2016 · LES LAUVES ROUGE

Domaine la Suffrène is a family-owned Bandol estate in Provence, owned and operated for over a century by Cédric Gravier, grandson of founder Fortuné Piche. Since 1996, the domaine has focused on estate-grown wines from low-yield, manually farmed hillside vineyards. Organic for more than 15 years and ECOCERT-certified, it uses natural fertilizers, avoids chemicals, and is developing an agroforestry project that integrates trees among the vines. Gravier works alongside technical director Valentin Rubio, co-fermenting and aging the wines in large foudres.