94 David Schildknecht - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

"The Potel 2006 Bonnes Mares is another case of truth in terroir, as it leads with a site-typical savagery of tart red fruits, pungent herbs, and smoked meats. Red currant, raspberry, sage, wormwood, sassafras, licorice, black tea, white pepper, and ham hock are all contributory to the rich, dense-packed, invigorating display, culminating in a finish that practically gangs up on your palate. This is not where to look for the gentle or subtle side of 2006 Burgundian Pinot, and it may never shed a certain rusticity of tannin. I would anticipate at least a dozen years of excitement from bottles. The wine was actually a bit reduced and needed time to gather its formidable forces before it really landed the first punch."

"Good deep ruby-red. Wonderfully nuanced, site-typical nose offers dark raspberry, brown spices, licorice and herbs. At once silky-sweet and pungent, with terrific lift and energy to the peppery middle palate. This dense, very long and scented wine saturates the palate with flavor." 91-94 Points - Stephen Tanzer

"A marginally riper nose of spicy red and blue berry fruit that is notably spicy and pure and actually quite elegant as are the sleekly muscled, rich, full, sweet and somewhat surprisingly, rather forward flavors that possess excellent length but not quite the same depth. To be sure, this is really a lovely wine, just not a truly profound one." 91-93 Points - Allen Meadows (Burghound)