Mares is one of the most age-worthy and highly valued Grand Crus in Burgundy, combining the aromatic finesse of Chambolle-Musigny’s terroir with the structured power and mineral density of the finest Morey-Saint-Denis soils. Domaine Georges Roumier’s Bonnes Mares is one of the most celebrated wines in the entire Côte de Nuits, commanding prices that reflect its extraordinary critical and collector following, and Domaine Laurent Roumier’s parcel benefits from the same family expertise and philosophical approach. The 2022 Burgundy vintage was warm and produced wines of excellent aromatic concentration and supple tannin structure that should reward both early appreciation and patient cellaring for those able to wait.

Bonnes Mares from a Roumier-family domaine, in any vintage, represents a wine of exceptional provenance and serious collector relevance. Domaine Laurent Roumier’s production is small, its distribution selective and its prices modest relative to the Roumier family benchmark. For collectors who follow the Chambolle-Musigny Grand Cru circuit with precision and who recognise the quality signal embedded in the Roumier name at any estate level, this is a wine that merits attention well above its current commercial profile.

Deep ruby with a complex and structured nose of dark cherry, plum, violet, dried rose, spice, iron mineral and the distinctive weight and depth that defines Bonnes Mares across the boundary between Chambolle and Morey. Full-bodied with formidable but polished tannins, excellent natural acidity and a very long, mineral, structured finish. Best from 2030 through 2050.