By a happy accident, I bumped into Christine at Whole Foods yesterday, and she happened to have just put out their allocation of the 2005 Tempier Rose, so I was able to buy some and try it last night. The wine is deep salmon pink, and on the palate has huge body, like the 2002 did upon release. The flavors are herbal, with red fruit underlying the typically complex salty, almost “garrigue” nose.
Given everything that’s happening, I haven’t scheduled an annual rose tasting, but perhaps once I get an offer on the Seattle house and can get rid of the need to keep the staging pristine and intact, I’ll put something together. I’ve still got a bottle or two of 1999, and samples of everything since then of Tempier Rose, and it’s always good to see how this wine is evolving.
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