2019 La Font des Peres Bandol Rouge

2019 La Font des Peres Bandol RougeThis isn't the feral, brooding Bandol of lore. Instead, the organic La Font des Peres vineyards, a north facing site made up of 200 terraces, yields Mourvedre at its softest and most elegant. There's concentration here, to be sure, but where Bandol can often be inky and overly intense, this is inviting, lithe, lively stuff: composed of dark and lush fruit, with dried rose, lavender, and wild strawberry accents.

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Their 2019 edition is as great as it gets

and at this price

When’s the last time you had a California Cab that tasted of earth

We think this is consistently one of the best values in the bubbles section

Here's a wine as spingle-spangled as the mica schist (xisto) soil it grows on

traces of cracked white pepper

we're betting his wines will be verrry hard to come by

Piero Incisa della Rocchetta is redefining winemaking in this region

A no-brainer for your holiday table

and gobs of minerality

you’ll be hard-pressed to find a better one for the money