Château Pradeaux Bandol Mourvedre 2015

Josh Morgenthau

Detailed, sappy fruit. Berry compote. Wow, a total steal. Still could use at least 5 more years.

Josh Morgenthau

Seductive nose. Candied cherries, fresh black/red plum juice, garrigue, wild herbs. Juicy, bloody, intense on the palate, but the fruit is transparent and bright, and complicated by wonderful Provençal notes of olive and oregano. A wall of tannins on the finish, but the juiciness offsets it well. I think this will be a real winner with lots of time- probably not becoming approachable for a decade at least.

Jake Hajer

Age is showing the game more prevalent in the nose. Tannic and still needs a few years. Be sure to decant and get good air to open up. Give it another five to soften. Dark plum, fig, blueberry. Game and a touch coffee and tar.

George Tita

Not giving a lot right now. A bit medicinal, but the stuffing is there. Too young, perhaps?

Ben Franco

Owner Winedown cafe & wine bar

Bright raspberry, ozone, wet stone..hint of tangerine tart acidity melon and floral on the palate

David Metcalf

This needed about an hour in the decanter to really come alive. Definitely not too young to enjoy, but will improve for years to come. Stewed strawberry and raspberry, new leather, cracked pepper, grilled beef, hoisin and five-spice. Firm, grippy tannins, bright acidity and a long, ashy, fireclay finish

Monique Gillioen

L’Hexagone €30

Alan Snitow

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Todd Stone

Medium to dark garnet, nose of dark red/black fruits with some earthiness. Much more acidic than the Montus. Fairly acidic fro start to finish- medium body. Not in love with it-

Ron Westlund

Gold standard rose.