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Domaine Tempier, Bandol Rosé

Provence, France 2020 (750mL)
Regular price$55.00
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Domaine Tempier, Bandol Rosé

Driven by 55% Mourvèdre supported by Grenache and Cinsault, as grown in the distinctive red clay and limestone soils of Bandol, not far from the Mediterranean Sea. The wine ages half in stainless steel and half in concrete vats for about seven months before bottling. Unlike most “cheap and cheerful” rosé wines, this is a wine of layered texture and soaring aromatics, and as we’ve learned firsthand, it tends to show its best in its “second spring” and beyond. When it comes to “pink” wine, this is the Gold Standard!

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France

Bourgogne

Beaujolais

Enjoying the greatest wines of Beaujolais starts, as it usually does, with the lay of the land. In Beaujolais, 10 localities have been given their own AOC (Appellation of Controlled Origin) designation. They are: Saint Amour; Juliénas; Chénas; Moulin-à Vent; Fleurie; Chiroubles; Morgon; Régnié; Côte de Brouilly; and Brouilly.

Southwestern France

Bordeaux

Bordeaux surrounds two rivers, the Dordogne and Garonne, which intersect north of the city of Bordeaux to form the Gironde Estuary, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean. The region is at the 45th parallel (California’s Napa Valley is at the38th), with a mild, Atlantic-influenced climate enabling the maturation of late-ripening varieties.

Central France

Loire Valley

The Loire is France’s longest river (634 miles), originating in the southerly Cévennes Mountains, flowing north towards Paris, then curving westward and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantes. The Loire and its tributaries cover a huge swath of central France, with most of the wine appellations on an east-west stretch at47 degrees north (the same latitude as Burgundy).

Northeastern France

Alsace

Alsace, in Northeastern France, is one of the most geologically diverse wine regions in the world, with vineyards running from the foothills of theVosges Mountains down to the Rhine River Valley below.

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