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

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

Michael Mathews

9.3

This a fabulous Pinot. Very fruit, soft and luscious....long legs and big finish....as big as the nose would suggest. — 8 years ago

with Nicholas, Kelly and 4 others

Patricia Schnitzer

9.5

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

Leif Sundström

Importer/Sales Michael Skurnik Wines & Terry Theise Selections

9.1

More voluptuous than typical for variety — 12 years ago

Vanessa

9.5

Stunning brut rosé bubbles!!

Notes of cherry compote, pie crust, strawberries and cream, angel food cake, brioche, ripe apricot, white blossom, and toasted almond.

Creamy mouthfeel, fine mousse, with vibrant acidity adding lift and balance. — 6 months ago

with Deked1

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

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

Michael Miller

9.0

Another amazing Beaujolais from Dryfarmwines.com — 8 years ago

Patrick Quinlan

10

FOGO w/ the beagles — 12 years 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

Kate Rawlins

9.4

40th birthday drink with Row. — 9 months ago

Erica Gamble

8.9

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

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

Mike Betts

9.5

That's smooth, son!
— 10 years ago