91 Jeb Dunnuck - The Rhone Report

"A blend of 100% Mourvèdre that comes from the estate’s oldest vines, the Cuvée Longue Garde is a special cuvée that’s only produced in exceptional vintages. The inky, semi-opaque purple colored 2007 delivers a decidedly rich, rounded bouquet of warm plums, licorice, baking spices, and hints of chocolate (among other things) that leads to a full-bodied, mouth filling, rustic Bandol that has excellent mid-palate depth and ripe, chewy tannin on the finish. Very traditional, and with a very slight oxidative quality, it needs air to show at its best. While it has the fruit and texture to drink nicely now, it should also have upwards of a decade of overall evolution."