Bastide Blanche - Rose 2021
Price: $37.99
Sale Price: $27.99
| Producer | Bastide Blanche |
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| Country | France |
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| Region | Provence |
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| Varietal | Mourvedre |
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| Vintage | 2021 |
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| Sku | 05783 |
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| Size | 750ml |
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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.
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.
Vinous Media: 92 Points
"Light, bright orange. Vibrant pomegranate, blood orange and pit fruit qualities on the highly perfumed nose, along with building mineral and floral accents. Taut and focused in the mouth, nicely concentrated red berry, orange zest and lavender flavors are supported by an undercurrent of chalky minerality. Finishes floral and long, with repeating mineral and citrus fruit notes."
Wine Advocate: 91 Points
"Regularly a top Bandol, the flamingo-pink 2021 Bandol Rose comes across initially as rather simple, fruity and easy. Plum, cherry and melon notes do add attractive hints of crushed stone and lime on the zesty-briny finish of this medium-bodied effort. Tasted twice (once blind), with consistent notes."
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