March 25, 2024 - Amazing. Lives up to every single bit of hype.
March 19, 2024 - Medium dark ruby. Powerful aroma of dark cherries, black plums, chocolate, tea, earth, forest floor, roses, a hint of vanillin oak. Dark and red fruit on the palate, pomegranate and raspberry, medium plus acids, medium fine grained tannins, medium alcohol, very long finish. Well constructed, complex, balanced.
March 3, 2024 - We bought this wine in 2022 at a visit to Domaine Tempier so it was hard to open - wanted to hold onto the treasure lol!
Amazing wine - decanted for several hours but stole a sip immediately upon opening as well.
Incredible acidity, minerality and silky tannins.
So many layered notes over the course of the evening.
December 10, 2023 - Phenomenal with Prime Rib Roast. 3hr decant and wine really benefitted from this. beautiful dark fruit, plum and mineral finish. 2017 was a very good year, last bottle sadly, on to the 2018s!!
November 28, 2023 - Short decant
The wine is clear and dark purple in colour
There is very small amount of sediment in the bottle.
On the nose: Fresh red fruit, raspberry, tart cherry, candied apple, fruit forward, slight alcohol - hot
On the palate: Raspberry, cherry, caramelised sugar, later, some pencil shavings, smoke
The body is medium, full.
The wine has a crisp texture.
The wine finishes V-long.
The wine has medium acidity.
The wine has medium tannins.
Conclusion
Just about in its drinking window, lovely wine, not overly sweet, restrained power and a great expression of Mouvedre.
November 7, 2023 - Deep ruby. Black fruit, earth, and anise. Medium to full bodied. Tight, tannic, still too young to fully appreciate.
September 4, 2023 - No detailed notes. Decanted about 1 hour. Virtually opaque purple-garnet color. Classic nose of tar, garrique, and intense plummy fruit. Much more elegant on the palate than anticipated with ample but not overripe fruit, soft tannins, and good acidity. There was no sense of heat from the alcohol. All in a a lovely Bandol.
June 10, 2023 - Opened and decanted an hour ahead of grilled BBQ pork cutlets and mixed salad. Brooding, dark purple-crimson color. The nose brings a heavy load of forest floor, musty funk, and garrigue with scattered red fruit and purple flower notes. The palate is medium-full, square, supple, and textured, bringing a lovely core of deep blueberries, tart huckleberries, chocolate cherries, and juicy plums mixed with wood smoke, tar, pipe tobacco, and dried leather. The finish is refined and smooth. This is the same wine as previous vintages but definitely has a bounce in its step for 2017 (Lulu?). If I were to taste blind I would have pegged this as a Cornas Syrah. Will get better, so drink 2024-2034. Technical score: 93. Enjoyment score: 93.
May 27, 2023 - Young but drinking nicely. Classic Tempier style. A bit of funk on finish but overall pretty clean and nice. Good with roast meat. Give it 1 hr at least
April 12, 2023 - Popular with the group.