February/March 2013
Dandy
2012 Favourite
Château de Pibarnon
> Bandol 2010 Red
Regular readers know the admiration we hold for Château de Pibarnon, whose reds, after a few years in the cellar, could be mistaken for the greatest wines of the Medoc.
That being said, Eric de Saint Victor's wines do not entirely denounce their Mediterranean origin. They are in fact very aromatic and offer characteristic elements of the Provençal landscape.
This 2010 with racy and tasty tannins is the result of a new direction for the vineyard's management. To further improve the quality of their first wine, Eric de Saint Victor decided to involve only the very best plots of land. The result is very positive, because apart from improving the quality of this first wine, Les Restanques de Pibarnon, the estate's second wine, which is more immediately accessible and benefits from the quality of the plots, which were used for the great wine. Here too the value is excellent.