carl thornblade

9.3

Love the perfume in the glass after you let it sit a bit. Very fruit forward but somewhat darker cherry than you would expect. Really love this Polinot! — 2 months ago

Matt Perlman

9.4

All of the garrigue. Tasted alongside the Longue Garde version but this was the superior wine for right now. — 5 months ago

John Willison

9.1

Enjoyable Chenin. — 7 months ago

Bruce Leboff

9.0

Fresh and interesting. Notes of butterscotch and gripping racy finish — 8 months ago

with David

Peter Sultan

9.4

Star of a two Bandol night, but this at age 14( minus a week or two). Deeper, plush, black violet & cassis nose; on palate tannins really nicely integrated, wild blackberries, more cassis & black currants. Crazy elegant and generous. Feels open. Distant notes of some kind of bark & forest floor. Older wild flowers.Eye opener, in sense of how far Bandol can go for me. — 4 months ago

with Owen

Manuela Hensman

9.0

It has softened and the cherry is less pronounced. Plum vanilla. Getting better! I will try again next year. — 8 months ago

Aravind A

9.3

Wow. Fruit-forward, but lovely. — 5 months ago

Matt Perlman

9.3

This was the Longue Garde cuvee. Better the second day, or just Garde it for Longue-er. Similar to the regular Bandol but with more heft and a pronounced topnote of cedar. — 5 months ago

Fabian Kühlhorn

9.0

Great look on a slowly developing Ardeche Syrah. Some leather and a bit of pine forest floor, otherwise such an energetic and vital wine with lots of years ahead of it. — 7 months ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.3

2019 vintage. Château La Fleur Cailleau, Canon-Fronsac. Bought in 1982 by Paul Barré (also Château La Garde, Fronsac) and managed these days by his son Gabriel and his wife Edith. Biodynamically farmed since 1990. Very impressive indeed, with an exemplary purity of fruit, ripe tannin and energetic acidity. Highly recommended. Abv. 14,5%. — a year ago