Danny O'Brien

9.0

Solid Napa Cab, pretty floral and chocolate notes mixed with sweet tobacco leaf, oak and dark fruit. Drank a bit young, tannins got pretty grippy and gave me a slight headache, but overall a nice wine — 3 months ago

Adam Gäfvert

9.3

Very approachable and seamless. Dark fruits, iron, terracotta, citrus. Chapoutier always delivers serious wines. — 5 months ago

Ellen Clifford

9.2

75% Grenache, 15% Syrah, 10% Mourvèdre —a total stunner she is, drinkable now with a body to go the difference. The nose brings red fruits (plums, cherries, strawberries) and roses and rose petals. The palate is silky-smooth, fresh fruit giving way to tootsie roll and stewed fruit flavors, augmented by earth and sanguine balsamic grooves, a bit of herbal garrigue carrying the day. The finish carries on, persistent and solidly ethereal if we can make that a thing. — 6 months ago

Rufus King

9.0

Crisp Italian sparkling white, served with Norumbega oysters at the Caring Community Cuisine Café (fka Musette), Cape Arundel, ME — 6 months ago

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

David Lusby

9.0

Disgorged 5.10.2016 — 5 years ago

Michael Meyer

9.3

Gamay fever in full swing this summer. Catch it! — 8 years ago

Michael Meyer

9.0

Better on second night; but RP must've had something completely different. — 9 years ago

Lawrence Asrikin

9.4

Fresh strawberries! — 3 months ago

Alexandre Czesnat

9.0

Green apple, brioche, honey, great aromas, very good champagne — 3 months ago

Matt Waring

9.2

Star of Thanksgiving. 🦃 After a two hour decant, showed out with black cherry, rhubarb, clumps of dirt, and leggy tannins. Medium plus acid. Just delightful — 5 months ago

with Christine

Adriana

9.0

terra cotta planter / sunburned blackberry / leather gardening gloves — 6 months ago

Chris Gillespie

9.1

Funky, light yet super earthy! It's a must buy. — 7 months ago

Kate Rawlins

9.4

40th birthday drink with Row. — 9 months ago

Izzy J

8.9

Lovely bottle — 3 years ago

Nathan Renfro

9.3

Great champagne! — 4 years ago

Beno Stewart

9.1

Ohhhhhh weeeee. Beaujolais w some complexity. It’s like they took the carbonic Mac out of the wine ❤️ — 6 years ago

Patricia Schnitzer

9.5

Dec 14, 2016. Top Ten "Bubbles" tasting. Whoa! 34% Chardonnay,33% Pinot Noir, 33% Pinot Meunière. Yummy — 8 years ago

Patrick Quinlan

10

FOGO w/ the beagles — 12 years ago

Mark Rosse

9.4

Singing 🎶 — 3 months ago

Andrew McIntyre

9.3

Crowd pleaser 😍 — 5 months ago

Jonas Hartz

9.2

Best vintage Morgon I have tried from Lapierre. Even better than Foillard. Get it — 5 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2022 vintage. Light-medium body. Cola nut, clove and rhubarb along for the ride. Fairly dependably offering for the last decade from a solid producer. 11.20.24. — 6 months ago

leon egozi

9.4

NY wine spectator event — 7 months ago

Christian Fischer

9.7

Wow. 1998 was a great year and this is an awesome iteration. 2nd maturation phase. Perfectly (yes, honestly) balanced flavor profile and still vibrant - not sure what we can drink next to keep going upwards - let’s see. — 7 months ago

Louis Martin

8.9

Deep cherry and plum notes, hint of spices and oak on the nose, with a coffee and chocolate finish. — 10 months ago

Erica Gamble

8.9

Fruity, spicy notes. Changed with time to breathe. Nose didn't match the taste. — 4 years ago

Pooneet K

9.0

Quite a nice Beaujolais from an appellation I quite like. Medium red in the glass, lots of cherry on the nose. Light bodied - could actually use a bit more. But a nice pairing and a solid wine for sure. — 5 years ago

Paul Chang

9.2

This was our second bottle. First was uninspiring and despite the 97pt RP rating, found it to be disappointing. The trick is to let it breathe for at least an hour to let the flavors develop. It is no Opus One but very satisfying with a juicy steak or just plain enjoyment! — 8 years ago

Leif Sundström

Importer/Sales Michael Skurnik Wines & Terry Theise Selections

9.1

More voluptuous than typical for variety — 12 years ago