A slight disappointment only because I have tasted great reds from this estate on countless occasions. Tasted from magnum with great fill level and cork in excellent condition. This wine seemed tired, slightly lacking in freshness, focus and intensity. It certainly had the recognizable Bandol character, but from this producer I expect more.
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Great wine could have waited a few more years before opening. Plum and black cherry with leather and spice on the palate. My advice wait 2-3 years. Drink with food something fatty .
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It's almost always a shame to open a bottle from this region before it hits 10 years of age. Threw this into a decanter a couple of hours before dinner. Enter farmyard stink. Fur, leather, dark plums and licorice. Tightly knit with firm tannins. Dark fruit, genuine with local feel. Quite enjoyable but still a good 5 years away from peak.
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Nose: Earthy, spicy, full of dark fruit. Enjoyable. Palate: Very dark tannic structure. Starts out very dark and drying on the mid palate. Decent tannic finish. No decant and may have benefitted from one. It paired very well as it was with a spicy beef dish. Would buy again.
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11/24/2016 - vagrantone wrote: 86 Points
A slight disappointment only because I have tasted great reds from this estate on countless occasions. Tasted from magnum with great fill level and cork in excellent condition.
This wine seemed tired, slightly lacking in freshness, focus and intensity. It certainly had the recognizable Bandol character, but from this producer I expect more.
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5/3/2012 - jbeauprez wrote: 91 Points
Fantastic wine especially at 24 bucks. Lighter in the body than I expected from an 05 Bandol but not lacking in interest or power.
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4/3/2012 - Bjamin wrote: 87 Points
Great wine could have waited a few more years before opening. Plum and black cherry with leather and spice on the palate. My advice wait 2-3 years. Drink with food something fatty .
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5/5/2011 - pbaek wrote:
It's almost always a shame to open a bottle from this region before it hits 10 years of age. Threw this into a decanter a couple of hours before dinner. Enter farmyard stink. Fur, leather, dark plums and licorice. Tightly knit with firm tannins. Dark fruit, genuine with local feel. Quite enjoyable but still a good 5 years away from peak.
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1/31/2011 - hiker_guy wrote:
Nose:
Earthy, spicy, full of dark fruit. Enjoyable.
Palate:
Very dark tannic structure. Starts out very dark and drying on the mid palate. Decent tannic finish.
No decant and may have benefitted from one. It paired very well as it was with a spicy beef dish.
Would buy again.
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