Domaine des Trois Filles "Bandol Rosé" Provence, France 2023

FROM FRANCE + WESTERN:

THE WINE: 60% Mourvèdre, 25% Grenache, 15% Cinsault on hillside clay-limestone.

THE PRODUCER: Audrey Arlon worked at Domaine Ott and Domaine du Gros 'Noré, leaving in 2013 to take over her family's vines in La Cadière-d’Azur. Her parents founded the winery as "Domaine des Trois Filles," named after Audrey and her two sisters, Leonie and Justine. They now farm a modest 9 hectares of old gobelet vineyards which they co-planted with rye, fava beans, clover, and radish sprouts in between the rows. In the spring, they fold it into the earth to protect the soil while keeping humidity and maintaining a low temperature in the increasingly hot weather of Southern France. Giving natural aeration to the roots and better development of earthworms, they seek to limit the spread of weeds, create greater biodiversity, and promote microbial life in the soil. All of this work in the vines can be tasted in the extreme deliciousness of their wines.