  la BASTIDE BLANCHE(BANDOL)Michel et Louis Bronzo 367, route des Oratoires 83330 Sainte-Anne-du-Castellet Téléphone :04 94 32 63 20 Télécopie : 04 94 32 74 34 Email : bastideblanche@vinsdusiecle.com Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/bastideblanche At the top of first Great wines classified, and by far (what is very rare, in the 3 colors). Michel Bronzo matures one of the more grand crus of the area, where the wisdom of the prices is combined with a structure and a typicity out-par. “In the vintage 2009 (weak yields: 34 hl/ha), specifies us it, the rosy ones are very marked Mouvèdre. The vintage was very beautiful, the grapes in perfect medical condition. One is all-of-continuation allured by these citrus fruits aromas, a beautiful balance, correct acidities, and this robe of a pink very blade. We have cools the vintage before pressing to preserve the quality of the grapes as well as possible. In this vintage, it was necessary to better be equipped to work under ideal conditions. That will be one vintage very typified Bandol. The white are floral and fleshy.” Its vineyard of 28 ha is planted all in slopes on pieces arranged into restanques for a part, on very deep grounds, gravelly and stony of argilo-limestone type. Michel Bronzo, Président of Syndicat of the wine producers of Bandol of 1986 to 1990, is member of the Regional committee and the National committee of the INAO where it is responsible for several commissions, in particular that, national, “Hiérarchisation”. In April 2003, he is elected with the presidency of the association Les Vins de Bandol which gathers the whole of the cooperative wine caves and the winegrowings. Exceptional red Bandol vintage Fontanéou 2006 (the 2008 follow, a little more supple), resulting from Mourvèdre planted on a ground argilo-limestone (yields of 30 hl/ha, 35 year old vines), not filtered, which develops nuances of leather and ripe raspberry, a wine dense and powerful with the nose as in mouth, tasty, slightly peppered finally, of slow evolution. The 2005, not yet with maturity, with nuances of violet and liquorice, rich color, traditional and concentrated, combining smoothness and structure, full, a wine which continues its beautiful evolution. Beautiful 2004, of a very great aromatic complexity, coloured and scented, robust, with tannins tasty and dense, fleshy as it should be, rich and traditional, of robe intense crimson, scented (red fruits with fresh core, grooves, humus…). The vintage red Estagnol 2004 (88% Mourvèdre on red clay soil, 40 year old vines on average and 21 month maturing in tuns), is fleshy, a wine with these intense notes of red small fruits overripe and spices, fleshy, coloured and scented, robust, with tasty and dense tannins, to uncork on poulard in crust with salt, for example. 2003 are marked by this nose with prevailing of ripe red fruits and violet, a great wine powerful, very complex, with tasty and very rich tannins, very scented (blackcurrant, spices, pepper…), of a beautiful complexity finally. Superb 2001, with the nuances of ripe red fruits characteristic (bilberry, black cherry), of undergrowth, a coloured and robust wine, with the nose prevailed by currant and of the subtly spiced notes, powerful stops some and charmer. Red Bandol Bastide Blanche 2008 (78% Mourvèdre, 22% Grenache, 35 year old vines, 18 months maturing in tuns), garnet-red black robe, with the nose of violet and blackberry, fleshy, with notes of scrub, pepper and liquorice, fleshy in mouth as it should be. Rosy Bandol 2008 is always the best of the appellation (44% Mourvèdre, 33% Cinsault and 23% Grenache, with some 18 year old vines), of beautiful a very pale pink, fond of delicacies mouth prevailed by apricot and the fresh flowers, suave as it should be, spiced well as one needs it, ideal on the poultry pots, a wine which particularly allured us. The white (49% Clairette, 38% white Ugni, 8% Bourboulenc and 5% Sauvignon, 19 year old vines on average, 5 months maturing out of tanks stainless), finely having a nice bouquet with notes of hazel nut and peach, with a beautiful balance between freshness, the roundness and the fruity one, are of supple and fresh mouth at the same time, charmer by his promptness, vinified very well. |
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