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Community Tasting Notes 77
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Montecalvo Likes this wine: 91 points
April 14, 2023 - Similar to the 08 and 10. Still young but it has matured enough to be interesting.
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HandmadeHomemade Likes this wine:
January 29, 2022 - Drinking very well. Had with herbed lamb chops and roasted, glazed carrots. Needs a few hours to open in bottle, no decant. Aromas of bougey, dean & deluca Swedish fish, granite mineral, fermented tobacco, smoke, and some ethereal spicy aromas. Mouth follows with perfect intensity. Gaining flavors of sophisticated Redvines, black plum skins, mineral, following up with an earthy-animal grit on the finish. Med + acid, Med tannin, Full body.
Overall, the wine is still quite young, good life ahead of it, quite enjoyable to drink now. -
Tartiflette wrote: 89 points
January 11, 2022 - From Coravin. What a lovely surprise this was. It has certainly benefited from some time in the cellar. And it isn’t even fully integrated yet. Lots of tannic grip together with dark fruit (Blackcurrant and Cherries) plus a powerful mixture of spices. It needs to come fully together to really shine.
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David_K wrote: 91 points
August 23, 2021 - Young, spicy, still tannic. Dark red fruits but not black. Touch of warmth. Needs 3-5 more years.
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TheFoodieTraveler Likes this wine: 95 points
May 31, 2021 - When these wines age long enough they really sing. This one was doing the melody and harmony. Tastes like something far more than the cost. Wish I had more.
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By Richard Jennings
8/30/2015 (link) 92 points(Domaine Tempier Bandol) Dark red violet color; light VA, lavender, violets, dried berry nose; tight, dried berry, lavender, licorice palate with sweet, firm tannins; long finish (75% Mourvedre, 14% Grenache, 9% Cinsault, 2% Carignan) 92+ points
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By Richard Jennings
12/28/2012 (link) 90 points(Domaine Tempier Bandol) Dark purple red violet color; brett, very, tart berry, dried berry, tobacco nose; very tart berry, brett, graphite, tobacco, palate; needs 4-plus years; medium-plus finish (brett level is disappointingly high; 75% Mourvedre, 14% Grenache, 9% Cinsault, 2% Carignan)
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2009
- Type Red
- Producer Domaine Tempier
- Varietal Mourvèdre Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Provence
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Bandol
- UPC Codes 5708445444285, 761503534521
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 79 (6%)
- In Cellars 640 (49%)
- Consumed 591 (45%)
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- VarietyMourvèdre Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionProvence
- AppellationBandol
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