Perfect for: landmark celebrations
and subtle earthiness add layers of complexity
and the result is a Barossa rosé that tastes more Mediterranean than tropical: ripe but not heavy
The 2023 is generous and structured — warm vintage charm wrapped around classic Gevrey bones
Fourrier's Vieilles Vignes designation here signals old vines with root systems that reach deep into the limestone-and-clay bedrock
Jean-Pierre Gaussen, Bandol Rouge Cuvee Longue Garde, 2010 26REASONABLE Perfect for: landmark celebrationsOld 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,