Bandol

Bandol is the world benchmark for varietal Mourvèdre: a brooding, sun-baked Provençal red grown on limestone-and-clay terraces above the Mediterranean, where the late-ripening grape reaches full maturity in the fierce coastal sun. Muscular, savoury and built to age, it marries blackberry and black cherry to leather, game, damp earth and the wild scrubland herbs of the garrigue, all framed by firm, grippy tannin that demands years to unwind.