Domaine Tempier, Bandol, Cuvee Speciale La Tourtine 1999 (label conditions)

Base of neck or better; heavily damp stained and nicked labels 93 Points CellarTracker Medium red, no tawny.Clean bright fruit, some earth, licorice spice, leather.Ripe dark fruits, cassis, mulberry, leather, fine furry tannins. Still quite youthful, has a nice pure leathery edge, nothing barnyard, just earth and black berries. Very impressive for its age. Great drinking. 7/23/2021 94 Points CellarTracker Best Tempier I've had in a while. No formal notes. WOTN for most. Decanted for an hour and it was ready to go but was still gently improving by the end of the decanter i.e. 30 more minutes. Such a pleasure. 5/13/2018