Domaine Tempier Bandol "Lulu et Lucien" red 2022 (3 bottles)

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Domaine Tempier Bandol red 2022

RVF Guide to the Best Wines of France 2025 (Sept. 2024): Favorite and 94/100. Lulu and Lucien (in homage to the founders of the domaine), is an entry-level cuvée with lace-like finesse: delicacy on the nose, harmony on the palate, overall elegance, it's the cuvée to open while waiting for the others...

Technical sheet written by the domaine :

In 2020, Mrs. Lucie Peyraud, better known as Lulu, passed away just after the harvest at the age of 103. She joined her husband Lucien in the Paradise of winemakers.

To express our gratitude towards these two historical figures of the domaine (and the region!), the family decided to rename our base cuvée often called "Classique" to "Lulu & Lucien".

We wish you an enjoyable discovery of this new label and of this wine that is both energetic and substantial, just as they both were.

In memory of Lulu and Lucien!

A masterful blend of the different terroirs that make up the Domaine Tempier, this wine is composed of 70 to 75% mourvèdre depending on the vintage, combined with grenache and cinsault and a small touch (2%) of old carignan.

It is a fruity and balanced wine that is enjoyable to drink after 3 or 4 years but develops a beautiful bouquet of tertiary aromas (leather, animal, underbrush) with a bit more age.

Its balance allows it to last up to 15 years or more. The classic cuvée includes a blend of different terroirs. In the lieu-dit "petit moulin de la Cadière", the vineyard extends over slopes arranged in terraces facing south, with the soil's uniqueness distinguished by the presence of rudist limestone (bivalves from the Lower Santonian - 85 Ma).

Around the domaine, there are quite heavy clay soils in some places, relatively little in others, and although these clays are quite compact, there are also colluvial horizons (layers) that are more loamy-sandy, which might seem to play a minor role but are very interesting because they are very draining and not very rich, thus bringing a lot of finesse to the wines.

GRAPE VARIETIES: Mourvèdre (70 to 75%), Grenache (14 to 16%), Cinsault (8 to 9%), Carignan (2 to 3%).

TERRIOR: Clay-limestone - A collection of various plots from the domaine.

CULTIVATION: Traditional soil work (in terraces) both mechanically and manually, without herbicides. Reasonable monitoring of health status without the use of chemical molecules. Green harvesting to select the load of the vines and achieve a yield of 30 to 38 hl/ha.

HARVEST: Manual harvesting in 30 kg crates. Sorting in the vineyard and at the cellar.

VINIFICATION: Traditional vinification with total destemming and indigenous yeasts. Fermentation lasting 15 days to 3 weeks at controlled temperature in stainless steel or concrete tanks. Aging in oak foudres (25 to 75 hl) for 18 to 20 months with secondary fermentation known as malolactic. Bottling without fining or filtration.

TASTING: Intense ruby color. Nose of black fruits. Beautiful balance on the palate. Present yet soft tannins. Tertiary aromas will emerge at 5/6 years of age revealing notes of leather, underbrush, and small red fruits.