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2020 Bandol Blanc
Domaine de Terrebrune

With each new vintage I continue to marvel at Reynald Delille’s magical ability to transmute blazing Provençal summers into delicious wines of surprising delicacy. His Bandol blanc is as fresh and breezy a wine as you’re likely to find in the south of France, like enjoying a cloudless summer day from the comfort of shade. Remarkably subtle ripe peach and pear notes are balanced with a refreshing, herbal greenness.
—Dustin Soiseth
Wine Type: | white |
Vintage: | 2020 |
Bottle Size: | 750mL |
Blend: | Clairette, Ugni Blanc, Bourboulenc |
Appellation: | Bandol |
Country: | France |
Region: | Provence |
Producer: | Domaine de Terrebrune |
Winemaker: | Reynald Delille |
Vineyard: | 15 years average |
Soil: | Limestone pebbles in brown clay, blue limestone bedrock, marl |
Aging: | Ages for 6-8 months in barrel before bottling |
Farming: | Organic (certified) |
Alcohol: | 13% |
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About The Producer
Domaine de Terrebrune
About The Region
Provence
Perhaps there is no region more closely aligned with the history to Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant than Provence. Provence is where Richard Olney, an American ex-pat and friend of Alice Waters, lived, and introduced Kermit to the great producers of Provence, most importantly Domaine Tempier of Bandol. Kermit also spends upwards of half his year at his home in a small town just outside of Bandol.
Vitis vinifera first arrived in France via Provence, landing in the modern day port city of Marseille in the 6th century BC. The influence of terroir on Provençal wines goes well beyond soil types. The herbs from the pervasive scrubland, often referred to as garrigue, as well as the mistral—a cold, drying wind from the northwest that helps keep the vines free of disease—play a significant role in the final quality of the grapes. Two more elements—the seemingly ever-present sun and cooling saline breezes from the Mediterranean—lend their hand in creating a long growing season that result in grapes that are ripe but with good acidity.
Rosé is arguably the most well known type of wine from Provence, but the red wines, particularly from Bandol, possess a great depth of character and ability to age. The white wines of Cassis and Bandol offer complexity and ideal pairings for the sea-influenced cuisine. Mourvèdre reigns king for red grapes, and similar to the Languedoc and Rhône, Grenache, Cinsault, Marsanne, Clairette, Rolle, Ugni Blanc among many other grape varieties are planted.
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Kermit once said...

Kermit once said...
You don’t have to be rich to cellar a great wine.