Chateau Barthes Bandol Rose 2023

Created from scratch in 1972, Château Barthès evolves in the expert hands of Philippe Barthès. He watches over 28 hectares of vines spread between Le Beausset, Le Castellet, La Cadière and Sanary in the east of the appellation where limestone terroir and outcrops are so prominent. Bandol is regarded as the First Growth of Provence producing the most serious, and well known, wines of Provence.

The domaine has been working in sustainable viticulture for many years with traditional goblet pruning for the vines. Philippe places a heavy emphasis on ploughing and working the soil in the springtime. All grapes are hand harvested and sorted and bought quickly to the winery where the grapes are moved onto a vibrating table to remove unwanted material before being de-stemmed. The must of the rose and white are first cooled with the rose spending 24 hours on skins before fermentation. Equal parts Mouvèdre, Grenache and Cinsault all hand harvested and macerated on skins for 24 hours at 10° C. Luminous pale pink colour. Fresh and aromatic with lifted citrus and delicate rose petal and wild raspberry red fruit aromas with a hint of Provence herbs. Fresh and softly textural palate with hints of raspberry and rose petal on the palate with a citrus twist of freshness coming from the limestone terroirs underneath the deep red clay that helps to regulate and ensure perfect ripeness in this warm and dry terroir.