JP Gaussen Vin de Pays de Mont Caume 2019 Vintage:2019 This Pinot Noir from the

This Pinot Noir from the steep

The city of Bordeaux put a stop to all that when they started making their own serious wine in the eighteenth century

if you can dream it

basalt soil and clay marl

the texture a give and take between lush

JP Gaussen Vin de Pays de Mont Caume 2019 Vintage:2019 This Pinot Noir from theJean Pierre Gaussen purchased a tiny plot of land in Bandol in 1962. Over the course of decades he increased the size of his domaine one piece at a time, planting each vine himself and tending them by hand with no pesticides or fertilizers. Jean Pierres and now JPs daughter Mireilles winemaking is straightforward, in a natural stone cave that keeps the temperature perfectly regulated. His Bandols are almost pure Mourvedre, and among the most powerful,