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Bottle of Domaine Tempier Bandol Rose 2023-Rosé Wine-Flatiron SF

Domaine Tempier Bandol Rose 2023

Rosé Wine from Provence, France
by Domaine Tempier
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Long before rosé burst onto the American wine scene, Domaine Tempier was bottling its pale pink Provençal wine for a rapt, albeit local, audience. Among the first estates to be imported by Kermit Lynch, the domaine has gained cult status over the years, especially for its extraordinary, terroir-driven rosé, which many critics have lauded as the world’s best many times.

A love story brought this rosé to our shores: when Lucie Tempier married Lucien Peyraud, the newlyweds were given Domaine Tempier as a wedding gift. The estate had been producing wines since the reign of Louis XV, but the ravages of time and war made it so that the region's noble grapes were ripped up for higher-yielding grapes. Lucien Peyraud embraced and championed Mourvèdre, sparking the creation of the Bandol AOC in 1941 and launching Tempier into the pantheon of great wine.

The domaine’s rosé is their true claim to fame. This is a rosé for all occasions: it’s refreshing enough to beat the Provençal heat, powerful enough to stand up to the region’s hearty cuisine, and imbued with the kind of complexity and depth that rewards your attention with each taste.

And it’s incredibly ageworthy; a couple years of bottle age will only add to the layers of flavor and drinking pleasure.

If there is one name that looms large in Bandol it is Lucie “Lulu” Peyraud. Lulu is the matriarch of Domaine Tempier and in many ways the entirety of Bandol as we know it. It was her, along with her now-deceased husband Lucien, who tirelessly worked to to grow the notoriety of their special Provençal wines.
Lulu, of course, is as much of a product of the Provençal landscape as the lavender and aromatic scrub that sprouts from it. Her whole life she used the ingredients that grew around her to make feasts of authentic home cooking to welcome visitors to the Domaine, including Alice Waters of famed Chez Panisse.

This is just one of the innumerable ways Lulu changed the food and wine world we know. Acclaimed food writer Richard Olney dedicated an entire book to her in 1994 entitled "Lulu's Provencal Table: The Exuberant Food and Wine from the Domaine Tempier Vineyard." Kermit Lynch, one of America’s most influential wine importers, considers Domaine Tempier a cornerstone of their portfolio and credits his strong friendship with Lulu as a bond that has fortified their success. Through her hospitality, passion, curiosity and genuine kindness she attracted culinary titans like moths to a flame and forever changed them.

Of course, it helps when the wine that flows from Lulu’s domaine is exceptional.

Professional Reviews

Robert Parker

RP 93
"As always, this estate crafted one of the most perfumed and complex rosé wines in France. The 2023 Bandol Rose exhales aromas of spring flowers, guava, lemon, spices and iodine mingled with delicate licorice hints. Medium-bodied, textural and layered, it’s perfectly balanced with a fleshy core of fruit and bright acids, concluding with a long, mineral and iodine-inflected finish."

What importer Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant has to say about this wine...

Blend:55% Mourvèdre, 25% Grenache, 20% Cinsault
Appellation:Bandol
Country:France
Region:Provence
Producer:Domaine Tempier
Winemaker: Daniel Ravier
Vineyard: 20 years average
Soil: Clay, Limestone
Aging:Wine ages in cuve for 6 to 8 months
Farming:Organic (practicing)
Alcohol:13.5%

Details

  • Grape Variety

    Mourvedre

  • Vintage

    2023

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Organic

  • Style

    Crisp , Fruity , Minerally

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

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