The Bandol Rose from Pradeaux is perhaps the most serious wine in this category. Robust, rich, and complex with an ability to age gracefully, this wine is based on Cinsault (50%) and Mourvedre (50%), taking its slight orange tint from the latter cepage. The younger vines of the domaine (average age: 25 years) are utilized to produce a rare rose with staying power and exceptional complexity. The Rose is vinified by a direct pressing for 24 hours followed by fermentation in cement tanks at a controlled temperature of 18 degrees Celsius for about 15 days; the malo-lactic fermentation is blocked and the wine is usually bottled in mid-April of the following year. We import approximately 600 cases (7200 bottles) annually of this exceptional wine