User:Needlepoint9/Domaine Tempier
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| Domaine Tempier | |
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| Location | Le Plan du Castellet, France |
| Appellation | Bandol |
| Founded | 1936 |
| Varietals | Mourvedre, Grenache, Cinsault, Clairette |
| Website | www.domainetempier.com |
Needlepoint9/Domaine Tempier | |
Domaine Tempier is a winemaker in Provence, France.
The winery produces a number of Bandol wines, an appellation championed by the Domaine Tempier's founders Lucie and Lucien Peyraud. The Peyraud's were longtime friends of well known food writer Richard Olney and esteemed chef Alice Waters. Olney was the author of Lulu's Provençal Table: The Exuberant Food and Wine from Domaine Tempier Vineyard.
The winery is known for it's variety of wines, including Cuvée Classique, Bandol rosé, and Cuvée La Migoua.
Known for the pirate ship on it's label
known for reintroducing the mourvedre grape which had been xxx after root virus
kermit lynch is the importer
current winemaker at the helm
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