FRANCE : PROVENCE : BANDOL 97% Mourvedre, 3% Grenache FULL BODIED, DARK FRUIT, HERBS, LEATHER, SPICY, NEUTRAL OAK Classic Provencal aromas of thyme, licorice, rosemary, and lavender. It exhibits ripe black cherry and dark plum fruit on the palate with a flair of the Mediterranean sun. This is taut, rugged, leathery, and sauvage. It is drinking well now with some air and will be excellent with some age. ECOLOGY : Organic FOOD PAIRING: A Marathon of Sherlock Holmes
Jay Kline
Popped and poured; no formal notes. Served out of a magnum for NYE dinner. Black and blue fruits with black pepper, dried herbs, leather and spices. Tannins are mostly integrated and there’s great balance. Unanimously fawned over by all at the table.
Popped and poured; no formal notes. Served out of a magnum for NYE dinner. Black and blue fruits with black pepper, dried herbs, leather and spices. Tannins are mostly integrated and there’s great balance. Unanimously fawned over by all at the table.
9.2Matt
Black cherry, black raspberry, baked earth, dried herbs, Ceylon cinnamon, tar, underlying animal/savory character. Tannins are still powerful with considerable finesse to them. Very fine for the style. Long life a head
Black cherry, black raspberry, baked earth, dried herbs, Ceylon cinnamon, tar, underlying animal/savory character. Tannins are still powerful with considerable finesse to them. Very fine for the style. Long life a head
9.0Andrew Schirmer
Decanted two hours. In its late youth, but gorgeous and showing great promise. Nebbiolo comparisons hold water--this is all dusty cherry fruit, laced with acid, tannins, and a generous dollop of herbs. Unlike other wines in this appellation it manages to say quite a lot at only 13-14% ABV.
Decanted two hours. In its late youth, but gorgeous and showing great promise. Nebbiolo comparisons hold water--this is all dusty cherry fruit, laced with acid, tannins, and a generous dollop of herbs. Unlike other wines in this appellation it manages to say quite a lot at only 13-14% ABV.
9.4Matthew Sabato
Really nice herbaceous and bright cherry aromatics. A bit tannic to start, giving away it's youth. Pleasing almost-bitterness to the finish in a Nebbiolo-like manner.
Really nice herbaceous and bright cherry aromatics. A bit tannic to start, giving away it's youth. Pleasing almost-bitterness to the finish in a Nebbiolo-like manner.
9.0Eugenia Naletova
In Chicago and girl and goat. It's ok. But the food is awesome
In Chicago and girl and goat. It's ok. But the food is awesome
8.6Location
WARNING: DRINKING DISTILLED SPIRITS, BEER, COOLERS, WINE AND OTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MAY INCREASE CANCER RISK, AND, DURING PREGNANCY, CAN CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS.