Domaine Tempier Cabassaou (Red)
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2023
Domaine Tempier Cabassaou (Red) 2023 - OutstandingTasted by Elizabeth Gabay MW & Ben Bernheim
Tempier's top single-vineyard cuvée is from just below La Tourtine on a tiny, hotter, more sheltered site with slightly shallower soils, and the fruit is totally different. Floral notes and creamy, ripe red fruit aromas. On the palate, incredibly crunchy red fruit, juicy, pippy, berry-forward tannins with a hint of garrigue spice. Fresh, fruity, zesty up front with a linear, driven and almost unexpectedly austere backbone. Disciplined and concentrated. Fabulous ageing potential.
Tasted December 2025This tasting note was included in this report and this story:
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We’re mother and son duo Elizabeth Gabay MW and Ben Bernheim. Between us, we’ve been involved in the wines of southern France for over 30 years. Elizabeth started working with the wines of Provence back in 1986, and for the past 20 years has lived on the eastern edge of south-east France. We’ve worked on three books on rosé: Rosé Understanding the Pink Wine Revolution (2018), Elizabeth Gabay’s Buyers Guide to the Rosés of Southern France (2021 e-guide) and, most recently Rosés of Southern France (2022).
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