Domaine de la Bastide Blanche Tasting Room ★ 4.5
Bunan-family Bandol estate cellar on the Sainte-Anne d'Evenos terraces, pouring the Cuvee Fontaneou and Estagnol bottlings and the organic Bandol blanc.
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.
Address: 4005 route de Callas, 83920 La Motte-en-Provence, France
Bunan-family Bandol estate cellar on the Sainte-Anne d'Evenos terraces, pouring the Cuvee Fontaneou and Estagnol bottlings and the organic Bandol blanc.
Sack family Cassis estate on the Cap Canaille cliffs above the harbour, pouring white Cassis AOC blends in a tasting room opening onto the Mediterranean.
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.
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.