43 editor-picked estates growing Rolle in Provence.
Where to taste Rolle in Provence: the estates that grow it, how the region expresses the grape, and how to book a visit.
An old Bandol estate at Le Beausset extended to 95 hectares of forest, vineyard and olive groves by current owner Roger Jaar, working in certified organic agriculture across both the Bandol and Cotes de Provence appellations.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings; contact estate for current hours
Signature wines: souviou-bandol-rouge, souviou-cotes-de-provence-rose
Tip: The olive oil is sold alongside the wines and is one of the appellation's references.
Three sister estates across Provence under one ownership: Chateau de Selle (Cotes de Provence Cru Classe, Taradeau, acquired 1912), Clos Mireille (Cotes de Provence La Londe, acquired 1936) and Chateau Romassan (Bandol, acquired 1956). Maison Louis Roederer acquired a 66 percent stake in 2004; the Ott family retains the balance and remains involved in operations.
Tasting: Visits and tastings at the three estates by appointment
Signature wines: ott-clos-mireille-blanc, ott-chateau-de-selle-rose, ott-chateau-romassan-bandol
Tip: Clos Mireille's white from Semillon and Rolle is one of Provence's reference whites; Chateau Romassan delivers the Bandol from the same group.
Sprawling 500-hectare estate at Correns north of Brignoles, with a 30-hectare working vineyard farmed organically. The wines are produced in a joint venture between Famille Perrin of Chateau de Beaucastel, Brad Pitt (Mondo Bongo) and the Stoli Group, which acquired Angelina Jolie's former 50 percent stake in 2021.
Tasting: The estate does not generally receive visitors at the property; wines widely available at Cotes de Provence retailers
Signature wines: miraval-rose, miraval-coeur-de-grain, miraval-muse-de-miraval
Tip: Muse de Miraval, the top-of-range rose released in tiny allocation each year, is the estate's prestige cuvee.
Sacha Lichine acquired Chateau d'Esclans at La Motte in 2006 and launched the Whispering Angel programme; LVMH's Moet Hennessy took majority control in 2019. The estate runs 45 hectares of vineyards within a 270-hectare property and has been a major commercial driver of the premium Provence rose category.
Tasting: Visits and tastings by appointment Monday to Saturday; multiple flight options
Signature wines: whispering-angel, esclans-les-clans, esclans-garrus, esclans-rock-angel
Tip: Garrus, the top-of-range rose vinified in 600-litre oak demi-muids, is the estate's prestige cuvee.
Family-run Cru Classe estate at La Londe-les-Maures since 1929, working 168 hectares of certified organic vineyard on schist soils on the slopes of the Massif des Maures. Holder of the 1955 Cru Classe title plus the Cotes de Provence La Londe sub-denomination.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings by appointment
Signature wines: sainte-marguerite-symphonie, sainte-marguerite-fantastique, sainte-marguerite-rose
Tip: Symphonie is the estate's barrel-fermented prestige rose, the top-of-range bottling.
Coastal estate at Bormes-les-Mimosas with four kilometres of Mediterranean shoreline, 68 hectares of organic-certified vineyard plus 23 hectares of olive grove. Romain Ott (of the Domaines Ott family) is the winemaker.
Tasting: Cellar visits, tastings and the on-site beach restaurant Cafe Leoube open seasonally
Signature wines: leoube-rose-de-leoube, leoube-secret-de-leoube, leoube-leoube-blanc
Tip: Secret de Leoube, the top-of-range rose from old-vine Grenache and Mourvedre, is the cellar candidate.
Coastal Cru Classe estate at La Londe-les-Maures acquired by Moet Hennessy in 2019, the group's first Provence rose property. The estate runs 69 hectares of vineyard inside 77 hectares of protected woodland on the schist soils of the Massif des Maures.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings by appointment
Signature wines: galoupet-cru-classe-rose, galoupet-nomade-rose
Tip: The estate has reoriented after the LVMH acquisition toward a sustainability-led Cru Classe rose programme using flat amber-glass bottles to reduce shipping weight.
Sumeire family estate at Pierrefeu-du-Var acquired in 1958, now 80 hectares of organic and biodynamic-leaning vineyards on schist soils inside the cooler inland Cotes de Provence Pierrefeu sub-denomination. Regine Sumeire was a pioneer of pale direct-press rose in the 1980s.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings by appointment
Signature wines: tour-eveque-rose, tour-eveque-petale-de-rose, tour-eveque-noir-et-or
Tip: Petale de Rose, launched as one of the first pale Provence roses in the late 1980s, is the estate's commercial flagship.
Cru Classe Cotes de Provence estate at Gassin on the Saint-Tropez peninsula, in the Matton family for four generations. Around 200 hectares of vineyard with annual rose production approaching 9 million bottles; LVMH took a majority stake in 2023.
Tasting: Monday to Friday 9am to 12:30pm and 1:30pm to 6pm; Saturday 10am to 1pm and 3pm to 6pm
Signature wines: minuty-prestige-rose, minuty-281, minuty-rose-et-or, minuty-m
Tip: Minuty 281, named after the property's elevation, is the flagship prestige rose; the M de Minuty is the everyday entry point.
Historic Cru Classe estate at Les Arcs-sur-Argens, a former abbey of the Catholic Order of Premontre where the bishops of Frejus once kept residence. Bernard Teillaud restored the property in the 1990s and the wines were elevated to international acclaim from the early 2000s.
Tasting: Daily cellar visits and tastings; on-site chapel and the medieval cloister open to visitors
Signature wines: sainte-roseline-cru-classe-rose, sainte-roseline-lampe-de-meduse, sainte-roseline-prieure
Tip: Lampe de Meduse, a barrel-fermented rose, is the prestige bottling; the chapel and Marc Chagall mosaic are part of the visitor tour.
A Cru Classe of Provence, set in the Massif des Maures at Cogolin in the Gulf of Saint-Tropez. The estate runs 100 hectares of vineyard across three parcels (Saint-Maur, Clos Saint-Vincent, Clos de Capelune) and is in conversion to organic agriculture from 2021. Roger Zannier acquired the property in 2010.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings by appointment
Signature wines: saint-maur-clos-de-capelune, saint-maur-l-excellence, saint-maur-saint-m
Tip: Clos de Capelune, single-vineyard from a north-facing parcel, is the estate's age-worthy white and rose.
1,272-acre private estate in the Var between Lorgues and Flayosc, dating to the 18th century and recast in the 2000s as a Relais & Chateaux hotel, restaurant and wine tourism destination alongside the producing vineyard. Organic-certified.
Tasting: Daily cellar visits and tastings; on-site five-star Relais & Chateaux hotel and restaurant
Signature wines: berne-grand-cru, berne-impatience, berne-romance
Tip: The on-site cooking school and the wine library at the Bistrot de Berne are good complements to the cellar tasting.
Owned since 2020 by Michel Reybier (also owner of Chateau Cos d'Estournel in Saint-Estephe), La Mascaronne works 60 hectares of certified organic vineyard at Le Luc in a natural amphitheatre, producing rose, white and red Cotes de Provence.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings by appointment
Signature wines: mascaronne-rose, mascaronne-quat-saisons, mascaronne-aurore
Tip: Quat Saisons rose, the everyday cuvee, sits inside many of Saint-Tropez's restaurant programmes.
Saint-Tropez peninsula estate created in 1996 from blended parcels across Ramatuelle, Gassin and La Croix Valmer. Linked to the Maitres Vignerons de Saint-Tropez cooperative.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings at the property; on-site beach club Pampelonne
Signature wines: tropez-rose, tropez-cuvee-saint-tropez, tropez-art
Tip: The wines pair with the on-site beach club Pampelonne in season.
Cru Classe estate at Pignans, replanted after phylloxera by Augustin Isnard in 1882 and now in Scottish ownership (the Wemyss family) since 1988. 60 hectares of vineyard on the southern foothills of the Massif des Maures.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings; check estate website for current hours
Signature wines: rimauresq-r-cru-classe, rimauresq-quintessence
Tip: The R Cru Classe range is the entry point; the small-lot Quintessence is the cellar pick.
Family-owned estate at Taradeau dating from the late 1970s, now run by Sophie Courtois Biancone. Bottlings include the Pierre de l'Aigle range and the Alexandra cuvees, both widely cited by Decanter and Wine Spectator.
Tasting: Daily tastings at the on-site shop; cellar tours by appointment
Signature wines: rasque-pierre-de-l-aigle, rasque-alexandra, rasque-blanc
Tip: Alexandra cuvee, a barrel-fermented white from Rolle, is the estate's most under-known release.
The Gavoty family has been at Cabasse for more than two centuries; the current generation, led by Roselyne Gavoty, works the 50-hectare estate in organic and biodynamic agriculture. The Clarendon cuvee, taking its name from a 19th-century music critic ancestor, is the prestige tier.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings by appointment
Signature wines: gavoty-clarendon, gavoty-grand-classique, gavoty-cuvee-tradition
Tip: Try the Clarendon white from old-vine Rolle.
Burgundy expat Alain Combard bought Figuiere in 1992; the estate is now run by his children Delphine, Francois and Magali. Organic-certified since 1979. 60 hectares of vineyard on schist and quartz soils in the La Londe sub-denomination.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings by appointment
Signature wines: figuiere-confidentielle, figuiere-magali, figuiere-delphine
Tip: The Confidentielle white from Rolle and Semillon is the estate's tight, mineral-driven flagship white.
The Sicardi-Sergi families acquired this AOC Bellet estate in 1993 in the hills above Nice. Eight hectares of certified organic and biodynamic vineyard with the three heritage Bellet grapes (Folle Noire, Braquet, Rolle).
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings by appointment
Signature wines: clos-saint-vincent-le-clos-rouge, clos-saint-vincent-le-clos-blanc, clos-saint-vincent-vino-di-gio
Tip: Vino di Gio is a small-lot Folle Noire bottling, the prestige cuvee from the appellation.
Founded in 1898 and historically run by Ghislain de Charnace from 1970, the estate was sold in 2012 to a viticultural investment group. Eleven hectares of vineyard in the Saquier hills inside the Nice city limits, with the three heritage grapes of the Bellet AOC.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings throughout the year
Signature wines: chateau-de-bellet-rouge, chateau-de-bellet-blanc, chateau-de-bellet-rose
Tip: The Folle Noire-led red has notable wild-herb and pepper notes typical of Bellet's mountain-meets-sea climate.
Neo-Tuscan-style chateau built in 1906 in the hills of Nice on the Crematt, Saint-Sauveur and Saquier slopes. Fourteen hectares of vineyard across the appellation. Currently in private ownership after the Bagnis family sold in the mid-1990s.
Tasting: Open Monday to Saturday, 10am to 5:30pm; tastings and guided tours available
Signature wines: cremat-bellet-rouge, cremat-bellet-rose, cremat-bellet-blanc
Tip: Easiest of the Bellet estates to visit: the chateau is open six days a week with regular guided tours.
The founder's great-granddaughters Caroline Missoffe and Anne Poniatowski run the 300-hectare estate at the foot of Les Baux-de-Provence, with 58 hectares of certified organic vineyard plus 28 hectares of olive groves. Painter Vincent Van Gogh sketched the property in 1889.
Tasting: Tastings at the on-site shop; cellar visits by appointment
Signature wines: mas-de-la-dame-coin-cache, mas-de-la-dame-stele, mas-de-la-dame-gourmande
Tip: The Coin Cache red is the estate's cellar candidate; the Gourmande rose is the everyday Provence picnic wine.
Cartier family estate at Le Destet (Mouries), one of the founding organic producers of the Alpilles (now over 50 years of certified organic farming). 40 hectares of vineyard plus 20 hectares of olive groves at the heart of the Les Baux AOC.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings at the on-site shop; check website for hours
Signature wines: gourgonnier-tradition, gourgonnier-reserve-du-mas
Tip: Reserve du Mas, the long-aged red cuvee, is the cellar choice; the table-friendly Tradition pairs with Mediterranean lamb.
Estate at Saint-Remy-de-Provence below the ruins of a 13th-century Templar castle. 56 hectares of vineyard, certified organic, Demeter biodynamic and a member of Biodyvin. Located inside the Les Baux-de-Provence AOP, an appellation now entirely organic.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings; on-site park and ruins of the 13th-century Templar castle open to visitors
Signature wines: romanin-grand-vin, romanin-coeur-de-romanin, romanin-blanc
Tip: The Coeur de Romanin red is the estate's small-lot prestige cuvee.
31 hectares of certified Demeter biodynamic vineyard plus 25 hectares of olive groves at Mouries in the Alpilles foothills. The estate has been working organically since planting and certified Demeter biodynamic since 2015.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings; contact the estate to arrange
Signature wines: lauzieres-equinoxe, lauzieres-cailloutis, lauzieres-eole
Tip: The Equinoxe red, low-sulfite and old-vine, is the estate's most expressive cuvee.
Patrick McKillen restored the 200-hectare Chateau La Coste estate from 2002 with biodynamic certification across the entire vineyard. The property doubles as an open-air sculpture park with works by Tadao Ando, Jean Nouvel, Oscar Niemeyer and Frank Gehry.
Tasting: Daily tastings at the Tadao Ando-designed pavilion; guided cellar tours plus walking art and architecture loop
Signature wines: la-coste-grand-vin-rouge, la-coste-grand-vin-blanc, la-coste-rose
Tip: Combine cellar tasting with the 2-km outdoor art and architecture loop; lunch at the on-site restaurant by Argentine chef Francis Mallmann.
Calissanne sits at Lancon-Provence overlooking the Etang de Berre with 110 hectares of vineyard plus 80 hectares of olive groves and farmland under organic certification.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings at the on-site shop; check website for current hours
Signature wines: calissanne-clos-victoire, calissanne-prestige, calissanne-cuvee-romain
Tip: Clos Victoire is the prestige red flagship from old-vine Cabernet and Syrah.
Pioneer of organic agriculture in the Coteaux d'Aix since the 1980s, owned by the Terrat family since 1996. 40 hectares of biodynamic vineyard at Lambesc, north-west of Aix between the Alpilles and the Luberon.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings; contact the estate to arrange
Signature wines: beates-terra-d-or, beates-esprit-des-beates, beates-les-beatines
Tip: Terra d'Or red is the estate's most cellar-worthy cuvee.
Owned by the Double barons descendants since 1855, the estate at Saint-Cannat (10 kilometres west of Aix-en-Provence) farms 43 of its 130 hectares to vine. Organic-certified since Phanette Double took over the vineyard work in 2013.
Tasting: Boutique open daily 10am to 7pm including public holidays; cellar tours by appointment
Signature wines: beaupre-collection, beaupre-tradition, beaupre-blanc
Tip: The boutique is open every day with broad opening hours, unusually walkable-in for the Coteaux d'Aix.
Lanversin family estate at Saint-Maximin in the cooler inland Coteaux Varois, 15 hectares of certified organic vineyard on south-facing limestone slopes at the foot of the Sainte-Baume massif.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings; contact the estate to arrange
Signature wines: deffends-clos-de-la-truffiere, deffends-rose-d-une-nuit, deffends-cuvee-rouvier
Tip: The Clos de la Truffiere, single-vineyard Cabernet-led red, is the cellar candidate.
17-hectare organic estate at Chateauvert in the heart of the Provence Verte, owned by the Famille Perrin (also of Chateau de Beaucastel and the Miraval joint venture). Ecocert-certified organic since the vines were replanted in 1999.
Tasting: Open Monday to Saturday, 10am to 6pm from April to October
Signature wines: margui-perle-de-margui, margui-rose, margui-blanc-de-blanc
Tip: Perle de Margui, the prestige red blend, is the estate's most layered wine.
The Negrel family has owned Mas de Cadenet at Trets since 1813, working 45 hectares of vineyard at the foot of the Sainte-Victoire mountain in the Cotes de Provence sub-denomination. Currently run by Guy, Maud and Matthieu Negrel.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings at the on-site boutique
Signature wines: cadenet-arbaude, cadenet-mas-negrel, cadenet-rose
Tip: The Arbaude rose, single-vineyard from a parcel north of the property, is the cellar candidate.
Tadao Ando-designed glass tasting pavilion at Chateau La Coste, pouring estate Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence rose, red and white from the biodynamic vines.
Syndicat des Vins Coteaux d'Aix tasting hub on the Pont de l'Arc roundabout, pouring a rotating selection from 70 Coteaux d'Aix and Les Baux producers.
Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins de Provence flagship Maison on the RN7 at Les Arcs, pouring 800 Cotes de Provence wines from 250 producers in rotation.
Coastal Clos Mireille tasting cellar at La Londe-les-Maures, pouring the Domaines Ott estate roses alongside the rare Clos Mireille blanc de blancs.
Chateau d'Esclans tasting cellar at La Motte (Sacha Lichine-founded 2006, LVMH-majority since 2019), walking through Whispering Angel, Rock Angel, Les Clans and the oak-aged Garrus prestige rose.
Chateau de Berne tasting cellar in the Var hills above Lorgues, pouring the Inspiration, Romance and Emotion rose ranges and the Grande Recolte red.
Matton-Farnet family estate on the Gassin hills above Saint-Tropez bay, pouring the Prestige, M de Minuty and 281 cuvees from the historic Cru Classe vines.
Family-owned Cotes de Provence estate at Cuers, pouring the AOC rose, white and red ranges in the renovated 19th-century cellar tasting room.
A small Alpilles biodynamic estate run by Dominique Hauvette since 1988, working native-yeast ferments and long aging in foudre. Imported to the US by Kermit Lynch.
Tip: Hauvette's red Cornaline and the Roucas white from Rolle and Marsanne are the entry into the range; allocations move through specialist merchants rather than wide retail.
A six-generation family estate at the foot of Mont Sainte-Victoire, in the Cotes de Provence Sainte-Victoire sub-appellation. Parcel-selection roses age across two years, unusual in Provence.
Tip: The Sainte-Victoire sub-appellation sits at higher altitude than the coastal Cotes de Provence; Gassier's parcel-selection roses age across two years rather than the standard six months.
Symphonie is the Cru Classe entry rose of Chateau Sainte Marguerite, a 1955-classified Cotes de Provence estate at La Londe. Pale, fresh and structured at twenty to twenty-five euros, the most affordable way into Provence's Cru Classe roster.
Tip: The Sainte Marguerite Symphonie is sold at most French wine merchants; ask for the magnum format if you can find it for the same wine with slower ageing in bottle.