2016 Bandol

95% Mourvèdre (over 50 years old), 5% Grenache (over 50 years old). Terroir: Clay-limestone soils on Le Castellet. Ageing: 24 months in one- and two-year-old barrels (Allier – Tronçais). Very deep purplish crimson. Not very expressive at the moment; the nose is almost raw! But it is intensely focused. So ambitious ... this isn’t a relaxed lie on a sunbed in Provence but a muscular athlete training in a gym. Very savoury – meat and two veg. (JR)