Provence Producers

The fame of producers in Provence is most commonly down to one of two styles, from opposite ends of the spectrum – the region’s balletic rosés or the more burly Bandols. The former, as light and delicate in texture and flavour as they are in hue, have no greater ambassador than Château d’Esclans, whose supremely successful stable of pinks reaches its ultimate expression in the prestige cuvée Garrus. Top of the Bandol tree, meanwhile, is the renowned Domaine Tempier, which produces a series of bottlings of varying degrees of muscle. Among the few producers to excel in both styles, meanwhile, is the estimable Domaine de Gros Noré, whose wines offer rare nuance.