Community Tasting Notes 13

• rlove wrote: flawed

  January 18, 2018 - Over the hill.

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• Hansen73 Likes this wine: 94 points

  January 25, 2017 - Just wonderful! Dark, tawny ruby color, sous bois, earth, richness, slight funkiness, which I enjoy.

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• WineDuq Likes this wine: 95 points

  December 3, 2014 - Okay, I love Bandol so my score may be high for others.
  
  Popped and poured, dark garnet with bricking, clear. On the nose there was sous bois, mushroom, fresh earth, some funk, dark cherry, slightest hint of charcoal and pine. The palate was medium to full bodied, great mid-palate presence, very lush texture. Still a core of sweet ripe red fruits, tangy acidity, excellent concentration. The finish was long with fine grained tannins, at first mostly resolved and then becoming pronounced toward the end of the bottle. Great stuff! If I had another bottle I'd leave it a few more years, but it was awesome tonight.

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• Paul D Likes this wine: 90 points

  December 2, 2012 - Medium/deep ruby/garnet core, narrow pale garnet rim. Intense nose shows ripe bilberry fruit, smoke, meat and leather notes. This is full bodied on the palate with deep black fruit flavours, a smoky, meaty edge, lots of tannin but they are very fine and well covered by layers of fruit. It is all capped off by lovely balancing fresh acidity and a every good length, grippy, finish. A beast of a wine, it a well balanced one, and one that should benefit from the additional complexity another 5 or so years will give it. Very good/excellent.

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• JonnyH wrote:

  March 11, 2012 - Wonderful. Some bricking. Smoky, burnt meat on nose. Lovely refreshing in the mouth. Good structure and length, perhaps a little dry on the finish - but still lively & youthful. Everything you want from mature Mourvedre. Outstanding.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1999
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine Tempier
• Varietal Mourvèdre Blend
• Designation Cuvée Spéciale
• Vineyard Cabassaou
• Country France
• Region Provence
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Bandol

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• In Cellars 116 (56%)
• Consumed 91 (44%)

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