Chateau de Pibarnon Bandol Rose 2016 Front Label
Chateau de Pibarnon Bandol Rose 2016 Front Label

Winemaker Notes

This rose opens with a lovely bouquet of citrus fruit, with nice notes of bitterness, bright and fresh. Mourvedre on calcareous soils brings power and elegance while Cinsault more roundness, juice and fruit. A gourmet rose with Mediterranean accents, spicy and colorful.

Serve on plates of rock fish, sea urchins, bottarga, anchoiade but also with saffron spice, curry .... La Bouillabaisse !!! It also perfectly accompany your ham plates Iberic ...

Blend: 60% Mourvedre, 40% Cinsault

Professional Ratings

  • 93
    The wine is rich—a beautiful blend dominated by Bandol's own Mourvèdre. The grapes gives both structure and a perfumed character to this ripe full wine. With acidity and layers of red fruits, it is worth aging.
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Chateau de Pibarnon

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Whether it’s playful and fun or savory and serious, most rosé today is not your grandmother’s White Zinfandel, though that category remains strong. Pink wine has recently become quite trendy, and this time around it’s commonly quite dry. Since the pigment in red wines comes from keeping fermenting juice in contact with the grape skins for an extended period, it follows that a pink wine can be made using just a brief period of skin contact—usually just a couple of days. The resulting color depends on grape variety and winemaking style, ranging from pale salmon to deep magenta.

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Bandol

Provence, France

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Provence’s leader in concentrated and age-worthy red wines, Bandol is home to the dense, deep and earthy Mourvèdre grape. Like Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Bandol produces characterful reds that, while approachable in their youth, are typically designed for the cellar.

Given its coastal, Provencal situation, Bandol also naturally produces an assortment of charming, aromatic rosés made of Mourvèdre, Grenache and Cinsault.

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