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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.
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.
Someone please report to @Delectable Wine that this is the regular Gaussen Bandol, not the Longue Garde. Nevertheless, I “garded” this a “longue “ time, and it’s now amazing. Tree bark, ooozily ripe Mourvèdre fruit, loads of tilled gravel. Rustic and rich, with lots of tannin remaining. Country wine!
Someone please report to @Delectable Wine that this is the regular Gaussen Bandol, not the Longue Garde. Nevertheless, I “garded” this a “longue “ time, and it’s now amazing. Tree bark, ooozily ripe Mourvèdre fruit, loads of tilled gravel. Rustic and rich, with lots of tannin remaining. Country wine!
Bandol, Provence, France
