Barry Shailes

10

Had this at Beef Bar. Leather, cherries, medium/full body. — 4 months ago

Larry Schnelle

9.3

Excellent with Dr . Pepper short ribs — 5 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

Neal Ferry

9.1

Extremely Good, difficult to find — 10 months ago

Robert B

9.0

There isn’t a better Cote du Rhone for the price. — 2 years ago

Maggie Harrison

9.4

yes, this is a photo of a computer image. tasted as part of a Mourvèdre wine group tasting via zoom, wines portioned into woozies. 2018v. super aromatic, raspberry/cranberry juice, fresh leather, violet. palate texture is silky, light but complex and flavorful, acid medium +, long tannins- just a bit of grip. fantastic — 4 years ago

Andrei Shustov

9.5

Always a blast!! — 6 years ago

Peter Martin

8.9

Bright cherry with integrated tannins and smooth finish. — 8 years ago

Peter Plaehn

8.9

Hot, hot, hot. Lots of candied fruit and jam. — 11 years ago

Jason Case

9.8

Favorite bottle of Saxom I’ve tried. Lovely ripe fruit, balance medium body, lingering finish. — 5 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

Robert Ahlstrom

9.2

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

Alvaro Bustillos

9.4

Augusto jesus jaime cordero samiel k pepe g sergio manwar — 9 months ago

Matt Schwabauer

9.8

A tasty chateauneuf du pape inspo bursting with ripe berry flavors, some spice and a nice medium finish. Medium complexity liquid fruit roll up; very easy drinking. — 10 months ago

Joan Mutschelknaus

10

Love this wine; 2018 vintage — a year ago

Douglas Braun

9.1

2019 Vintage - out of a 375 - nice Southern Rhône blend- Black fruit , licorice, Christmas spice medium acidity 14% abv elegant — 2 years ago

Nikolette Moore

9.7

Spicy and full bodied red. So delicious with robust food. — 6 years ago

Riccardo L.

9.1

Nice and light, dances gracefully around the tongue like a ballerina. Love it! — 7 years ago

Peter Isacksen

9.0

Super smooth. A very good weekend with pasta kind of wine. Recco this wine! — 9 years ago

Joe Gillies

9.4

Happy holidays, everyone! Drinking beautifully now but no rush still plenty of life to go...opened about 45 min before drinking. — 5 months ago

JoEll White

8.9

This is delicious — 6 months ago

Sarah Nally

10

Absolutely loved this wine! Perfect for fall. Full, balanced, and bold. Warms your pallet from the first sip. Simply divine! — 8 months ago

Joe Estrada

9.3

Definitely an age worthy wine, only 8 years in bottle and wow!! — 9 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

Galen Hasler

9.1

Gorgeous rose typical Bandol — 10 months ago

John Willison

9.1

Nectarine, apricot, pomegranate. — 2 years ago

Kathryn Dirks

9.3

Drank over ice, wasn’t mad. Good structure. Juicy mouthfeel. — 5 years ago

Nicole Fuqua

9.2

Acidic, black pepper, funky, nice tannins, medium body. Really enjoy it! — 6 years ago

Marco Cedrone

8.9

Rose all day! #merica — 8 years ago

with Tunc

Lisa Spitnale

9.4

Really nice — 11 years ago