Ray Vanderhoff

9.0

Blend of Grenache (50%), Syrah (30%) and Mourvèdre (20%). Bright ruby color with purple highlights. Aromas of ripe black berry/currant with hints of vanilla, asphalt and lavender. Ripe blackberry, black currant and blueberry lead the palate with notes of toasted spices, black licorice and roasted herbs. Long and fruit forward finish. Plump and well structured. — 16 days ago

John Osgood

9.0

Quite nice and open for business — 3 months ago

David Shaw

9.1

Purple, medium extracted pigment. Spearmint and blackberry aromas. Blueberry and licorice root, cola flavors. Fairly tannic finish, ageworthy — 4 months ago

Graham

9.2

First time with WS in a while. Almost a pogeba. Really liking it so far. Lemon curd, acidity and tension. Excited to try the same in a few years. — 6 days ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Pc telluride año nuevo 2023 — 2 months ago

JKT

9.2

Found four more and this one drinking nicely. Light almost see through colors. Floral nose with zero metallic notes. Limpid lively texture. — 5 months ago

Luiz schwarcz

9.5

2016 delicious — 5 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

Vintage 2014 | goldhint in colour, funky nose: Turkish fruit and honey, second minerality, true to type Chenin Blanc in taste, good acidity, impression of almonds | paired with a French cake au saucisson avec pistaches and prunes — a month ago

Shay A

9.3

One of my favorite CdP producers. I opened this alongside a buddy’s 2009 CSJ Deus Ex Machina and it was really intriguing to see the differences.

60 Grenache/20 Syrah/remainder a blend.

Quick bottle decant before diving in. While ready to go, an hour full-decant would probably be a good call at this stage, but not required. Where the Ex Machina was more high toned and layered (thanks to the blend), this was more up-front and plush. Violets and spiced berry compote aromatically. Dark berry fruit, sweet pipe tobacco and fig dominate the palate. Extremely concentrated (not extracted), with a savory graphite profile at the finish. Would have sworn Mourvèdre was heavy in this. Delicious. 93+ — 3 months ago

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

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