Pradeaux, Bandol

Dark red/black colour. Aromas of woods, oak and some maturity. Perhaps some leather. Concentrated and tannic. I believe this could need a few more years. I kept it for eleven years, but it will improve with further storing, I believe.

2007 vintage

Half bottle. Ruby/purple color. Some dark fruit aromas and pine needles. Medium+ weight with an earthy base that carries through to the long finish. Dark blueberry fruit, dark spices, very good acidity, and tannins admixed with bitter chocolate at the end. Truly excellent now and with years to go even out of this small format. A real delight with cassoulet on a dreary, rainy, cool evening.

2007 vintage

Deep tawny in color, showing age. Nose is intense,dried meat, Provence herbs, prunes. Tannins are fully tamed and soft.fresh, Full body,good intensity of flavours, coats the mouth with licorice, ginger bread and herbs. Long aftertaste with some bitter coffee beans and licorice. Not an easy wine to like but grows on you with its development.

1998 vintage

Brick colour, at his or just over prime.

2007 vintage

Complex and inticing nose. Medicinal : eucalyptus, mint, orange peel. Black fruits blackcurrant, cassis. Nice juicy crunchy acidity still very alive. Finish is dark and bold. Wine needs to breath to show its full potential. I recommend at least one hour on karaffe.

2007 vintage

Interesting to drink after the 2010 Tempier Tourtine I had a few days before. This was way more rustic and darker. Classic Mourvedre nose, earthy, leather. Chewy and dense, not a generous wine in the sense you have to work for it. Maybe it was the bottle but it seems to be in a shut down phase.

2007 vintage

So, I had a great bottle of the 2007 X a few months back and was curious about whether the wine receiving normal élévage would show just as well. It is a bit younger seeming and more fiercely tannic than the X but still very enjoyable right now with the rich Flannery Picanha. Brmbly fruit and lots of garrigue and that unmistakeable bark-like note I get from Pradueax. Less of the florals that can come with age but plenty of …

2007 vintage

Coravin first glass. Very mature almost jammy which isn’t my favourite. No tannins left at all and fruit is dried plums and overripe.

1998 vintage

Opened 3 hours before. Beautiful mature red color with no brown showing. Very mature nose with prunes and medicin cabinet dominating. Its tannins are almost gone and with only little acidity present I fear for my opinion. But with food it lives again. Good mature wine with prunes, leather, earth, metal and wood. Warm and with little "bite" I found it good to drink it at 17-18 Celsius.

1998 vintage

From the coravin by the glass list at Park Avenue Wines (Portland, OR). My first time with this producer and I quite enjoyed this wine. Lots of bramble and rustic garrigue here, dark fruits and spice and just quite tasty. The structure is here for continued aging and it would be fun to taste an older vintage. Something to seek out in future.

2007 vintage

This was ravishingly and energetically tight and closed tonight right from the bottle. The juice is inky ruby purple, and there were prominent dusty tannins on the finish, which closes off sharply at the moment. Mesquite and berry aromas leap from the glass, and there's quite a large, polished, and mature frutti di bosco note. A slight chill flattered this baby. I have a few more bottles and will wait 5 years at a minimum. Patience for this wonderfully traditional …

2007 vintage

Huge earthy tannins cloak a wonderful core of dark berry. Either we got used to those tannins or it calmed down after 20 or 30 minutes in the glass. The nose is very attractive if not overly complex or flamboyant.

2007 vintage

A revelation. The last of 6, by far the best. The tannins have at last died down, leaving a full-bodied but soft and enveloping blend of jammified garrigue strawberries with herbs, nutmeg and cassis. Incredible persistence, perfect poise and balance. I've tasted several of the more trendy Bandols from 98, but this is much better. Just wish I had more. Best bottle of the year which puts to shame any Bordeaux 98 tasted.

1998 vintage

Primary ruby color. Medium weight, attractive glycerine that gives a good, mouth coating feel. Spice and blueberry fruit, good drive, and the tannins which stuck out 9 months ago seemed much tamer now. I really liked this as a hearty winter wine with a beef roast.

2007 vintage

Robe assez évoluée et profonde. Sur le fruit cuit, cassis, sous-bois et fumé. Belle complexité, mériterais être décanté quelques heures. Peu encore agréablement évolué. Bonne longueur en bouche.

2007 vintage

Dark ruby center with minimal lightening. Blueberry and menthol. Lovely ripe blueberry fruit and spice on the attack, medium weight with no heat or overripeness whatsoever. Fantastic energy and back end minerality, brown spices, and grainy tannins which still need to resolve. The deep soil on the finish coats the mouth for several minutes.

2007 vintage

Very dark red violet color; aromatic, reduction, creosote, char nose; delicious, tight, complex, dried berry, creosote, tar, mineral palate with firm tannins; needs 4-5 years; long finish 94+ points

2007 vintage

robe évoluée - nez sur les fruits cuits et le cuir - Attaque fraiche - Bouche moyennement puissante soutenue par une belle fraicheur, tannins fondus, bel équilibre, fruits rouges et noirs murs voir confiturés, traces de réglisse, longueur correcte. Manque de complexité pour etre mieux noté. Toujours très bon 24h après ouverture sans y gagner.

1998 vintage

Could use a few more years in the bottle. Tannins were heavier at the end, but some blueberry on the nose and at the front of the pallate. Other than in need of some time, a very nice bottle made from a very old grape.

2007 vintage

Popped and poured. Beautiful deep garnet color with dark reflections. Needed air and time. Much better on day two. Eventually, it had a very complex and subtle nose of cherry and blueberry, licorice, leather, bramble and minerals, occasional light floral scents. Hints of sweet spices. In the mouth, strong minerals, strong acid, big tannins and alcohol. Very long and vinous, slight dustiness. Not an easy wine. I will buy more of this, but for drinking in 2020+. Right now, I …

2007 vintage

Overripe for my palate. Broad and furry.

2007 vintage

Un vin tannique et structuré, qui nous a fait travailler. J'étais sur un Barolo, mais avec quelques indices j'ai trouvé Bandol. Un vin trop sévère et sec à mon goût, mais il a de la fraicheur et un bon potentiel, pour peu qu'on l'attende de 5 à 10 ans. 89+ pts

2007 vintage

Lacquer and spice. Neither that pleasant nor that interesting.

2007 vintage

This has started to close a little bit and tannins are more upfront on the finish. Still it is a great Bandol with beautiful cherry fruit and a touch of blueberry. Great balance and never heavy. More austere than the previous bottles. Time to forget them a little while.

2007 vintage

Medium red, showing bit of age. Nice soft berry mourvedre nose, quite aromatic - menthol? Some leather, ripe, some tannins on finish but now mellowed out and ready. Good if a touch rustic round the edges.

1998 vintage

Very rich medium tannins that contribute to an extremely long finish. Paired with the wrong dish ( an herb roasted chicken ) but should pair well with a meat dish.

2007 vintage

Visiting Chateau Pradeaux in July, 2013 (Chateau Pradeaux, Bandol) : Warm year, higher alcohol (14.5%), maybe faster developing. I prefer the 2008. Some tobacco and licorice, plums, dried plums on the nose, smells serious. Already started a bit to mellow on the palate, full, acidity OK, maybe more tannic than the 2008.

2007 vintage

this is a wine to go after if you like uniqueness and character, berries and clouds of dust on the nose, very earth-driven and dry, dried flowers, lavender, tree bark, cocoa and black plum on the palate, quite complex, quite young, these drink well now and can sleep for a decade or more, an overall powerful young Bandol

2007 vintage

Three days open and still going strong!

2007 vintage

Very smooth and youth. Well balanced bottle was open at 10am and tasted at 430pm and tannins still very integrated.

2007 vintage

Half bottle. Deep color. Berryish fruit and licorice with just a touch of alcohol on the nose. Medium weight. Raspy red and black fruit with good sense of minerality and strong acidity. As opposed to the nose, not overripe in the mouth. This definitely needs some time to round off the more jagged edges.

2007 vintage

This is now ready for business, the tannins have finally lowered their profile. Good nose of prunes, figs and a whiff of garrigue strawberries, the latter dominating the flavours, with some cherry and a touch of kirsch. Tastes like a spicy Margaux, very enjoyable.

1998 vintage

Apres 4 heures d'ouverture: Superbe nez, très belle complexité, notes d'épices , de figues confites, de pruneaux. Très belle attaque en bouche, beaux arômes, longueur correcte, tannins encore marqués malgré son âge.

1998 vintage

Unbelievable, still a bit closed. We tasted this alongside the other top Bandol wines (Tempier, Pibarnon, Ott, etc, etc) and the Pradeaux stood out as the most tannic and backward of them all (both the 1998 and the 2004 Pradeaux were tasted). It has just the faintest nose of oxidization, a fairly sweet core of fruit, but a bit unbalanced towards the acid side. I'm not buying any Pradeaux more, due to this backwardness, and who wants to wait 20 …

1998 vintage

Gruner and Mourvedre lunch with David Burkit (Bathers Pavillion) : a bit dumb, lightly fruited with some licorice medium weight, lovely balance, long, good intensity, gamey

1998 vintage

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