Limited Presale - Domaine Marie Berenice - 'Bandol Blanc' - Clairette, Ugni Blanc - Bandol, FR - 2022

Presale Offer

Reserve your bottles now before this small allocation arrives at Satellite. Presale offers are listed at 10% off our normal retail rate and combine with our normal quantity discount structure: 10% off 3+, 15% off 6+, and 20% off 12+. Wine Club members receive an additional 5% off all quantity discount tiers, plus free shipping on orders of 6 bottles or more.

Quantities are limited, presale orders are fulfilled first, and this is the best way to lock in bottles before the allocation lands.

Satellite's Hot Take

Available ONLY for presale online and at the tasting on 7.16 at The Factory: https://satellitesb.com/products/grower-champagne-et-amis-grand-cru-selections-wine-tasting-featuring-chef-ryan-epp?utm_source=copyToPasteBoard&utm_medium=product-links&utm_content=web

Grapes & Style

Clairette

Clairette is a southern French white grape with a long history around the Rhône, Provence, and Languedoc. It’s one of those Mediterranean varieties that can look simple on paper but becomes compelling when handled with restraint: generous enough for sunlit texture, but still capable of freshness and quiet detail.

In the vineyard, Clairette tends to ripen with moderate acidity, so picking and site matter. In blends it can soften sharper grapes and add body, while on its own it often works best when the winemaking preserves its herbal, stony side rather than pushing it toward weight.

In the glass, Clairette often shows pear, lemon, fennel, white flowers, almond, and a lightly saline or bitter-herbal finish. The best versions are subtle, savory, and very Mediterranean — less about flashy fruit than texture, herbs, and refreshment.

Ugni Blanc

Ugni Blanc is the French name for Trebbiano Toscano, widely planted in France and Italy. In France it’s especially important in Cognac and Armagnac, where its high acidity and relatively neutral profile make it an ideal base for distillation.

As a wine grape, Ugni Blanc is valued for freshness, reliability, and subtlety. It can be highly productive, so quality depends on good farming and restrained yields, but it can make clean, crisp whites when treated with care.

In the glass, Ugni Blanc often shows lemon, green apple, pear, white flowers, almond, and a light herbal edge. It’s usually more refreshing than aromatic, with a dry, straightforward quality that works well in blends and simple coastal whites.