Chateau Pradeaux Bandol "Le Lys" 2021 Black Sea This is the flagship label

This is the flagship label at the estate

000 bottles of this austere

with cool winds blowing off the Atlantic and no polluting industries whatsoever

40 year old Pinot Noir vines planted to limestone soils

The histories of Sauternes and the Lur-Saluces family are profoundly intertwined

Chateau Pradeaux Bandol "Le Lys" 2021 Black Sea This is the flagship labelThe Portalis family reserves their oldest vines for their flagship Bandol Rouge, and employs their younger plantings of Mourvdre, complemented by splashes of Grenache and Cinsault, in the Le Lys. Comprising 85% Mourvdre, plus roughly 10% Grenache and 5% Cinsault, Le Lys is de stemmed around 50%, in contrast to the old vines cuve which is always fermented entirely whole cluster. Etienne employs de stemming here not to craft an easy and forward wine,