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Rosé

2019 Domaine Tempier Bandol Rosé Mourvèdre Blend, Mourvèdre

4/6/2024 - ploher wrote:

Sweet melon, herbs and a fresh sea breeze on the nose. Exceptional, outstanding harmony and elegance on the beautifully velvet palate, slowly building up some savoriness on the mid palate towards the long finish where some very fine tannins glue itself to the palate. This has gained even more substance over the last year and is now a better wine still. Everytime I drink Tempier rosé I realize anew that this is one of those few signature wines of this world that are not comparable with anything else out there. 19/20

exonian commented:

4/7/24, 2:06 PM - Lovely sentiments, with which wholeheartedly concur. I buy Tempier rose every year, and always amazed at just how special it is each year. A couple of years ago, I was at a tasting where Garrus was featured , and it struck me as disappointing for its price! I was introduced to Domaine Tempier, and the Peyroux family story , by following Alice Waters and Chez Panisse in Berkeley , California.

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Rosé

2019 Domaine Tempier Bandol Rosé Mourvèdre Blend, Mourvèdre

6/12/2021 - thesternowl wrote:

92 points

I pulled this from my cellar for National Rosé Day (because of course, that’s a thing). Poured a very pretty, deep pink-salmon color. On the nose, forest strawberries, melon, and blood orange. On the palate, brambles, strawberry, and citrus fruits. A fabulous body with lovely acidity too. Dry, low tannin and long…over a minute with minerals dancing on the palate at the very end. A killer rosé. Complex enough to ponder and yet delicious enough to want to crush over and over again. Universally adored by wine people and non-wine people present. I wish I had cases and cases but I’m luck to find single bottles of this anymore. Drink now but you could probably hold for the next 3-5 years without penalty.

exonian commented:

11/28/21, 1:44 PM - "Complex enough to ponder and yet delicious enough to want to crush over and over again" - you captured the magic of Domains Tempier Bandol Rose in one perfect sentence! Form me, it summarises the essence of any great wine. Your note says it all - bravo!

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White

2017 Ettore Sammarco Costa d'Amalfi Ravello Selva delle Monache Bianco Falanghina

5/30/2020 - paolom1809 Likes this wine:

89 points

This is a white wine from Amalfi Coast ( The Ravello subzone ). It’s a blend of Falanghina and Biancolella. The producer we visited in August 2018. It’s located right on the road to Ravello from Amalfi. The wine is yellow straw with gold highlights, it has a medium viscosity (13.5%abv). The nose is penetrating with jasmine flower, white peaches and golden Apples. The palate has a unctuous full body white wine, with a good balanced acidity and a long persistence. The wine is a perfect aperitif or paired with any fried fish ( fried cod we tasted with). PM:89

exonian commented:

5/30/20, 1:24 PM - Visited Ravello several times in the 90s, and found the Sammarco wines very good then - equal to what was the leading local wine at the time - Episcopio . Great to see they are producing quality wines!

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Red

1999 Rene Rostaing Côte-Rôtie Cuvée Classique Syrah

5/12/2014 - collin wrote:

Classic Cote-Rotie, as far as I can tell. Meat and violets; elegant with just enough rusticity to remind you you're drinking Northern Rhone syrah. Seems to be drinking perfectly.

exonian commented:

5/12/14, 10:28 AM - I'm envious! Tasted the 2012 en primeur , poured by M Rostaing himself. Beautiful ,elegant classic wines and the pick of he Cote Rotie offering. His Condrieu ain't half bad either!

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