2001 Domaine Tempier Bandol Cuvée Spéciale La Tourtine

Community Tasting Notes (58) Avg Score: 92.0 points

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  12/1/2023 - Eric Wright Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Initially a lot of port notes and seemed over the hill. After an hour or so in the open bottle, more pleasant cocoa and leather notes coming through. Over 2 hours or so...never particularly compelling, but always enjoyable.

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  8/11/2022 - liber Likes this wine: 93 Points

  9th of 12, decanted 15 minutes, perfect cork and level, in line with last years bottles, fresh and nuanced, upside 20 years. F+ (18).

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  7/9/2022 - jamesabdavis wrote:

  Really complex aromatics: black fruit, camphor, pepper, violet pastilles.
  Rich but fresh on the palate, lots of tannin and acidic structure still there.
  A wine of great tension.
  Fantastic.

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  3/19/2022 - Wine Spam wrote: 93 Points

  Sweet-candied, meaty, and earthy. Showing age, but really, really enjoyable. Both delicious and interesting throughout the night.

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  7/7/2021 - Raage Likes this wine: 92 Points

  (CDV)
  Il en a encore sous le pied le bougre!
  Beau nez complexe de Mourvèdre solaire, fruits noirs (mûre), finement épicé, légèrement cuiré/animal. Bouche étonnante, à la fois épanouie par le temps, ronde, concentrée et mûre, puis révélant en finale un profil plus serré, certes fin, mais ne manquant pas d'énergie!
  Un vin d'automne à mon sens.
  
  92+

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