Chateau de Pibarnon, Bandol 1997 (3L) White cranberry and clove

cranberry and clove

Last year I mentioned that the 2011 Proprietary Red Madrona Ranch was one of the rare Abreu wines that showed a little herbaceousness

The Clos de la Roche 1999 from Dujac is one of the best wines I have tasted from this fine estate

the 1998 Côte Rôtie Côte Blonde offers up tons of blackberry and cassis fruit to go with notions of smoked meats

and roughly equidistant west to east from the Andes Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean

Chateau de Pibarnon, Bandol 1997 (3L) White cranberry and cloveReceived in Original Wooden Case 94 Points CellarTracker Member Sandalwood, church incense, black licorice, fresh tarragon, orange peel and game fat on the nose. Not much fruit; but not as tertiary as you might expect either. Just the classic "fruit backward" aromas of Mourvdre. Medium + intensity of aromas. The palate starts with an intense flavor of limestone, then shows ripe strawberries in a surprising break from that fruit backwardness. The rest