Bandol Rosé 2024

Citrus
Blackcurrant
Herbs

Citrus, blackcurrant and herbs in a dry rosé with some weight to it. The mouthful feels rounded, with freshness and a little grip giving it shape. A bottle for a long evening outside.

You'll notice the rounded texture and a little grip as you swallow.

If you like dry rosé with some body and texture, start here.

Pressed straight after harvest and aged on fine lees, with malolactic fermentation prevented to retain freshness.

€20.00

Quantity

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Their style

Where this bottle sits, from body to finish.

BodyLight

Bold

AciditySoft

Acidic

SweetnessDry

Sweet

CharacterClean

Wild

FinishShort

Long

Eat this with it

AT THE TABLE

Grilled tuna with fennel

The weighty texture stands beside the fish and the fresh edge lifts the fennel.

SOMETHING SIMPLE

Chicken with olives and lemon

Citrus and herbs connect the flavours while the round feel matches the chicken.

FOR SHARING

Stuffed peppers with rice and feta

There is enough weight for the filling, with freshness for the salty cheese.

Also good

Try a tomato tart with olives; the rounded feel suits the pastry and the herbal notes fit the olives.

Skip

A very sweet berry pudding would cover the subtle herbs and make the finish taste bitter.

Serve at

8–10 °C

The producer

La Suffrène: A family’s Bandol, between sunshine and the sea

Cédric Gravier took over his family’s vines in 1996 and built the cellar that gave La Suffrène its own wines. The vineyards had already been in the family for generations. Spread across small Bandol parcels, they combine Provençal sunshine, clay-limestone soils and the nearby sea’s cooling influence. The estate’s move to organic farming and its agroforestry work carry that family connection into the next chapter.

Grapes / sourcing: Mourvèdre is the defining grape of its Bandol setting.
Farming: Fully organic since 2021.
Harvest: Hand harvesting and careful grape selection.
Terroir: Clay-limestone soils cooled by the nearby Mediterranean.
People: Cédric Gravier; family cellar established in 1996.
They talk about: Trees among the vines, biodiversity and adapting to heat.