2016 Château Pradeaux Bandol

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  12/25/2023 - thyrsos Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Incredibly balanced - very little to complain about.

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  1/20/2023 - mks83 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Warm and wholesome nose consisting of cooked raspberry/blueberry, date, fresh boiled red beans, hojicha tea, camellia flower/seed/oil, iron, and a touch of animal funk or balsamic sauce. Massive amount of ripe/round/extroverted tannin - having very low center of gravity but waxy, velvety and smooth. Music analogy - Yo-Yo Ma (a crowd pleaser with rich bright sound with big showy vivrato, but not totally lacking serious depth). Dog analogy by my wife - Golden Retriever. Ripe, gentle, and hedonistic - I was expecting tighter/closed style from other people’s review but my bottle was not (at least when paired with spicy Nepali foods and served in a big Burgundy glass).

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  12/5/2022 - bigredPA Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Impressive Bandol. Rich, aromatic red fruits. There is some mineral/iron, but it does not overpower the fruit. Great structure to hold longer.

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  12/2/2022 - #Cellar mistress Likes this wine:

  Wanted to try one of these but will not rate it now as it’s way too early to drink.
  Deep dark colour
  N: rum raisin, white spirit, vanilla, chocolate, leather, plum jam, root vegetables
  
  P: Tannins galore (like a smack in the face), dark fruit, plum, blackberry, leather, chocolate and finnish licorice, long finish
  
  To be put away in the back of the cellar.

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  9/26/2022 - Dale M wrote:

  Decanted 3 hrs. While certainly the youthful structure of a young Bandol, there remained an elegance and charm that made this very tasty and worth while to drink. That being said, cannot wait to see where this goes in a decade plus.

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