The Domaine de l'Olivette of Bandol of Provence

Domaine de l'Olivette - Bandol Blanc
The winery offers 22 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 19 of the estates of Provence.
It is located in Bandol in the region of Provence
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The Domaine de l'Olivette is one of the world's great estates. It offers 22 wines for sale in of Bandol to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine de l'Olivette wines

Looking for the best Domaine de l'Olivette wines in Bandol among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine de l'Olivette wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Domaine de l'Olivette wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Domaine de l'Olivette

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine de l'Olivette

How Domaine de l'Olivette wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of tuna and mozzarella pie, baeckeoffe with fish or quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Domaine de l'Olivette

In the mouth the white wine of Domaine de l'Olivette. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Domaine de l'Olivette

  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Domaine de l'Olivette.

  • Clairette
  • Ugni blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Roussanne

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.

The top pink wines of Domaine de l'Olivette

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Domaine de l'Olivette

How Domaine de l'Olivette wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of pork gyros, scallops in coral sauce or quiche lorraine.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Domaine de l'Olivette

On the nose the pink wine of Domaine de l'Olivette. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, peach or minerality and sometimes also flavors of strawberries, stone or melon. In the mouth the pink wine of Domaine de l'Olivette. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Domaine de l'Olivette

  • 2009With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Domaine de l'Olivette.

  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Cinsault
  • Cinsaut

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir 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. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

The top red wines of Domaine de l'Olivette

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine de l'Olivette

How Domaine de l'Olivette wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, mature and hard cheese or lamb such as recipes of beef strogonoff, comté cheese cake-flan or navarin of lamb.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Domaine de l'Olivette

On the nose the red wine of Domaine de l'Olivette. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, orange or oaky and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, black fruit or red fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Domaine de l'Olivette

  • 2004With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.09/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2002With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2003With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.96/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Domaine de l'Olivette.

  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Merlot
  • Cinsaut
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Carignan

The word of the wine: Hat

Solid part (marc), composed of pips and skins (sometimes of the stalk), which forms at the top of the tank during fermentation. The pigeage consists in breaking this cap to put back in suspension these elements and to favour the exchanges between the juice and the skins.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine de l'Olivette

Planning a wine route in the of Bandol? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Domaine de l'Olivette.

Discover the grape variety: Carignan

Mainly cultivated in the Languedoc region, carignan originates from Spain. Because of its very resistant branches, it is often called hardwood. Its bunches are quite large. They are compact and winged with a lignified stalk. The berries are spherical in shape and take on a bluish-black colour. Carignan has a total of 25 approved clones, the best known of which are 274, 65 and 9. The carignan buds at the beginning of June and is protected from spring frosts. It does not reach maturity until the third period. Also, this grape variety needs warmth and sunshine. It appreciates dry and not very fertile soils. Carignan vines can live for more than 100 years. Those that are more than 30 years old produce a better wine. This wine is well coloured. It is generous and powerful at the same time. Pepper, cherry, blackberry, banana, raspberry, almond, prune and violet are some of the aromas that this grape variety gives off.

News about Domaine de l'Olivette and wines from the region

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 ...

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 ...

The word of the wine: Hat

Solid part (marc), composed of pips and skins (sometimes of the stalk), which forms at the top of the tank during fermentation. The pigeage consists in breaking this cap to put back in suspension these elements and to favour the exchanges between the juice and the skins.