Baraveou Bandol Rouge 2024 NO20230823 harvested late into the season

harvested late into the season

A rare tête de cuvée from a perfectionist Northern Rhône producer

and gentian

aged 22 months in French oak

The result is joyful

Baraveou Bandol Rouge 2024 NO20230823 harvested late into the seasonBandol demands patience: the appellation requires at least 50% Mourvedre and a minimum of 18 months in wood before a red can be released, which is a large part of why so few people make it well. Jean Philippe Fourney is Domaine Tempier's chef de culture, and Baraveou is the roughly four hectare estate he built for himself out of abandoned terraces beginning in 2011, with 3. 5 hectares in La Cadiere d'Azur on red Triassic clay and gypsum and older