2012 La Bastide Blanche Bandol

Community Tasting Notes (33) Avg Score: 89.1 points

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  10/6/2023 - mrholmberg Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Very mineral, raw meat, dark berries, dry spices. Pure pleasure, could probably hold for another ten years.

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  4/10/2021 - mrholmberg wrote: 87 Points

  Quite tight and powerful, not my favorite vintage of this wine. Should have kept it longer to see if it evolved.

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  3/6/2021 - Krassens wrote: 88 Points

  Steadfast in the soil, still harsh though tannins quite muted, very dark blue fruit, herbal, good length. Quite demanding, probably best enjoyed paired with a red meat steak.

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  8/13/2020 - pigdaddy wrote: 89 Points

  decanted 30 min. at nearly 8 years, still dark garnet-blue, that young mourvèdre color, edging lighter on the rim; wild plums & provencal herbs aromatics; full-bodied but not jammy; ripe mulberry, plum confit, red soil, thyme, not overly complicated but in a fine place for drinking now & over the next 5 years; a good bottle representative of place.
  
  pan-seared pork chop; shelling beans & corn in feta-buttermilk vinaigrette
  
  6/14/22 decanted 30 min, enjoyed for 2+ hours; young deep purple-black color of earlier examples has now become more red-blue; wild & crazy aromatics; plums & wild berries, garrigue full-on. black skin fruit is rustic, lacks complexity overall yet delivers at the table.
  
  $20 on release, well spent.
  
  black pepper & rosemary pork loin; arugula salad w/shaved fennel & niçoise olives

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  4/29/2020 - CIAgrad86 wrote: 91 Points

  Found this wine in the back.
  Great garnet color
  Cherry, vanilla, licorice( but read turpentine), cedar, good acid and tannins that this wine could have went a year more.

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