Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Clos Victoire is Calissanne's prestige red, drawn from old-vine Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon parcels overlooking the Etang de Berre. Structured, herb-driven, cellar-worthy.
Every cuvée we cover tagged cellar candidate, narrowed to Provence. 50 cuvées.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Clos Victoire is Calissanne's prestige red, drawn from old-vine Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon parcels overlooking the Etang de Berre. Structured, herb-driven, cellar-worthy.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Coteaux d'Aix flagship red from biodynamic vineyards on the 200-hectare La Coste estate. Syrah-led, structured, herb-driven.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Bold
Syrah-led red from organic Mascaronne. Bordeaux-style backbone with cedar, graphite and dark-fruit depth; one of the more critically respected Cotes de Provence reds.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Rustic
Syrah-led red from La Tour de l'Eveque. Cool-influenced Pierrefeu site produces a more graphite-driven Cotes de Provence red than Var coast estates.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Contemplative
Syrah-led red from Leoube's coastal vineyards in the AOC Cotes de Provence La Londe sub-appellation. Garrigue and graphite-driven with cocoa-nib depth from organic-farmed Syrah.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Perle de Margui is Famille Perrin's prestige red bottling from Margui's organic estate at Chateauvert. Syrah-led, structured, herb-driven.
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
The most uncompromising Bandol: near-pure Mourvedre, three to four years in old foudre, no fining or filtration. Tar, iron and dried herb over a tannin frame that demands fifteen years minimum.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Bold
Syrah-led Cotes de Provence red from Chateau Rasque. Bordeaux-style barrique aging with cedar, garrigue and dark-fruit depth on a firm-tannin frame.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Coeur de Romanin is the estate's small-lot prestige red, drawn from old-vine Syrah-Mourvedre-Cabernet parcels. Cellar-worthy and long-aged.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Demeter-certified Les Baux red from Chateau Romanin below the ruins of a 13th-century Templar castle. Grenache-Syrah-Mourvedre-Cabernet blend; structured, herb-driven and cellar-worthy.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Contemplative
Biodynamic-farmed Bandol from one of the appellation's longest-organic estates. Garrigue-driven with leather and iron depth; the firm acidity holds the wine for a decade and a half.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Bold
Syrah-led Cotes de Provence Cru Classe red from organic Sainte Marguerite. Bordeaux-style barrique-aged with cedar, graphite and dark-fruit depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Clairette-led white from old vines on limestone scree, fermented and aged in old foudres. Among Provence's most age-worthy whites, with waxy texture and a saline finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
Old-vine Grenache-Mourvedre blend from limestone scree on the north-facing slope above the Arc river. Garrigue-laced, slow-evolving Palette with firm tannins and a long savoury finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The Esclans flagship and benchmark for ultra-premium Provencal rose. Grenache from 80-year-old vines, fermented and aged in mostly new 600-litre demi-muids. Dense, structured and built to age.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Savoury · Elegant
Collection is Beaupre's prestige Coteaux d'Aix red, drawn from older Syrah, Grenache and Cabernet parcels at Saint-Cannat. Organic-certified.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
Mourvedre-dominant Bandol from the estate's high amphitheatre terraces at La Cadiere. Cooler-altitude expression with violet, blueberry and cocoa, set against a firm graphite backbone that ages for two decades.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Contemplative
Tibouren-led Cotes de Provence red, aged in old foudres under velum. Light-coloured and Pinot-like in feel, with wild-herb savoury depth and a saline lift unique in Provencal red.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Contemplative
100 percent Tibouren from Cibonne's oldest single-parcel vines, aged 18 months under a velum. A long-velum-aged expression of Provencal Tibouren: dried-fruit, oxidative-driven and deeply savoury.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Contemplative
The reference for serious Tibouren in Provence: aged 12 months in old foudres under a velum that allows controlled oxidation. Dried fruit, orange peel and nutty depth set this apart from any other Provencal rose.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Single-vineyard pure Folle Noire from biodynamic old vines, named for Joseph Sergi's father Giovanni. The estate's flagship Bellet red.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Cornaline is Dominique Hauvette's biodynamic flagship red, Grenache-Cabernet-Syrah aged in concrete eggs and old foudres with no added sulfites. Wild-herb-driven, structured and unusually transparent for the warm climate.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Roussanne-led concrete-egg-aged Alpilles white from biodynamic vines. Beeswax weight on a saline-mineral spine; built for the cellar.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Rustic
Organic Mourvedre-led Bandol from Souviou's terraced vineyards. Approachable but properly structured, with classic Bandol garrigue and leather depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Almost-pure Mourvedre from a wind-sheltered, low-yielding parcel within La Tourtine. The most structured Tempier cuvee: dense, brooding and graphite-driven, with a tannin frame that demands decades.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Contemplative
Higher-altitude parcel at Le Beausset surrounded by garrigue scrub. The wine carries more red fruit and aromatic herb than La Tourtine, with a savoury lift that reads as cooler-climate Mourvedre.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Contemplative
Single-vineyard Mourvedre-dominant cuvee from a south-facing parcel above Le Plan du Castellet. Garrigue, iron and dark fruit over firm, fine-grained tannin and a savoury finish that needs a decade to unfurl.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Demeter biodynamic Les Baux red built around Syrah from old-vine parcels. Low-sulfite, concrete-egg and old-foudre raised; the estate's most expressive cuvee.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Rustic
Cru Classe red from Rimauresq under Scottish ownership. Mourvedre and Syrah-led with garrigue, graphite and cedar depth on a firm-tannin frame.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
Mourvedre-led Bandol from Terrebrune's Triassic limestone marl terraces at Ollioules. Cool, mineral expression with iron and wet-stone depth; the firmest acidity in Bandol's eastern half.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Marsanne-Roussanne blend with Chardonnay and Grenache Blanc accents from biodynamically farmed Alpilles foothills. Honeyed weight on a saline-mineral spine; produced in tiny quantities.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A 50-50 Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah blend from biodynamically farmed Alpilles foothills. Bordeaux structure meets Mediterranean garrigue; bottles regularly cellar 20 to 30 years from vintage.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Bold
Cabernet-led Provencal red from Triennes. Bordeaux-style backbone with Burgundian winemaking discipline; structured and graphite-driven.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Rustic
Family-owned Bandol from one of the appellation's longest-running estates. Approachable in its youth but with the Mourvedre frame to age fifteen years.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Contemplative
Mourvedre-dominant Bandol from the Bronzo family's biodynamic estate at Sainte Anne d'Evenos. L'Estagnol is the flagship cuvee from old vines, with iron grip and garrigue depth.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Rustic
Mourvedre-led estate red from Begude's high amphitheatre. Garrigue and graphite-driven with iron grip; the estate's classic AOC Bandol bottling.
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Near-pure Mourvedre from the estate's oldest vines at La Cadiere d'Azur. Dense, brooding and graphite-driven; one of Bandol's most uncompromising flagship cuvees.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Reserve Cassis Blanc from old-vine Marsanne with partial barrel fermentation. Honeyed weight and saline drive for ageing.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Contemplative
Mourvedre-dominant single-vineyard cuvee from a parcel near Le Castellet. Wild plum and myrtle over a firm-tannin frame; the estate's most age-worthy bottling.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Beates' Terra d'Or is the estate's most cellar-worthy red, drawn from biodynamic Syrah and Cabernet parcels at Lambesc between the Alpilles and the Luberon.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Single-vineyard Cabernet-led Coteaux Varois red from Lanversin family's organic estate at Saint-Maximin. Long oak ageing for cellar potential.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
Mourvedre-dominant Bandol from Alain Pascal's family estate at La Cadiere d'Azur. Dense, brooding and garrigue-driven with iron-rich depth.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Old-vine Marsanne-led Cassis Blanc de Blancs, with partial barrel ferment giving textural weight. Honey and almond on a mineral spine.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Rustic
Mourvedre-led Bandol from Bunan's Mas de la Rouviere estate at La Cadiere d'Azur. Approachable, herb-driven and reliable, with a classic foudre-aged frame.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
Mourvedre-led Bandol from the Ott family's Romassan estate at Le Castellet. Classic Bandol structure with leather, garrigue and graphite depth; the family's red flagship.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Cotes de Provence Sainte-Victoire prestige red blending Syrah, Cabernet and Grenache from old-vine parcels below the Sainte-Victoire mountain at Trets.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Reserve du Mas is the estate's long-aged Les Baux red, blending Grenache, Mourvedre, Syrah and Cabernet from older vines and finished in oak barrels.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Top-of-range Les Baux red blending Grenache, Mourvedre and Syrah from old-vine parcels. Long oak ageing for cellar potential.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Confidentielle is the estate's reserve white from old-vine Rolle and Semillon on schist soils in the La Londe sub-denomination. Honeyed-yet-mineral; lees-aged for textural weight.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Cotes de Provence La Londe prestige red from organic-certified Syrah, Grenache and Mourvedre on schist soils. Named for Delphine Combard.