Château Pradeaux - Bandol - Red - 2020

Wine:

Brimming with purity, the 2020 Bandol Red reveals monumental structure, striking definition, and pitch-perfect minerality. This is a truly great wine, built for long ageing, and poised to unveil its full floral expression, Mediterranean herbal nuances, and richly textured, juicy fruit in the years to come. A magnificent showcase of its terroir, it delivers vibrant, noble depth and a radiant, lingering finish.

Vinification:

Hand harvested, lightly crushed, fermented in temperature-controlled cement vats, aged for 46 months in 40- to 80-year-old oak casks. Bottled in July 2024.

Color:

Intense, brilliant red.

Temperature:

Decant before serving at between 14 and 16°C.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2040

A pillar of Bandol and a 3-star estate in the French wine guide RVF, Château Pradeaux has been owned by the Portalis family since 1752. With strength and conviction, they have preserved its timeless, uncompromising style.

For over three centuries, the estate has produced powerful, structured reds that, with time, evolve into wines reminiscent of great Bordeaux. The density, character, and depth of recent vintages deliver an emotion few wines can match.

Far from chasing easy charm, Pradeaux remains true to itself: a classically styled red built for long ageing. Its distinctive power and singularity come from whole-cluster fermentation—a rarity in Bandol—and extended ageing of up to 48 months in old foudres, with absolutely no new oak.