2008 Domaine Tempier Bandol

Community Tasting Notes (72) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  4/21/2024 - Cote d'Or wrote:

  Tasted over 3 hrs
  -dark red purple minimal clearing
  -subtle dark fruit licorice tar
  -med acidity, med/med+ weight unctuous earthy faded plum licorice, med tannins
  -fruit is almost gone but still structured and drinking well without overt tertiary elements

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  11/12/2023 - MICHVANZ wrote: 95 Points

  Worth ageing. Super bottle!

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  11/5/2023 - Sean McGrath wrote: 92 Points

  Delicious. Smooth, rich, in a lovely spot in its window. Evi loved it. Not a lot of fruit on the nose, more tobacco, etc., but very clean.

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  9/24/2023 - Bakerbd Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Blackberry, bramble, garrigue, resolved tannin, drinking well

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  5/26/2023 - viadomitia Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Last of 8 bottles. No bricking but my cellar is on the cooler side for red wines so ageing may not be as fast as other’s.
  
  Yet, most of the fruit has mellowed out, to the point where this reminds me of a heftier nebiolo rather than the young wild horse that this wine used to be.
  
  Garnet color, fairly thin tears, no bricking.
  Nose: mint, stewed cherry, a bit of heat, herbs (basil, rosemary).
  Palate: muted black fruit, raspberry, still some measure of drying tannins, garrigue, coriander.
  Medium length, lasting leather and tobacco leaf
  
  Not a star but very pleasant, for very different reasons than 8 years ago. I still wish that i had more. 91pts.

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