2015 La Bastide Blanche Bandol

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 88 points

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  4/7/2024 - lovanc@outlook.com Likes this wine:

  Rich dark fruit flavors wrapped in some forest floor. Full bodied wine but did not come across as heavy/ cloying

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  12/17/2023 - bjwca Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Heavy full body wine, luscious dark fruit, fantastic!

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  9/17/2023 - Anna Ringqvist wrote: 75 Points

  Kärvt, lite ”parfym” i eftersmaken.

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  1/30/2021 - Rhonarna_Mikael Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Dark cherries, chocolate, licorice and herbes de Provence. More smooth since last try 3 years ago. Will hold for several years ahead. This is definitely a Bang-for-the-buck kind of wine!

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  8/19/2020 - srh Likes this wine:

  ≈1 hr decant into a plastic, cylindrical pitcher which was then capped; NO visible sediment; Private Preserve after Day 1
  
  N: RIPE plums with a floral component
  
  P: Med, poss LM, body; Rndish entry with nice, almost swtish frt met by an astringent pucker which pretty much works itself out by the LONG, very, VERY slightly tangy finish with a pleasant bitter/swtness to the few, innocuously firming, dusty tannins. Not the match I'd hoped for with the night's Smkd Pk BBQ Ribs, the meat itself being < problematic than the BBQ Sauce, which seemed to bring out the wine's bitterness. Not at all tired, I suspect this should hold into '23, though without improvement. And, with what to pair it? 14.5% ABV; My VG+ // Day 2: Similar aromas to Day 1, but < intense; P is also very ≈ Day 1, so negligible decline overall. However, it was even a poorer match with the night's Mixed Mandarin/Szechuan Take Out (the swtness of some of the sauces?), bringing out even > bitterness than had Day 1's pairing. [As of late Aug '20, wine-searcher shows no available sources for this vintage].
  
  Note: Also tasted on 1/20 & 2/10/18, + 7/23/19.

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