Domaine Tempier Bandol 2004

Red/purple

More refined, "modern" nose than the Bastides. Fruit-driven, with earth/clay character as an intriguing undercurrent. Subtle and nuanced. Strange to say about a Bandol, but this is pretty.

Much less extracted than Bastide wines, but also more suave. Definitely structured, but this seems to be more acid-driven. Cranberry and spice palate is quite intense, and in need of years of bottle age to become more complex.
This seems Burgundian while the Bastide wines seem more like Cornas.


$28