2009 Château Pradeaux Bandol

Community Tasting Notes (9) Median Score: 88 points

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  11/17/2019 - Eric Becker Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Vintage 2014, which was my first Pradeaux rouge a couple of weeks ago, left me underwhelmed. With this wine I gladly begin to understand what the fuss is about.
  The colour is a translucent ruby red. While the wine was fiercely tannic and also quite woody upon opening, you could already sense, that this is a bigger gun than the 2014. On the second day the wine finally begins to open up and reveals a darker, riper fruit profile, combined with interchanging notes of flowers, marzipan, licorice and wood polish. It is medium-bodied, dry, fresh and pure, very structured and finishes quite long with a slight, not unpleasant warmth (which calls to mind beautiful sunny Provence). Yet the wine remains a bit too tannic, closed and unsettled for now. As I see very good potential I will buy me some more bottles and store them confidently for maybe 5 years. 91+

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  11/26/2017 - Mr. Mustard wrote:

  Grainy dense tannins, alcohol-forward nose.
  Good with a rustic strong beef dish, powerful wine, needs a similar dish to shine or a ton of age

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  2/14/2016 - Le Vinophile wrote: 88 Points

  Déjà évolué, arômes discrets de fruits noirs et de poivre, qui ressort particulièrement en bouche. Un peu astringent. Bien, sans être transcendant. A boire avec un plat en sauce ou une viande saignante pour adoucir les tanins.

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  1/23/2016 - al-Zabba wrote:

  Cork pulled at 11 a.m. Needs to come up a bit from cellar temp.
  
  Nose: Oregano, thyme, roasted green bell pepper, fir tree, floating over a core of red currant fruit.
  
  Palate loses the fir tree notes but the rest holds along with the addition of the crispy crust of a beef roast. This has so much more to give. Weekend project.

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  12/14/2015 - DrakkarNoir Likes this wine:

  Dark ruby. Savoury nose of white pepper, wet rocks, fresh rhubarb, tart cherries. Medium bodied with very grippy tannins, like a young nebbiolo. Tart, long finish. Lively. 14.5% abv.

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