Victor Bardou is a Provence native with over 20 years’ experience sourcing, exporting, managing and marketing Côtes de Provence Rosé. For his own bottling, he sources fruit from his established contacts across varied vineyards around the village of Vidauban in the Haut Var. This is some of the oldest winegrowing terroir of France, where warm days bring vibrant summer flavour, and cool evenings ensure a slow and optimal ripening. Grapes are harvested from the stony terroir in the cool evening, then completely destemmed to keep the varietal flavours pure. Fermentation is at low temperature in neutral vessels.

Although this is grown completely in the Côtes de Provence area, Bardou elected to produce an IGP Méditerranée wine to reflect his love of an easy-drinking rosé that he could price for more casual occasions. It shares the pale pink salmon colour of AOC Côtes de Provence wines, as well as lively yellow fruit, berry and floral notes layered with citrus peel before a refreshing dry finish. But, it has a sweeter price point than other rosé wines produced in the same subregion.

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