Bandol Mourvedre Blend

Still dense and structured, especially for producer who’s wines I find a little more immediate and generous. A distinctive old barrel character was incredibly apparent on day 1, coupled with an insane amount of crushed mint and talcum made for an interesting take. Today the wine was much more behaved, stewed black cherry, , prune, fermented sausage, tar, dried herbs, fur and leather. Can really sense the sunshine in this wine. Bœuf Carottes for the win 😋

Bramble, stewed plums, and spice - brooding

Needs lots of time but once open the tannin subsides and the fruit comes through. Even better on day two but challenging nonetheless. Great to see this wine evolve over two years and still have a half case to explore.

Feral herbiness, vanilla, red-blackberry. Firm tannin

Full body, ripe fruit, leathery, high alcohol, medium plus acid, medium plus finish, still nervous, will be out of this world once it settle down.

Another great wine from Kermit Lynch! Classic Bandol

Pours "hot" but settles down quick - some dark fruits and smoke on day 1 - not as much funk as I expected

Thank you Putnam brands for turning me on to Bandol. This is delicious.

Big structured wine. Food tamed the tannins a bit but it needs a good deal of air at this point. Ripe dark fruit, touch of anise and earth.

Oh hell yeah!