Château de Pibarnon

Château de Pibarnon is the Saint Victor family’s wine estate, approached by a winding road from La Cadière d’Azur. In 1977, Catherine and Henri de Saint Victor came to Bandol after searching several French wine regions, hoping to acquire a wine estate. Éric de Saint Victor describes making wine as sharing in customers’ laughter, emotions and conversations.

The estate’s vines reach 300 metres in altitude on steep slopes, planted on centuries-old terraces built by hand by generations of wall-builders. Beneath the vineyard lies ancient Triassic soil with a high limestone content, while the subsoil contains Santonian blue marls. Among the old vines, a horse regularly works the soil across about four hectares. Its wines include an AOC Bandol red.