Vanessa

9.2

Domaine Tempier is a BELOVED and legendary family-run estate, producing top quality benchmark wines from Bandol AOC in the Provence region, on the Mediterranean coast of France.

We first learned about the Tempiers when reading Kermit Lynch’s book “Adventures on the Wine Route” which offered a warm, intimate introduction to this family among others featured in the book.

As an aside “Adventures on the Wine Route” is a wonderful, in-depth look into key regions and producers of France. There’s nearly an entire chapter on Domaine Tempier in Bandol alone.

This particular wine is named after the organically-farmed vineyard from which it came – “La Tourtine” – and has 80% Mourvèdre, 10% Grenache, 10% Cinsault, where grapes are picked by hand and the soils are still tilled by horse.

It aged in oak foudres (large oak vessels) for 18 to 20 months, leaving nary a note of new oak, but rather depth, texture and complexity from the very delicate breaths this wine took over that time aging before bottle.

It’s delicious – marked by classic meaty, leather notes, next to ripe cassis, earth, clove, anise, garrigue, not to mention texture, mouthfeel, and warmth.

This is the kind of wine we love in the fall, when braised meats and stews are on the dinner table. Or next to a roaring winter’s fire. Then again it pairs well with a summer barbeque and everything in between, too. It’s a seasonally- and culinarily-diverse wine to say the least!

What’s your go-to Bandol rouge? We’d love to hear it. — 7 months ago

with Deked1

Robert Ahlstrom

9.2

Deep ruby rust, opaque, nicely balanced Rhône blend with licorice, cherries and dark red fruits. Very good! — 8 months ago

Neal Ferry

9.1

Extremely Good, difficult to find — 9 months ago

Mark Parsonson

9.2

One of the few roses I’ll drink. More expressive and less fruit forward. Nice structure and delicacy. — 4 years ago

with Melissa

Shawn Thompson

8.9

A delicate pink colour in the glass, notes of watermelon, strawberries and freesia. Bold flavours, dry, delightful. A lovely French rosé. — 6 years ago

Michael Meyer

9.1

It's always rosé season in Moab. — 9 years ago

Patrick Downes

9.3

The 15 is here! I could drink this every day It makes me smile — 9 years ago

Philip Cook

9.9

Cinsault-dominated rose' also containing Grenache, Syrah, and Merlot. Fresh, lively, crisp rose with a bouquet of fresh strawberries. Lightly tangy with a dry finish. Went well with bacon-wrapped shrimp tacos. — 11 years ago

Anne Richardson

8.9

Refreshing almost dry Rosé. We enjoyed it with chicken and by itself. Flavors of strawberry, citrus and minerals. — 7 months ago

Devin Brown

8.9

The description: The colour is salmon, light pink rose. The aromas show fresh strawberries, cranberry and hints of white pepper. The palate is where the romance is. The texture is crisp almost crunchy, which brings out the fresh strawberry and red tree fruit characters. This wines truly refreshes the palate… and soul.
The opinion. Perfect for quaffing on the deck and great value. Definitely buying in a dozen for summer. — 8 months ago

Steve Rura

9.0

Judging by the other reviews, this is underrated. Perfectly good Provence rosé. With a perfect cheese fondue on a cloudy afternoon. — 8 months ago

Roberto Carli

8.9

E ricing on the nose with pulpy stone fruit. Gals a little short in the mouth, too linear and elevated alcohol slightly out of balance pushes slightly towards fruit cocktail territory — 9 months ago

Austin Hohnke

9.0

What most people want in rosé. Crisp with a soft medium body. Light peach and strawberry notes. Not bubble gummy. Elegant, if you don’t give a care-a on the Riviera. — 10 months ago

Paul Craig

10

Annika recommends but what does she know? — 5 years ago

Michael Seely

9.0

This a very balanced rose’. Minerality and acidity spot on. — 6 years ago

with Jeff and Joe

Josh Magness

9.5

Wet soil, earthy and mushroom. Dark cherry and plum fruit flavors were secondary. Terrific wine. Lived up to the hype — 7 years ago

Sameer Khosla

9.5

my ideal color for a rosé. peach, apricot, with a balance of minerality. Has the lightest touch of zest/spice which gives it light grip and a nice medium-long finish — 9 years ago

Nathaniel DiMaggio

9.1

Great bottle! Much better than the 08 — 11 years ago

Patrick Sullivan

Western Mountain Regional manager estates division of Jackson Family Wines

9.9

Love this rose. Great reflection of Provence. The guy that sold it to me said, "smells like peaches, tastes like sunshine." — 11 years ago

Timothy Eustis

Wine Director, Red Lion Inn

9.2

No Brett. But animaux. Long finish. Superb. 2011. — 7 months ago

Doug Powers

9.3

[En Magnum.] Medium-dark color, some Brett aromas, fruit still pretty youthful, loads of structure still in this Bandol, long finish, very good! — 7 months ago

with Jim

Daniel Sullivan

9.1

Nice spice on nose.
Good tangy tart acidity. — 8 months ago

Chris Buggy

8.9

Soft silky pillow, melon and honeydew, summer refreshment — 8 months ago

Galen Hasler

9.1

Gorgeous rose typical Bandol — 10 months ago

Kate

9.0

Strawberries and cream. Dry not sweet. Refreshing. — 3 years ago

Kevin Hanes

9.3

beautiful wine, great texture, good fruits and mineral. — 6 years ago

Awe Some

9.2

Peach lemonade in the glass. A touch cloudy and gray, but delicate looks. Slightly astringent and hot on the nose. Nectarine pit, cloudberry, and a touch of acetone on the tongue. Almost orange wine like spices and spark. Surprising and lovely. Abso-frickin-ideal for pairing with briny seafood as well as something richer like a Malaysian honey BBQ chicken with mango salsa. — 6 years ago

R J Thom

9.4

Magnum - beautiful bottle matched matched by a beautiful wine. Retrained acidity and citrus with smooth finish and nice mouthfeel — 9 years ago

with Askly

Linda McGeever

9.0

Light, minerally Provençal deliciousness to celebrate DST here in Cali. — 10 years ago

Michael Scaffidi

Chef Sommelier Jean Georges

9.8

Rose us bonkers — 11 years ago