Community Tasting Notes 39

• Raage wrote:

  July 20, 2023 - (CdV)
  Un peu fané pour ma part (pas forcément partagé par d’autres convives), manquant d’énergie et de sérieux (l’austérité élégante des Tempier); le nez avait cette propension au pruneau qui me rebute, cette trace d’oxydation qui atténue fruité et vigueur…
  La bouche manquait de cette même tension, offrant une certaine platitude, un manque de relief criant, de cette mûre typique, de cette habituelle précision.
  Mais d’autres à table furent bien moins sévère…
  (Peut-être un problème de bouteille / bouchon), ou simplement trop vieux…

• liber Likes this wine: 94 points

  June 5, 2023 - 2nd of 12, opened 45 minutes, perfect cork and level, more mature and possibly more delicious than first noted in detail last August, carries alcoholic heft surprisingly lightly, some upside yet, 20+ years. F+ (18).

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• liber Likes this wine: 93 points

  August 29, 2021 - 1st of 12, decanted an hour, perfect level, cork quarter travelled - dark dense ruby, little development; sweaty saddle, garrigue, earth, some mainly plum fruit flavours, mineral; full, long, persistent, intense and concentrated, some heat but not excessive, tannins not fully resolved, some years from maturity, considerable upside and good for 20+ years. F+ (18) for now.

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• KeithAkers wrote: 92 points

  November 19, 2020 - Dinner at Greenwood (Greenwood, Highland Park, IL): Nose: The fruit shows a darker and richer profile with black cherries, tobacco, black raspberries, licorice, violets, spice tones, savory herbs, and earth notes. There is very good depth and this is in savory harmony right now.
  
  Taste: The feel is Full bodied with medium acidity and silky, medium+ tannins. The tannins provide more of a spine at this point with black cherries, black raspberries, tobacco, licorice, spice tones, violets, and savory herbs.
  
  Overall: This is drinking beautifully and I feel like the Mourvedre helped especially in this vintage. This still shows the richer tones that 03s generally seem to bring, but it works beautifully here. This feels like it should stay at a really good level for a while and it is fully ready to drink right now.

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• Maphill01 Likes this wine:

  October 9, 2020 - PNP. Dark magenta, moving to rust, then clear at the edge. Red fruit, raspberry and black cherry. Sweet tobacco and some gravelly minerals, nice structure and freshness, slightly chewy on the finish. Nice balance, medium body, elegant. In a great spot, plenty of life left.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2003
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine Tempier
• Varietal Mourvèdre Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard La Tourtine
• Country France
• Region Provence
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Bandol
• UPC Code 761503534866

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• In Cellars 336 (59%)
• Consumed 237 (41%)

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