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SKU 997891
$349.68/case
$58.28/bottle
Tariffs included
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Red fruit with smoky aromas. On the palate, intense mulberries, loganberries, wild raspberries and blackcurrants. Fresh minerality, long austere length and elegant acidity. The tannins have a fine texture with oaky notes of coffee, vanilla and hints of leather finishing with sweet, intense cherries. Benchmark Bandol, big and tannic now, but has the fruit and intensity to last a couple of decades. Drinking Window 2022 – 2045.
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Appellation
Bandol
DC92pts
Decanter
Red fruit with smoky aromas. On the palate, intense mulberries, loganberries, wild raspberries and blackcurrants. Fresh minerality, long austere length and elegant acidity. The tannins have a fine texture with oaky notes of coffee, vanilla and hints of leather finishing with sweet, intense cherries. Benchmark Bandol, big and tannic now, but has the fruit and intensity to last a couple of decades. Drinking Window 2022 - 2045.
Winery Notes
• Certified organic.
• 90% Mourvèdre, 10% Grenache.
• 250-300+ meters altitude.
• The highest elevation in Bandol.
• 35+ year old vines.
• Southeast facing natural amphitheater.
• Clay, limestone and white chalk soils.
• De-stemmed.
• Indigenous yeast.
• Aged for 20 months in large older barrels.
• Unfined and unfiltered.
