France

Bandol

Medium

Cork

Rosé

Lighter and fresher than more Mourvèdre-heavy blends. Fresh raspberry fruit on the nose opening out to full-bodied raspberries, cranberries, pomegranates, intense cassis, gentle spice and hedgerow fruit. Structured rather than opulent, backed by tightly clenched black minerality and notes of dark berries and fresh red fruit. Dark structure, lightly phenolic finish, slightly salty, a red-wine-style rosé. Silky, elegant and lacy. A real outlier with low levels of Mourvèdre (20% is the legal minimum, this is 40%, and it was only 28% in 2020). This wine is of interest because the vineyards are part of a conservatoire of old vines located on the coast, making this the most maritime of all the Bandols.

Cinsault

Grenache / Garnacha

Mourvèdre

Moulin de la Roque, Domaine de la Nartette, Bandol, Bandol, Provence, France, 2021

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Lighter and fresher than more Mourvèdre-heavy blends. Fresh raspberry fruit on the nose opening out to full-bodied raspberries, 

Moulin de la Roque, Domaine de la Nartette, Bandol, Provence, 2021

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