Miguel Merino Blanco

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or old vines

The soils are a complex mixture of uplifted alluvium and decomposed volcanic material typical of the Mayacamas Range and vary throughout the vineyard

And not “on fire” in the sense that they were having great vintages making stellar wine

The second waypoint to approaching this wine is through the vineyards

the up-front

he nose leans fresh and lifted—wild strawberry

and iron emerge through the mid-palate

objectively the celebrity of Domaine Tempier also lies deep in the soils of Bandol

The fruit was destemmed and fermented using native yeasts

named plots which are very specific

The texture is reminiscent of a crisp layer of nougatine on a velvety cream pastry filled with plump red plums and ripe cherries