Always a winner... with four straight 92-93 pt reviews from Vinous, Bastide Blanche is always one of the top-rated rose of the vintage. Last year, only one rated higher... and it sells for $50! At just about half the price, this is an absolute steal! We have just 10 cases for the summer... So act fast!

Bastide Blanche Bandol Rose 2020

Sale $26.99 

93 pts Vinous Media for 2019

This is a complex, perfectly balanced wine with a luminous salmon color and enchanting mineral-laced notes of red-currant, ripe peach, blood orange, tangerine, cherry pit, rose, and spice. Medium+-bodied, rich and fully-layered, the palate is dense with creamy berry fruit, citrus and stone flavors, ripe and full of bright balancing acidity with terrific density and polished personality. The focus and precision in such a lush and full wine is especially refreshing. It has terrific depth of fruit and serious length on the finish, all while staying perfectly balanced and easy-drinking.

"Shimmering, copper-tinged orange. Mineral-accented red berries and tangerine on the incisive nose, backed by a suave floral nuance. Densely packed yet energetic on the palate, offering refreshingly bitter red currant and blood orange flavors that spread out slowly and take on a succulent herb flourish on the back half. Finishes with emphatic, mineral cut and strong persistence, leaving a suggestion of honeysuckle behind." Vinous on 2019

Bastide Blanche’s beautiful Bandol rosé is comprised primarily Mourvedre with Cinsault and Grenache. The Mourvedre is pressed and run off directly, the Cinsault and Grenache undergo 24 hours of skin contact. Certified organic grapes are sourced from the Bronzo family vineyard in Le Castellet.

An absolutely smoking-good rosé now, but this is a serious rosé that will have 2-3 years of prime drinking, and if you're so inclined, an interesting evolution beyond that. It’s perfectly matched with grilled tuna, Salade Nicoise, pork, chicken, bouillabaisse, and mild, creamy cheeses.

In the early ‘70s Michel and Louis Bronzo acquired the property of the Bastide Blanche, with an eye to produce from appellation Bandol wines the equal of more famous appellations like Chateauneuf. Their painstaking efforts were rewarded in 1993 when vintage conditions created the benchmark year to put Bandol in general and Bastide-Blanche, in particular, on the map of top producers in France. Common each year to their success are their very low yields, never more than 34 or 35 Hl/Ha, and simply impeccable cellar conditions and attention. Situated in St. Anne de Castellet, a terroir of Bandol rich in limestone. This, and the high proportion of Mourvedre gives this domaine some of the most ripe and expressive of Bandol.


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