Founded in 1834 in Le Plan du Castellet, Domaine Tempier is the historic benchmark estate of Provence's Bandol appellation, made famous in the mid-twentieth century by Lucien and Lulu Peyraud for championing the noble Mourvèdre grape. Today, the estate farms its limestone and clay-rich terraced hillsides biodynamically to produce deeply structured, age-worthy wines that express the rugged Mediterranean terroir.

For the 2001 'Cuvée Spéciale', fruit was sourced from Tempier's oldest, lowest-yielding Mourvèdre parcels—primarily from the steep, sun-drenched slopes of Cabassaou alongside select old-vine plots in La Tourtine and La Migoua. These mature vines, rooted in stony, chalky soils overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, impart the bottling with its signature concentration, wild garrigue aromatics, and decades-long aging potential.