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Bandol Rosé, Château Pradeaux - 2025

Name: Bandol Rosé, Château Pradeaux
Brand: Château Pradeaux
SKU: 21014
Price: 29.96 USD
Availability: InStock

750 mL

Item # 21014

From stunning hillside vineyards overlooking the Mediterranean comes a rich, flavorful Bandol rosé. With fragrant aromas of flowers and Provençal herbs, this dry wine is ideal for bouillabaisse or herb-flavored grilled meats.

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Color

Rosé

Vintage

2025

Country

France

Region

Provence

Sub-Region

Bandol

Producer

Château Pradeaux

Grape Variety

Carignan

Cinsault

Grenache

Syrah

Staff Pick Notes

If you're accustomed to mindlessly guzzling down your rosé on a summer afternoon outing at the beach or park, this wine is not for you. Pradeaux' Bandol Rosé is a thought-provoking wine. As soon as it's poured, aromas of ripe tropical fruit and watermelon jump out to your nose. Its palate amazingly evolves in each sip. You may remark how the wine tastes much drier than the nose. You may notice a brisk acidity, fresh minerality, a slight bitter tinge, and a finish of bright cherry fruit. You may also enjoy its dense weight and olive-oil-like viscosity. The drinking experience turns out to be as satisfying to the mind as to the belly. Lovely with Indian or Thai curried chicken.

- CP

About the Producer

Sainte Cyr-sur-Mer, Bandol Provence, France There is the appellation of Bandol with its plethora of producers, some good, some mediocre; and then there is Château Pradeaux, the unique, inimitable, standard-bearer for this ancient wine-growing district. The Château Pradeaux is situated on the outskirts of the town of Saint Cyr-sur-Mer that lies directly on the Mediterranean Ocean between Toulon...

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Grenache

The Grenache grape (a.k.a. Grenache Noir) produces relatively pale, fruity red wines that often stop just short of sweetness. Grenache is familiar to most wine drinkers as an ingredient in the blends of the Rhône and Languedoc-Roussillon, where it can add charm to varieties that are a little rougher around the edges. The distinguished Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Gigondas appellations are both characterized by significant percentages of Grenache, while in Tavel and Lirac the grape is used to make...

Mourvèdre

Known as Mataro in California and Monastrell in Spain, Mourvèdre can produce bold, tannic, highly alcoholic red wines. They usually show no shortage of fruit as well, and the best examples keep it all in perfect balance. Rhône-style blends are cropping up all over the world, and one of the classic tried-and-true combinations is "GSM," or Grenache-Syrah-Mourvèdre. The "M" contributes focus and fleshy character to blends - but Mourvèdre also shines on its own as a varietal wine.

Bandol

Arguably the most significant appellation in Provence, Bandol produces spicy, earthy, rich red wines. These tend to be big and well-structured, relying on the Mourvèdre grape for their power. Vines in Bandol are grown in very meager soils of gravel, clay, and limestone: this, combined with the hot, dry coastal climate, gives these thick-skinned berries exactly what they need in order to thrive.

Carignan

Grown all over Europe and the Americas, Carignan (a.k.a. Carignane, Carignano, and Cariñena) is seldom seen as a 100% varietal wine. Many appellations of Languedoc-Roussillon must include a certain percentage of Carignan, but it is rarely the dominant grape in these blends. For years, this naturally high-yielding grape suffered from overproduction, but New World winemakers have lately taken up the Carignan cause and produced some distinctive and delicious examples. Now that it is subject to...

Syrah

We'd like to clear this up once and for all: the Shiraz grape is genetically identical to Syrah. Australian winemakers put "Shiraz" on the map (and, many would argue, vice versa), and the term is now used throughout much of the New World. Let it never be said, however, that Shiraz and Syrah are the same thing: the region in which the grape is grown determines much about the flavor of the wine it will produce. Typically, New World Shiraz yields bigger, fruitier wines than the the peppery Syrahs...

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