Château de Pibarnon (Comte de Saint Victor)

Bandol Mourvedre Blend

9.1645 ratings
9.2169 pro ratings
Bandol, Provence, France
Mourvedre Blend
Top Notes For
Chris MacLean

In a great place

In a great place

Aug 12th, 2023
Chris MacLean

The fruit is more advanced than I was hoping but there’s plenty of vigorous length and structure

The fruit is more advanced than I was hoping but there’s plenty of vigorous length and structure

Jun 21st, 2022
Weijie Shi (Jay)

Gamy, leathery and earthy. Somehow quite sweet on the finish. All dried blackfruits.

Gamy, leathery and earthy. Somehow quite sweet on the finish. All dried blackfruits.

Oct 10th, 2021
Peter van den Besselaar

Vintage 2014 | Blind tasted. Só playful! With this wine I was fooled myself... thought it to be a Cru de Beaujolais, because it was expressive and frivolous.

Vintage 2014 | Blind tasted. Só playful! With this wine I was fooled myself... thought it to be a Cru de Beaujolais, because it was expressive and frivolous.

Jun 1st, 2021
Ed Lehrman

This one was already drinking far better than expected (half bottle). great with a rich meal and plenty of lovable fruit.

This one was already drinking far better than expected (half bottle). great with a rich meal and plenty of lovable fruit.

Dec 4th, 2020
Matt

Always a fav. First taste of 2015 vintage, nice balance for the year, extraction is deft and carries some finesse to it. As usual, complex, layered, full of goutte de terroir. Layers of cherry from crushed to soaked, slight hint of prune, raspberry confiture, game, fur, roast beef, juniper, forest and cedar, pure garrigue, licorice root, ceylon cinnamon, chaparral, powdered sugar, 5 spice, singed tobacco, graphite, bitter cocoa. Still taut, the tannins need time to relax, but I think they will always have persistence in the wine. Ok with me.

Always a fav. First taste of 2015 vintage, nice balance for the year, extraction is deft and carries some finesse to it. As usual, complex, layered, full of goutte de terroir. Layers of cherry from crushed to soaked, slight hint of prune, raspberry confiture, game, fur, roast beef, juniper, forest and cedar, pure garrigue, licorice root, ceylon cinnamon, chaparral, powdered sugar, 5 spice, singed tobacco, graphite, bitter cocoa. Still taut, the tannins need time to relax, but I think they will always have persistence in the wine. Ok with me.

May 16th, 2020
Matt Perlman

Dried raisiny fruit, smoky and leathery. Smooth but a bit clipped. Time to drink up

Dried raisiny fruit, smoky and leathery. Smooth but a bit clipped. Time to drink up

Mar 22nd, 2020
Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

8.9

Nice Bandol.

Nice Bandol.

Sep 7th, 2019
Matt

Great body and texture, nice snap to hold it all together. No notes really, drank with roast chicken like it was water, which seems like the appropriate thing to do with this wine

Great body and texture, nice snap to hold it all together. No notes really, drank with roast chicken like it was water, which seems like the appropriate thing to do with this wine

Aug 26th, 2019
Sondra Bernstein

Owner of the girl & the fig, the fig cafe & winebar, Author of Plats du Jours, the girl & the fig's Journey through the Seasons in Wine Country and the girl & the fig Cookbook

9.6

Drinking beautifully in a 1/2 bottle . Rich and velvety with licorice notes and spicy notes. Love

Drinking beautifully in a 1/2 bottle . Rich and velvety with licorice notes and spicy notes. Love

Oct 20th, 2018