Domaine Tempier, Bandol, Cuvee Speciale La Tourtine 1989 Gewurztraminer 7% Petite Sirah

7% Petite Sirah

almost musclebound today

a touch of orange zest

—Jeb Dunnuck

with a superb core of fruit

Domaine Tempier, Bandol, Cuvee Speciale La Tourtine 1989 Gewurztraminer 7% Petite SirahBase Neck; very lightly dampstained label On this iconic Bandol estate, longtime importer Kermit Lynch writes: "Of all of the domaines we represent, no other serves more as our cornerstone, stands more in the defense of terroir, and is more intricately interwoven with our own history, than that of the iconic Peyraud family of Domaine Tempier. The pages that Kermit has written about them alone rival those of his dear friend, Richard Olney, who wrote