The estate’s red Bandol is a true “blood of the earth.” It is a wine intended to be approachable yet offers beautiful aromatic complexity derived from four grape varieties, with Mourvèdre making up the majority. On the palate, it is spicy and refined, with dense, distinguished tannins that give it excellent aging potential. A top-tier Bandol and a “Mourvèdre standout” (La Revue du Vin de France 2024)
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Eye
Deep garnet color
Nose
Powerful aromas of black and red fruits, with a lovely minty freshness
Palate
Spicy and elegant, with a complex aromatic profile and dense, refined tannins
Serve
At 16-18°C
Open
1 hour before
Drink before
2033
Food and Wine Pairings
Enjoy it with spicy meats, beef stew, lamb navarin, couscous...
Bettane & Desseauve
Rated estate (2024 guide): 3*Stars (High-quality production that serves as a benchmark in its sector)
About the estate:
Agnès Hocquard-Henry runs her estate with the philosophy of producing less but better. 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 minuscule 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
Wine rated (2024 guide) 93/100
Rated Estate (2024 Guide) 2*Stars (These exceptional estates, often boasting 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 wine:
A classic Mourvèdre, the 2021 is a wine meant for aging; it will develop suppleness and elegance over the years.
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. As early as the mid-1980s, the estate began to make a name for itself, notably with the creation in 1987 of the Saint-Ferréol cuvée—a sunny, refined red wine sourced 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, producing wines that retain great character and age harmoniously with a delicate profile, without ever becoming overripe or overly extracted or aged. Since 2013, this curious winemaker has been setting aside Mourvèdre grapes for the En Sol cuvée, which is macerated for six months in amphorae. This is an ancestral yet perilous practice—the wines can become heavy and lack precision—but she has mastered it magnificently, producing a refined red with a rare iodine-like quality.
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