Domaine Tempier Migoua Bandol Rouge 2023 Hunter Valley and Marie Courtin

and Marie Courtin

and a savory

citrus peel and river stones

The vineyard’s parcels are intertwined among this wild landscape of scrubland and pine forest

Having weathered a period of eclipse through the latter part of the 1980s

Domaine Tempier Migoua Bandol Rouge 2023 Hunter Valley and Marie CourtinThe Wine Mourvdre, the dark knight of Bandol, rich and boldly expressive of all things Provence, relinquishes the center stage here and shares the spotlight with the more delicate, floral, and fresh Cinsault. This is a rare marriage in red Bandol (Cinsault is usually a key player in ros rather than rouge), from an even rarer terroir for the region, high on the hills, deep in a pine forest, far from it all. As is often the case, the Migoua this year is