Tempier, Bandol Tourtine other_regions_australia

Tempier, Bandol Tourtine other_regions_australiaRipe, rich and brooding, with a meaty aroma and deep powerful flavors of Christmas pudding, plum compote and mocha. Features a sinewy midpalate, showing saline notes on the savory finish. Best from 2014 through 2022. KM

A medium ruby hue

Chewy texture

delicate spiciness and a flinty

with notes of violets

This stays taut and focused on the finish

all raised in 100% new American oak for 22 months and blended just prior to bottling

Very very sweet and powerful and alcoholic

There is outstanding concentration and muscle to the punchy medium weight plus flavors that conclude in a beautifully long and notably firm finish of focused power and seriously good depth

pliant red-toned fruit and mid-weight structure are the signatures

Good stuff and I like the harmony

Silky and taut on entry

both in the tannins and the acidity but even so it is really harmonious and elegant on the long finish