Youthful deep ruby red colour. Intense dark berries, crushed herbal spice, tar and licorice spice, roasted meats, the fruit still dominates but the complexity is very apparent. Plenty of very fine tannins and well balanced acidity. Has a decade or more ahead of it. Delicious.
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deep deep color, bricking rim. aromatically earth earth and more earth... leather, prune, dark fruits, animal aromas... any oak smells have been absorbed by this wine. on the palate moderate acids, full mid palate, firm, rustic tannins. balanced wine with very good length, great intensity, good complexity... so, so true to place and varietal. clearly an "excellent" wine wine drinking at or near its peak depending on storage and luck... my guess is that this wine will never integrate and have a ton of harmony to its many components as the taster below astutely picked up on... mouvedre just doesn't do that like cab and other varietals... this will always be, IMO, a rough and wild wine.
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Dinner at The Bristol (Chicago, IL): This was an outstanding bottle of Bandol. We quipped that it was kind funny that the Bandol was the cleanest wine on the table tonight (maybe with the exception of the Cavallotto). The nose is all black fruit and spice, and the palate more of the same, with a beautiful silky texture to boot. There's acidity here that gives this elegance as well. Perhaps a little odd that this showed so well tonight, but no one at the table was complaining about that.
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Another outstanding showing for this wine. Decanted and poured, this wine remains youthful with some more mature notes lurking in the background. This may benefit from additional bottle age and will most likely drink at its peak about ten years from the vintage.
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This wine was decanted and poured. This wine is outstanding; however, it did not show as well as expected given the showing of the other 2006 reds from Tempier. Based on the other wines, this was expected show in the 95+ range. The wine, on both the bouquet and palate shows a stern and moody profile. It hints at wanting to open up and show a more forward elements throughout the tasting experience. The bouquet shows black fruits, tar, smoke, grilled meats, thyme, rosemary and floral notes. The color is a dark ruby to purple. The full bodied palate shows good length but aggressive tannins alter the balance of the wine and contribute to its stern profile. There is a lot going on with this wine but it needs to settle down and better integrate all the components. If consumed now, it needs an hour plus in the decanter, otherwise a few years of bottle age should greatly benefit the wine.
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8/14/2021 - Vini Ciclismo Likes this wine: 94 Points
Youthful deep ruby red colour.
Intense dark berries, crushed herbal spice, tar and licorice spice, roasted meats, the fruit still dominates but the complexity is very apparent. Plenty of very fine tannins and well balanced acidity. Has a decade or more ahead of it. Delicious.
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4/26/2018 - markjanes wrote: 93 Points
deep deep color, bricking rim. aromatically earth earth and more earth... leather, prune, dark fruits, animal aromas... any oak smells have been absorbed by this wine. on the palate moderate acids, full mid palate, firm, rustic tannins. balanced wine with very good length, great intensity, good complexity... so, so true to place and varietal. clearly an "excellent" wine wine drinking at or near its peak depending on storage and luck... my guess is that this wine will never integrate and have a ton of harmony to its many components as the taster below astutely picked up on... mouvedre just doesn't do that like cab and other varietals... this will always be, IMO, a rough and wild wine.
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5/30/2017 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
Dinner at The Bristol (Chicago, IL): This was an outstanding bottle of Bandol. We quipped that it was kind funny that the Bandol was the cleanest wine on the table tonight (maybe with the exception of the Cavallotto). The nose is all black fruit and spice, and the palate more of the same, with a beautiful silky texture to boot. There's acidity here that gives this elegance as well. Perhaps a little odd that this showed so well tonight, but no one at the table was complaining about that.
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5/24/2017 - appel54 wrote: 92 Points
Mörkröd färg och oerhört tätt
Körsbärskärnor, sötlakrits, körsbär, väldigt cabbigt
Tydlig syra, torrt, strävt, bra längd och tämligen riviga tanniner
Ett väldigt spännande vin.
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6/14/2011 - sehill Likes this wine: 92 Points
Another outstanding showing for this wine. Decanted and poured, this wine remains youthful with some more mature notes lurking in the background. This may benefit from additional bottle age and will most likely drink at its peak about ten years from the vintage.
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3/2/2009 - sehill wrote: 92 Points
This wine was decanted and poured. This wine is outstanding; however, it did not show as well as expected given the showing of the other 2006 reds from Tempier. Based on the other wines, this was expected show in the 95+ range. The wine, on both the bouquet and palate shows a stern and moody profile. It hints at wanting to open up and show a more forward elements throughout the tasting experience. The bouquet shows black fruits, tar, smoke, grilled meats, thyme, rosemary and floral notes. The color is a dark ruby to purple. The full bodied palate shows good length but aggressive tannins alter the balance of the wine and contribute to its stern profile. There is a lot going on with this wine but it needs to settle down and better integrate all the components. If consumed now, it needs an hour plus in the decanter, otherwise a few years of bottle age should greatly benefit the wine.
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