Historians believe the first vineyard existed 500 years B.C., when the Phoceans landed there. Some centuries later, the Romans started exporting wines from the area, shipping them from Bandol. That is how the vineyard got its name.On november 11th, 1941, a law-decree granted Bandol wine the A.O.C label (a Certified Label of Origin) and thus certified these great wines’ secular fame.
Tempier domain lies there in the heart of these vineyard boundaries