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An exceptional cuvée – very, very rich, with notes of black fruits and leather. On the palate: this is a very concentrated wine... Cellar this and try to forget about it for ten to fifteen years – you’ll be well rewarded for your patience!
A blend of 80% Mourvèdre, 10% Grenache Noir and 10% Cinsault. La Tourtine is a single vineyard selection, from a terroir on the hills of Castellet exposed to ideal sunlight and plenty of Mistral wind. The vines are cultivated biodynamically and soon to be certified, with yields around 30 hl/ha. The grapes are harvested by hand with small crates. Vinification: the grapes are 100% destemmed, followed by three weeks of maceration, with indigenous yeasts, temperature control, and maturation in 75-hl barrels for 20 months. Neither fined nor filtered.
Daniel Ravier, an exacting engineer born in the Savoy region, was entrusted with managing this estate by the Peyrauds, a mythic Bandol wine family. And Tempier would indeed be nothing were it not for Lucie and Lucien Peyraud, who ran the estate over four decades. Theirs was the struggle of a lifetime, in which Lucien Peyraud unquestionably became the spiritual father of Bandol, the pope of...
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Organic or biodynamic wine
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