Jean-Pierre Gaussen, Bandol Rouge Cuvee Longue Garde, 2010 so101723 geek Eastern Europe offer co-fermented together

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is known for producing some of the most powerful and age-worthy Barbarescos

Sourced from volcanic soils

and the parcel that gives the estate its identity

The result leans dark and dense rather than delicate

Jean-Pierre Gaussen, Bandol Rouge Cuvee Longue Garde, 2010 so101723 geek Eastern Europe offer co-fermented togetherOld school Bandol from one of the appellation's most uncompromising traditionalists, built almost entirely on Mourvedre and made to age for decades. The Cuvee Longue Garde sees 95% Mourvedre with a touch of Cinsault, fully destemmed, given a long maceration and raised in old foudre for nearly two years before release. At 2010, a structured and concentrated vintage in Provence, this is now entering a beautiful stretch of maturity where the wild, gamey,