Provence
Bandol Rouge Lulu et Lucien - 2023 - Domaine Tempier
Daniel Ravier
An absolutely legendary bottle — easily one of the most accomplished in the area. The nose bursts with wild blackberry jam, garrigue herbs, cinnamon, and a hint of forest floor… The palate is silky and fruit-forward, carried by beautiful freshness and an exceptional aromatic depth.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Biodynamic wine
- Designation
- Bandol AOP
- Bottled by
- Domaine Tempier
- Colour
- Red Wine
- Degree of alcohol
- 14.5 %
- To drink from
- 2026 to 2033
- rock’n’roll
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A blend of 75% Mourvèdre, 15% Grenache, 8% Cinsault and 2% Carignan, from vines cultivated biodynamically and planted on clay and limestone soils. 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.
Daniel Ravier
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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