JP Gaussen Vin de Pays de Mont Caume 2019 Vintage:2019 restarting a once proud tradition

restarting a once proud tradition for a modern audience

with roasted apple wood

and distinctly rhubarb flavored

with cherry blossoms and oranges in tow

planting the vineyard took him away from his day job building railroad equipment

JP Gaussen Vin de Pays de Mont Caume 2019 Vintage:2019 restarting a once proud traditionJean 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,