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Technical Information

Wine Blend Vine Age Soil Type Vineyard Area*
Bandol Blanc
Varies : 85% Clairette,
10% Vermentino,
5% Ugni Blanc
38 year average Clay, limestone, silt, sandstone 11 ha total
Bandol Rouge
Varies : 55% Mourvèdre,
25% Grenache,
15% Cinsault,
5% Carignan
38 year average Clay, limestone, silt, sandstone 11 ha total
Bandol Rouge
Saint Ferréol
Varies : 90% Mourvèdre,
10% Carignan
38 year average Clay, limestone, silt, sandstone 11 ha total
Bandol Rosé
Varies : 25% Grenache,
10% Cinsault,
50% Mourvèdre,
8% Clairette
38 year average Clay, limestone, silt, sandstone 11 ha total
Vin de France “D’Ici”
Grenache Planted in 1970 Limestone 0.5 ha
IGP Méditerranée “En-Sol”
Mourvèdre 45 years old Clay, limestone .2 ha
* "ha" = hectares; one hectare equals roughly two and a half acres

VITICULTURE / VINIFICATION

• Grapes are all harvested by hand

• Average yields are incredibly low at 28 hl/ha


Bandol Blanc:

• Juice obtained by direct pressing

• Vinification occurs in stainless steel cuve

Blanc may or may not go through malolactic fermentation depending on vintage


Bandol Rosé:

• Juice obtained by direct pressing (2 hour maceration for rosé)

• Vinification occurs in stainless steel cuve

• Rosé does not go through malolactic fermentation


Bandol Rouges:

• Grapes are de-stemmed

• Traditional vinification with indigenous yeasts

• Judicious use of punch-downs and pump-overs

• Wines age in foudres for 18 months before bottling
• Bottled unfined and unfiltered


Bandol Rouge Saint Ferréol:
“This cuvée was born in 1987 from the desire to insulate the domaine's most beautiful Mourvèdre, but without undermining the domaine's red wine. The Saint Ferréol will only be produced when the cuvée classique shows a good balance on its own. Quite spiritual by its name, sometimes inscrutable by its color, the Saint Ferréol gives an homage to the grape variety that is omnipresent (90% in this cuvée) and to our land that is made of a mixed type of soils. Its spicy, peppery palate leaves a mineral print recalling our sandstone. The tobacco, truffle, and lilly aromas blend with the tangy note of the Carignan. The addition of Carignan opens the wine and makes it brighter during its dark retreat.

To tell the story, the name was randomly chosen; Saint Ferréol (a religious-soldier-Saint) had been expelled from his religious order because of his excessive rigor. The verticality of the wine is similar to the one found in the vineyard and of this Saint, who died standing on a stake. Mourvèdre, a Spanish variety, acts like a bull, horns facing the sky and hoofs deeply rooted into the ground.” –Agnès Henry

Vin de France “D’Ici”:
• A Port/Banyuls style wine
• Only made in exceptional years
• From the Clos des Aïeux
• Natural fermentation
• Grapes harvested 1 month after harvest. At harvest about half the grapes are dried and half still contain juice
• De-stemmed
• Fermentation in concrete tank
• Fermentation stops on its own at 16.5% alcohol, 80g/L RS
• Aged in stainless steel tank for 2 years

IGP Méditeranée “En-Sol”:
• Traditional vinification with indigenous yeasts
• Fermented and aged for 6 months in amphorae, then racked to stainless steel tank
• Neither filtered nor fined

MISCELLANEA

Domaine de la Tour du Bon does have a bed and breakfast. Click here for contact information.

General Information

Country
France
Region
Provence
Appellation(s)
Bandol
Producer
Hocquard-Henry Family
Founded
1925
Annual Production
3,750 cases
Farming
Organic (practicing)
Website
http://www.tourdubon.com
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