Russ Kujan

9.0

2023 vintage rose from Bandol in Provence. Deep salmon color, red fruit on the nose, lovely strawberry flavors, with balanced acidity and a tart finish. — a month ago

Raun Kupiec

8.9

Crisp, tart, minerality, very nice. — 2 months ago

with Barbara

Irina Georgieva

9.3

One of the best roses I have drank. Clear and elegant taste. Long fruity aftertaste. — 4 months ago

Matt Perlman

9.3

This can develop a while of course but nothing at all wrong with it right now with some choice southern-inspired thanksgiving leftovers. All about the garrigue and sun baked red fruit at this point, tertiary elements not really showing yet but ample structure to get there — 5 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2022 — 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. — 9 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. — 9 months ago

Serge Mismetti

10

Une bouteille magnifiquement conservée , bouquet hyper complexe , une grande longueur malgré l’âge et en accord avec le mets — 2 months ago

with Thierry

Jeremiah Diaz

9.4

Deep purple in color; black cherries, blackberries, and wood smoke on the nose; medium plus acidity; high tannins; tastes like black plums, blueberries, wet slate, and a hint of black pepper with a really long finish. — 2 months ago

Anthony Wiggins

10

Polo Bar 12/21 — 5 months ago

Chris Gillespie

9.1

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

Ben Abrew

9.2

George testing food for leaders night — 7 months ago

Anne Richardson

8.9

Refreshing almost dry Rosé. We enjoyed it with chicken and by itself. Flavors of strawberry, citrus and minerals. — 8 months ago

Daniel Sullivan

9.1

Nice spice on nose.
Good tangy tart acidity. — 9 months ago

Robert Ahlstrom

9.2

Deep ruby rust, opaque, nicely balanced Rhône blend with licorice, cherries and dark red fruits. Very good! — 9 months ago

Doug Powers

9.3

Lovely bottle sweetness, dark fruits, leather, some currants, the Cabernet dominates right now over the Syrah, lovely depth and complexity, long, lingering finish, excellent older southern French blend!! — 2 months ago

with Jim

Raun Kupiec

9.1

Delicious. Loads of dark fruit, black plum, black cherry, cassis, etc. plus some spice plus some earthy olive notes. And great structure with a long finish. — 2 months ago

Jeremiah Diaz

9.0

Pale salmon in color; grapefruit, strawberries, and flowers on the nose; high acidity; a hint of tannins; tastes like grapefruit rind and strawberries. Nellie and I really like it. — 5 months ago

with Nellie

Carolyn Verheyen

9.3

Delicious. Mineral. White flowers. A bit of salinity. Drinking it en France with my sister makes it all the more special. — 7 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