The best wines of Bandol

Discover the best wines of Bandol of Provence as well as the best winemakers of Bandol and estates of Bandol to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Bandol and the best vintages to taste in this region.

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Top wines of Bandol by region

Looking for a good wine of Bandol of Provence among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Bandol. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Bandol with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Bandol

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Bandol

Red wines from the region of Bandol go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of monkfish tail with white butter, rack of lamb with antiboise sauce or lamb shoulder confit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Bandol

On the nose the red wine of the region of Bandol. often reveals types of flavors of cream, raisin or chalk and sometimes also flavors of saline, honey or nutty. In the mouth the red wine of the region of Bandol. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in red wine of Bandol

  • 1994With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.31/5
  • 1996With an average score of 4.27/5
  • 1993With an average score of 4.26/5
  • 1999With an average score of 4.25/5
  • 1990With an average score of 4.24/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Bandol

  • Mourvedre
  • Grenache
  • Cinsault
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Carignan

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Bandol

A wine route planned in the region of Bandol? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of Bandol.

Discovering the wine region of Bandol

Bandol is a key appellation in the wine region of Provence, in the far southeast of France. Created in 1941, the appellation covers red, white and rosé wines from approximately 1,550 hectares of vineyards located around the coastal town of Bandol on the Mediterranean coast. These are spread unevenly over eight communes in the Var dePartment, the majority being located just North of Bandol, in Le Beausset, La Cadière-d'Azur, Le Castellet and Évenos. Bandol is best known for its red wines, which constitute the majority of the appellation's production.

These contain a high proportion of Mourvèdre - the appellation rules require at least 50%. Using this amount of such a Spicy and Powerful grape makes for a wine with Character that is difficult to produce in any other part of France. Mourvèdre will only ripen reliably in a Climate as sunny and Warm as that which prevails along the Mediterranean coast. Grenache is the other main component of Bandol's red (and rosé) wines.

Great white wines of Bandol

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Bandol

White wines from the region of Bandol go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of veal cutlets with savoy tomme, squid rings with tomato or salmon koulibiac.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Bandol

On the nose the white wine of the region of Bandol. often reveals types of flavors of minerality, pineapple or apricot and sometimes also flavors of lemon, stone or stone fruit.

The best vintages in white wine of Bandol

  • 2006With an average score of 4.31/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.99/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.92/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Bandol

  • Clairette
  • Ugni blanc
  • Bourboulenc
  • Marsanne
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Petit Manseng

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Bandol

A wine route planned in the region of Bandol? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best white wine of Bandol.

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Sémillon blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Great pink wines of Bandol

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Bandol

Pink wines from the region of Bandol go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of beef tagine with vegetables, shrimp and chorizo risotto or zucchini and goat cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Bandol

On the nose the pink wine of the region of Bandol. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, dried fruit or ginger and sometimes also flavors of red cherry, lavender or tobacco. In the mouth the pink wine of the region of Bandol. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in pink wine of Bandol

  • 1998With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.16/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.13/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.11/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Bandol

  • Mourvedre
  • Cinsault
  • Grenache
  • Carignan
  • Shiraz/Syrah

The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of Bandol

A wine route planned in the region of Bandol? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best pink wine of Bandol.

Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre

Mourvèdre noir is a grape variety originating from Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Mourvèdre noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Great sweet wines of Bandol

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Bandol

Sweet wines from the region of Bandol go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of vegetable noddles or cheese soufflé omelette.

The best vintages in sweet wine of Bandol

  • 1994With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 1993With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1992With an average score of 4.10/5

The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Bandol

  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre

The best wineries and winemakers for sweet wine of Bandol

A wine route planned in the region of Bandol? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sweet wine of Bandol.

The word of the wine: Harmonious

Balance of the different organoleptic elements of a wine. This harmony is linked to the typicity of each wine. The sweetness of a sweet wine is an element of its balance, whereas a Sancerre or a Chablis will be asked to be lively and dry.

News from the vineyard of Bandol

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Rosé, for the time being, is a pretty babble’

Many wine styles can seem perplexing at first: imagine the first bottle of Barolo if you only know Barossa Shiraz, or the first bottle of Jura Savagnin if you were brought up on California Chardonnay. With time, thought and repeated tasting, though, comes understanding. You learn each wine’s syntax and lexicon, its hints and inferences. You grasp the ways in which each style communicates. Its beauty dawns, then grows. Rosé wine sales grew 23% worldwide between 2002 and 2019. Its fuel has come fr ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘2021 has been the year of all the miseries’

How’s the weather been this year? Awful. ‘La nature m’écoeure’, one of my wine-growing friends posted on Facebook on 8 April, having been out to look at the frost-crippled shoots on his vines that morning: ‘Nature disgusts me’. It takes a lot to make a wine-grower feel that. He wasn’t alone. Jeremiads echo around the northern hemisphere as 2021 closes. It’s been the year of all the miseries. None suffered more horribly than the growers of Germany’s Ahr valley, where floodwaters caused by the fou ...

A wine route in the region of Bandol ? Visit the most beautiful wine towns and villages

  • Chemin de la tourelle
  • Domaine de la tour du bon
  • La cadicre d'azur
  • La cadière d&rsquoazur
  • La cadière-d'azur
  • La camp du castellet
  • Le castellet
  • Saint-cyr-sur-mer
  • Sainte anne d`evenos