Domaine du Gros' Nore Bandol Rose, Provence, France 2021 Louis Barruol from grapes picked later than

from grapes picked later than usual

The 2017 Meyer Family Cellars Syrah from Mendocino County is described as a dark

dense tears of glycerin fall slowly down the inside of the glass

A textbook example of Méthode Traditionnelle bubbles

Domaine du Gros' Nore Bandol Rose, Provence, France 2021 Louis Barruol from grapes picked later thanIf Alain Pascals Ros could speak, it would have a southern twang. Not a cutesy bubble gum drawl, but a dense, rich Mediterranean resonance as persistent as the mistral, as intense as the Provenal sun. It would sing of lazy summer afternoons stretching into evenings and the smell of homemade bouillabaisse in pans big enough to feed an army. This bottle is full of chiseled, vivid, southern charisma with a soupon of wild strawberry.