Community Tasting Notes 84

• kevin h wrote: 91 points

  February 10, 2024 - A nice mature bottle of Bandol, red fruits, garrigue, and a hint of liquorice. Mellowed nicely. Tastes fully ready.

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• snsharma Likes this wine: 90 points

  August 13, 2023 - Opened up with a neutral nose. Waited about 30-45min after pouring to try. Medium body, smooth drinking, some fruit left but quite sedate in that department. No detectable rough edge as in previous bottles. One dimensional now, with only secondary tastes present - in an elegant way. Not going to get much better IMO. Drink up.

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• dsamuel Likes this wine: 93 points

  May 21, 2023 - Medium/dark ruby with extensive bricking
  Medium plus aroma - primarily secondary/ tertiary at this point - strong old and fresh leather aromas with shoe polish along with garrigue notes with touch of game and black cherry
  Medium plus bodied with palate of black fruit - ripe/sweet black cherry and plum
  Medium plus well integrated tannins with medium plus acidity and medium plus alcohol
  Long palate led by fruit and tannins
  This was definitely notable as a warmer climate wine but really surprised me by the aromas, as I found them very unique
  This really grew on me with further tasting
  Drink now

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• cvst Likes this wine: 92 points

  May 19, 2023 - Mature bouquet with ripe red and dark fruit. Red currant, preserved plum, raisin, tobacco, soil and old leather. Well surrounding structure with plenty of acidity and lively tannins.

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• S.Wayne Likes this wine: 92 points

  May 17, 2023 - Blind tasting
  Medium garnet
  Aromatics medium +. Leather and shoe shine polish. Black prunes. Dark florals. All quite intense
  Palate has a medium + body. Acid medium+. Tannins medium +, almost fine grained. Alcohol medium +. Plums and raisins, quite concentrated
  Finish has a medium + length. Balanced
  Dry glass notes of mushrooms and leather
  I guessed old world, warm climate 2013. Either Italy or Portugal and finally decided blindly on Amarone. The shoe polish really through me off, but concentrated dark fruits and alcohol seemed consistent with warm/ripe southern Europe.
  Regardless, unique and atypical which allowed me to keep raising the score from my original 90. I've never had a shoe polish aromatic in a wine before.
  Drink now.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2007
• 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 400000420288, 761503534521

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• In Cellars 633 (45%)
• Consumed 737 (52%)

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