Terrebrune Bandol 2020 Grape_Merlot a fall classic

a fall classic

and the long mineral finish that Clavoillons reliably produces

crab linguine

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The result is a lineup of precise

Terrebrune Bandol 2020 Grape_Merlot a fall classicThe Land Terrebrune sits at Ollioules, on the eastern edge of the Bandol appellation in Provence, and its name says everything: terre brune, brown earth. Beneath the thin brown clay topsoil lies the estate's secret, a bed of blue, fissured Trias limestone laid down some 200 million years ago and washed down from the Gros Cerveau mountain above. That combination of iron rich clay and ancient blue limestone gives Terrebrune a pronounced minerality and a