Domaine Tempier Bandol Rouge "Lulu et Lucien" 2022Region: Provence, France Appellation: Bandol Type Style: Red Wine Grapes: 75% Mourvdre, 14% Grenache, 9% Cinsault, 2% Carignan This bottling is named in honor of the much loved and greatly missed founders of the estate, who not only built up Tempier from ruins during tumultuous and trying times, but also helped to bring the luster back to the long neglected Bandol region as a whole. Tempier says this is their signature Bandol; its a blend of dark

’  Granite soils with a deep

Gina and her husband

dried herbs

we respect the grapes as much as possible

2-4 week ambient yeast fermentation with semi-carbonic maceration in concrete tanks

Viticulture is organic for 70% of the vineyards and sustainable for 30%

but this cuvée punches above its label—serious grower energy

Around this time he also stopped using chemical herbicides altogether

Aged 50% in vats and 50% in barrels

and a clean mineral under-current

Appellation: Puligny-Montrachet

Vine Age: Planted in 1968