December 3, 2023 - Excellent pairing with lamb served with a chimichurri minty salsa. Some tertiary balsalmic note upfront but very alive with cherry and mint flavors. Good concentration and length. Impressive for a 14 years old Bandol. Drink now. A wine that really need mint in the food to pair well.
October 29, 2023 - Cooked
May 10, 2023 - Second bottle, still tastes young. Really enjoyed this once again. Amazing value. I will have to find more wines from this region.
April 6, 2023 - Completely corked
March 27, 2022 - I have been a Bandol fan since drinking a 10 year old Bunan Freres many years ago. At one point I had about 15 different ones purchased on site. On one trip I asked Pibarnon for recommendations and Gros Nore and Dupuy de Lome were advised.
Tonight we had the Gros Nore 2009 and I am very impressed. Long fruity taste and much improved from the last bottle about 4 years ago.
Bandol needs age. I well remember a Pradeaux vertical in 2008 with most vintages from 1978 to 1990 and the 78 was the star.
February 10, 2021 - I don’t have a lot of experience drinking Bandol. I bought 6 bottles of this wine a long time ago. First bottle opened way too early. The second, I think 1 or 2 years ago. I found it excellent but I said to my friend, I don’t like the minty finish, it doesn’t pair well with the meal ( a grilled steak). A typical Bandol has a minty finish, my friend responded...
So I waited for a meal that would pair well with this kind of wine....then I forgot about it until tonight when my wife said that she would try a beef Kofta recipe. Ground beef brochette with minty sauce !
The wine was excellent: ripe fruits upfront: strawberry, plum, cherry with a lot of spices and...a minty finish.
I will try a lamb recipe with mint just to pair with this wine because it would be a shame to not drink it with a matching meal.
Almost 12 years old but still feeling really alive.
November 6, 2020 - Intenst og koncentreret mørk frugt. Mørk chokolade, jord og rødt kød - dog fortsat forholdvis primær.
April 3, 2020 - Decanted 1 hr. Nice depth. Now-2021.
March 29, 2020 - Il a besoins d’un long passage en carafe. Je l’ai trouvé beaucoup plus intéressant deux jours après sont ouverture. Ce bandol offre une très belle complexité. Un généreux concentré de mûrs bien matures en bouches est complété par des touches de chocolat noir et des odeurs de cèdre.
March 23, 2020 - drinking well. no sign of advance age. still more primary than secondary.