Domaine des Trois Filles Bandol Rosé 2021

Audrey Arlon was the assistant winemaker at Domaine du Gros ‘Noré until leaving in 2013 to take over her family’s vines in La Cadière d’Azur. Her parents founded “Domaine des Trois Filles”, named after Audrey and her two sisters, Leonie and Justine, who now farm a modest 9 hectares of old gobelet vineyards which they co-planted with rye, fava beans, clover, and radish sprouts in between the rows. In the spring, they fold it into the earth to protect the soil while keeping humidity and maintaining a low temperature in the increasingly hot weather of Southern France. Giving natural aeration to the roots, and better development of earthworms, they seek to limit the spread of weeds, create greater biodiversity, and promote microbial life in the soil. All of this attention to detail in the vines shows in the extreme deliciousness of the wines.