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Domaine Tempier
LocationLe Plan du Castellet, France
AppellationBandol
Founded1936
VarietalsMourvedre, Grenache, Cinsault, Clairette
Websitewww.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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Category:Wineries of France