Beautiful aromas of tobacco, menthol, forest floor with some dark fruit. No perceptible tannins, but perfectly balanced by a nice acidity. Gorgeous and à point.
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From magnum. Another tremendous Bandol from the same year. Not as expressive on the nose as the Migoua. Maybe could have benefited from a decant. But what a wine! An animalistic wine - blood and earth and forest and flesh. Simply irresistible. Yet so young. How long do these wines last?!
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The 2000 Château de Pibarnon Bandol is drinking beautifully today, and really blossoms with an hour's decant, fleshing out and opening up to exhibit aromas of black cherry, licorice, warm asphalt, black olive, aromatic bark and cardamon. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and enveloping, it's a seamless, sensual wine with a generous core of fruit, melting tannins and a sapid finish.
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Robe rubis vers vermillon d'intensité moyennement pâle +.
Nez assez fermé à l'ouverture mais duquel on distingue des arômes nobles et raffinés. En s'ouvrant, l'aromatique reste assez discret mais surtout austère sur des arômes tertiaires de terre, viande, pruneau, café.
La bouche présente également une certaine austérité dans ses saveurs d'écorces de bois, cigare (ce qui fait son charme) en étant d'une très belle fraîcheur. Les tannins sont savoureux.
Un très beau mourvèdre de Provence.
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1/6/2024 - thomasjacques wrote: 93 Points
Beautiful aromas of tobacco, menthol, forest floor with some dark fruit.
No perceptible tannins, but perfectly balanced by a nice acidity.
Gorgeous and à point.
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7/6/2023 - ricard Likes this wine: 95 Points
From magnum. Another tremendous Bandol from the same year. Not as expressive on the nose as the Migoua. Maybe could have benefited from a decant. But what a wine! An animalistic wine - blood and earth and forest and flesh. Simply irresistible. Yet so young. How long do these wines last?!
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9/19/2022 - William Kelley Likes this wine:
The 2000 Château de Pibarnon Bandol is drinking beautifully today, and really blossoms with an hour's decant, fleshing out and opening up to exhibit aromas of black cherry, licorice, warm asphalt, black olive, aromatic bark and cardamon. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and enveloping, it's a seamless, sensual wine with a generous core of fruit, melting tannins and a sapid finish.
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2/3/2022 - jhw425 wrote: 92 Points
This was dealt good. Fruit was still there and the tannins we’re fully resolved. Alcohol felt in-check too
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1/3/2022 - François1986 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Robe rubis vers vermillon d'intensité moyennement pâle +.
Nez assez fermé à l'ouverture mais duquel on distingue des arômes nobles et raffinés. En s'ouvrant, l'aromatique reste assez discret mais surtout austère sur des arômes tertiaires de terre, viande, pruneau, café.
La bouche présente également une certaine austérité dans ses saveurs d'écorces de bois, cigare (ce qui fait son charme) en étant d'une très belle fraîcheur. Les tannins sont savoureux.
Un très beau mourvèdre de Provence.
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