Rating: RVF 16/20
The estate’s classic red is a true “blood of the earth,” requiring the use of the entire fruit in its production. A wine intended to be more accessible than the Saint Ferréol, yet offering beautiful aromatic complexity derived from the four grape varieties that make it up. The palate is spicy and racy, with dense, refined tannins that give it an aging potential of at least 7 years. A beautiful Bandol!
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Eye
deep garnet color
Nose
powerful aromas of black and red fruits, with a lovely minty freshness
Palate
A spicy, elegant palate, a complex array of aromas, and dense, refined tannins give this wine the potential to age for at least 7 years
Serve
at 16-18°C
Open
1 hour before
Drink from
2010
Drink before
2014
Food and wine pairings
A déguster sur des viandes relevées, une daube de boeuf, un navarin d'agneau, un couscous...<br/>
Bettane & Desseauve
Rated estate (2024 guide): 3 stars (High-quality production, setting the standard in its sector)
About the estate:
Agnès Hocquard-Henry runs her estate with the philosophy of producing small quantities of high-quality wine. On her 14 hectares, she crafts elegant wines that reflect the terroir, sometimes venturing off the beaten path to create original micro-cuvées. The reds, rosés, and whites are beautifully crafted, but the most surprising is the en-sol cuvée, produced in tiny quantities with Elisabetta Foradori, the leading authority on amphora wines in Italy. Here, the Mourvèdre expresses a surprising suppleness and finesse—vibrant and stripped of all artifice. We loved it!
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Rated estate (2024 guide) 2*Stars (These exceptional estates, often blessed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves that, thanks to the consistency and excellence of their wines, deserve a place in the cellars of discerning wine lovers)
About the estate:
The Hocquard family has been at the helm of this estate since 1968. In Le Castellet, La Tour du Bon benefits from a unique terroir of limestone and sandy soils with varied exposures, making it one of the earliest-ripening wines in Bandol. By the mid-1980s, the estate was making a name for itself, notably with the creation in 1987 of the Saint-Ferréol cuvée, a sunny and refined red wine from three plots planted around a hill that is twenty million years old. Then, starting in 1990 and with the arrival of Agnès Henry-Hocquard at the helm of the estate, the wine reached new heights! Surrounded by winemakers from the Loire Valley (Thierry Puzelat and Antoine Pouponeau), she has successfully maintained a commitment to excellence with wines that retain great character and age harmoniously, developing a delicate profile without ever becoming overly ripe, over-extracted, or over-aged. Since 2013, the curious winemaker has been setting aside Mourvèdre grapes for the En Sol cuvée, which is macerated for six months in amphorae. An ancestral yet perilous practice (the wines can become heavy and lack precision) is magnificently mastered in a refined red with a rare iodine-like sensation.
Customer rating
2.5/5
based on 2 reviews
Review by Mr. LEO B. Posted on May 2, 2018
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Review by Mr. ALAIN V. Published on 02/23/2013
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