John Kanellopoulos

9.2

Rich, full body this rose behaves like a blend red!
The best Bandol for me so far — 4 days ago

"Odedi"

9.1

Salmon in color.

Fresh nose with red berries, and medium plus in body with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with red fruits, citrus, earth, spices, apples and minerals.

This Single Vineyard Rosé is elegant and nicely balanced. Complex and interesting. Fruit forward with enough earth notes to compliment it.

Still very young, and needs a few years in the bottle to mature properly. Would be nice to revisit it in 5 years. Will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years.

A good sipping wine that will pair nicely with food too.

A blend of 95% Mourvedre with 5% Clairette. Aged in concrete vats for 9 months.

14% alcohol by volume.

91 points.

$55. — 7 months ago

John H Duncan

9.2

In a dumb phase. Delicious and feminine turned earthy and funky. Best of both worlds! — 7 years ago

Bryce Wiatrak

9.2

Domaine Du Gros ‘Noré harvests some of the most pedigreed fruit in Bandol, for years selling their grapes to Domaine Ott and Château de Pibarnon. Today, they craft a Bandol Rouge of elegance and length. Its fruit profile in this vintage veers just a notch redder than many of its peers - tasting of red currants, plum and game. 80% Mourvèdre, 15% Grenache, 5% Cinsaut.
— 8 years ago

Ali Chaudhry

9.0

A bit fruity in the front and deep dark in the back. Great sipping wine. Medium bodied and easy. Lingers for a while very pleasantly. — 11 years ago

John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.6

Omfg so good!! — 4 days ago

Michael Greene

9.0

I am just a sucker for bandol rose. Not the complexity or detail of tempier or pibarnon, but delicious nonetheless — 5 years ago

J. Kim

9.0

Enough complexity, enough acidities, enough body, great harmony, 99,99% pure and absolutely no hint of superficiality. Cleaner than Pradeaux or Gaussen and earthier than Pibarnon and Tempier. Tastes exactly right. — 7 years ago

Hardy Wallace

Owner/Winemaker Dirty & Rowdy Wines

9.5

Wakawakawakawakaaaaaaaa! Releases my inner Fozzie the Bear... — 11 years ago

with John

Michael Amoruso

9.2

2010 vintage drinking great now. True black cherry. Forest floor. Grippy tannins. Loved this. — 17 days ago

Yan Gagnon

9.1

Bu avec un Pibarnon 2019. Rubis - cerise avec reflet mauve. Un nez complexe où s'entremêle le trèfle, vanille, tannage, poivron, cuir, goudron avec des fruits noirs. La bouche est bien agréable avec des tanins pâteux. Le milieu de bouche un peu mince. En retro c'est légèrement crayeux. Très bon et très différent du Pibarnon qui lui était plus fruité. — 2 years ago

Ian Hamel

9.2

2020/6/30 with chicken and preserved lemon tagine, grilled zucchini and couscous. Cellared for 10+ years at home. This was “à point”, with lots of fruit and hints of tertiary semis emerging. It didn’t have the effusive character of the 2003 Pibarnon we recently had but was lovely all the same — 6 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.1

On the nose; lightly perfume pink roses, spring wild flowers, lean fruits with a slight gummy bear character, strawberries, watermelon near the rhine, cherries, candied red apple, orange citruses, beautiful chalkiness, strong volcanic minerals and sea spray.

The body is full, round, thick and a touch gluey. Lean fruits with a slight gummy bear character, strawberries, watermelon near the rhine, cherries, candied red apple, orange citruses, beautiful chalkiness, volcanic minerals and sea spray with lightly perfume pink roses, spring wild flowers. The acidity is round and full. The finish is well polished...thick, gluey and waxy. It’s elegant and very easy to drink. The only thing that I struggle with this wine is the minerality is a bit heavy for my tastes. It’s gritty minerals dig deep into the palate on the long finish. But, I still appreciate it as it’s a good contrast to other Bandol Rosés. Like, Tempier and Chateau Pibarnon Bandol etc..

Photos of, Domaine Gris du Nore and grounds, their field hands harvesting, tasting room and the most amazing field of Lavender I’ve seen.

— 8 years ago