Domaine Baraveou Bandol | “Haute Couture in a Bottle”

Domaine Baravéou, Bandol

Originally from Burgundy, Jean-Philippe Fourney moved south at 19 to work in the vines of several top Provençal estates, including his current position as Chef de Culture at Domaine Tempier. In 2011, he purchased 7.5 hectares on special terroir of limestone over red clay in the town of La Cadière-d'Azur, just within the Bandol AOC. He immediately got to work deforesting, clearing, and rebuilding old terraces creating an amphitheater of vines surrounded by scrubby forest facing the Mediterranean. He has replanted 3.5 ha of old selection massale vines, mainly Mourvèdre and Grenache, all by hand, continues a careful cultivation of his parcels that have never been treated with chemicals and plowing with the horses that he keeps on the property. In addition to this plot, he bought a small plot of old vines from neighboring town of Castellet, which allowed him to release his first bottling in 2015.

The name, Baravéou, refers to the rocky outcroppings in Provençal dialect and is both the name of the lieu-dit and the road where his property is found.

"Haute couture in a bottle: the phrase is not hyperbole...An infusion-based approach to Mourvèdre yields deep, plush reds of immediately identifiable textural suavity: the pursuit of silken tannins that make the wines approachable in youth while building for long aging. What impresses me about Baravéou is the patinated density of the material: a concentration rare for such young vines, with a depth that evokes the greatest Mediterranean red clay terroirs."
- Antoine Petrus, jebdunnick.com

2023 Domaine Baraveou Bandol - 95JD
90% Mourvèdre; 10% Grenache Grapes are completely destemmed, followed by a three week marceration. Aged for 18 months in combination of small 10 hectoliter foudres and 15 hectoliter tuns.

"This 2023 Bandol forms a bridge between the rosé and the estate's red style, showing a color of real depth and finely constituted material. The fruit is intensely concentrated and the aromatics precise, in the contemporary, graceful register I associate with Baravéou. The palate is round and silken, the flesh enveloping power without weight, and the finish is long, marked by spice and licorice. It can be cellared for 10-15 years."

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