Community Tasting Note

chambolle wrote:

Thursday, November 12, 2009 - Can it be that the wild and woolly wines of Domaine Tempier have been tamed? Where is the funk, the garrigue, the brambly tannic edge of the Tempier Bandol of memory? Compare this wine to the 1998 Tempier Bandol, or even the 1993, and the 2005 is more forward and supple than these older wines are today, far "cleaner," and thus far less interesting. Is it the 2005 vintage, or just a change in style? I hope not the latter. This is very sound, well made, good quality wine, ripe and immediately appealing. But "sound" wines are a dime a dozen. Domaine Tempier has always been about quirks and character and soul. It was not for the faint of heart. You wouldn't pour it for your California Merlot loving friends. This wine, I shudder at the thought, might suit them just fine.

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