BANDOL
2014 Cuvée Cabassaou Domaine Tempier
Very Limited Stock, please ask about securing an allocation.
From a parcel next to La Tourtine, the real head turner in the vintage should be the 2014 Bandol Rouge Cuvee Cabassaou. My notes start (and end) with “Wow!” This fabulous-looking barrel sample offers terrific notes of cassis, violets, crushed flowers and licorice in a full-bodied, ultra-polished, layered and balanced package. This tannin quality is truly first rate, and this is one 2014 I can’t wait to taste from bottle. Rating: 93-95 Jeb Dunnuck - www.robertparker.com (Jun 2016)
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95% Mourvèdre from a small parcel of 60-year-old vines. Quite reduced nose. Introvert and very chewy on the end. Some real lift. But very edgy and alcoholic on the end. Drinking range: 2024 - 2036 Rating: 17 Jancis Robinson OBE MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Jul 2015)
Domaine Tempier
Domaine Tempier is an old family estate, owned by the Peyrauds since Lucien Peyraud married Lucie Tempier in 1936. The family was largely instrumental in getting the appellation of Bandol established in 1941. The reds are the quintessential expression of Mourvèdre, grown on terraced vineyards on steep hills around the 'plan du Castellet'.
Traditional vinification using indigenous yeasts, the wines are aged in a variety of different sized oak (25 to 75hl) for between 18 and 20 months. These are wines which are capable of long ageing, but even young they have a finesse of fruit and earthy flavour, coupled with fine-grained tannins, which lift them above the generality of Provençal reds.
Read the blog: Lulu Peyraud, Domaine Tempier – A life well lived