The Bandol designation is the flagship red wine designation in Provence and of the Mourvèdre grape variety in France.
The vineyard, carved into ths hillsides around the town of Bandol and its surroundings, faces the sea. The vines are arranged in terraces, giving the impression of a vineyard amphitheatre where the vines are in tune with the climate.
The mistral wind and the Mediterranean climate join limestone and marl soils to enable the Mourvèdre, late-ripening and difficult grape variety, to reach its potential. If the geology and the climate in Bandol give the Mourvèdre its letters of nobility and great and fine red wines in the South, the Controlled designation of origin (AOC) Bandol also produces red wines with other grape varieties as well as it produces white and rosé Provence wines.