Bastide Blanche (Bronzo) Bandol Rosé 2020

92 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The 2020 Bandol Rosé from Domaine la Bastide Blanche is composed from a cépages of mourvèdre, grenache and cinsault. The wine is nicely ripe at fourteen percent and comes in with a beautiful, deep salmon color and offers up a beautifully expressive and complex nose of desiccated cherries, rhubarb, chalky soil tones, rose petals, a touch of orange peel and an exotic topnote of sumac. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied and succulent, with a lovely core, bright acids and fine focus and grip on the long, complex and very classy finish. I love the style of this wine, which is a bit more vinous in personality than the Domaine Tempier Rosé, but equally light on its feet and complex. Lovely juice. 2021-2030. (Jul/Aug 2021)"

Producer notes: "Mourvèdre, Grenache, Cinsault. Organic. An absolute beauty of a rosé at this price point. Mouthwatering aromas of strawberry cream on the nose, followed by a silky, refined palate with delicate but distinct flavors of melon and peach. A relatively light wine for a southern French rosé, but one whose texture and character gives it impressive weight and substance."