Chateau de Pibarnon Restanques Bandol Rouge 2015 some-young-punks gooseberry

gooseberry

with nominally no rain until the season broke in May 2024

Here the wine is more direct and generous but with a silk to its directness

This Garnacha hails from the sandy

Chateau de Pibarnon Restanques Bandol Rouge 2015 some-young-punks gooseberryLes Restanques is the first level rouge of Pibarnon, a supple yet spice rich Bandol made from the Estate's younger vine Mourvdre (70%) and Grenache (30%). The idea here is that the higher levels of Grenache (compared with the Bandol rouge), coupled with the younger vines, will produce an earlier drinking, more open knit style of Bandol. The juice is naturally fermented in tank before being raised in a mixture of large barrels from the Massif Central