April 18, 2024 - A Private Tasting in London of various varietals: This was “correct” but a bit foursquare compared to decent CdPs. Purple grape and black cherry. Nose better than the palate which was shortish and clipped. 88-89
April 14, 2024 - Bouquet is intense, almost rank with meatiness, initially wondering if it went bad. Surprisingly pretty good in the mouth. The Mourvèdre seems to be really showing itself, and it is not necessarily a bad thing, but almost a bit too much.
January 5, 2024 - Peu de notes prises, puissant, jeune, bon rapport qualité prix mais besoin de temps encore.
October 1, 2023 - Me semble encore fermé ou bien s'est renfermé. Pas d'émotion, rien de spécial. Bu sur 3 jours et n'a pas évolué drastiquement.
July 17, 2023 - Tres bon et meilleur le lendemain. Sur la mure, assez dacidite et de fraicheur, peu de garrique. Texture lisse et enveloppante.
June 25, 2023 - a bit simple but nice
Glassware not ideal but there were blackberry and licorice note
went well with Mediterranean food
numerical rating does not seem relevant but at least very good
May 29, 2023 - Wow. This is quite outshining 13, 14 right now. The vintage chart is not lying. 3hrs in decanter before BBQ and it was worth the wait.
Dark purple and red. Time in the glass produces earthy aromas — cedar, and pine needles.
The best of the Tempier Rouge I’ve had in a while.
April 9, 2023 - In contrast to the bottles we drank in 2017 and 2021 this bottle is deep and delicious. More dark berry than Bandolian garrigue, some soft tannin.
November 13, 2022 - Small pour in unideal conditions, a lot of distractions. But this was compelling nonetheless, with baked earth and plummy fruit aromas and a medium -full palate that still has some grippy unresolved tannins. Perfectly drinkable now, but I expect this to show better with another few years in the cellar.
August 10, 2022 - Corked. Undrinkable.