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The road opens out alongside the Pibarnon property, an impressive restored Provençal country house. This fine estate occupies a prominent position, possessing views across the Bandol vineyard, including the majestic sweep of vines that belong to Pibarnon, and then right down to the Mediterranean.

Over the years the estate has expanded from 3.5 ha to over 50 ha, with the most significant development being the construction (using bulldozers) and planting up of the amphitheatre of vines known as the Théatre d’Epidaure.

This amphitheatre of restanques (terraces) runs up the hill opposite the house. Such terraces not only facilitate viticulture but also prevent erosion and improve water absorption, vital in this climate. Over blue marl and limestone bedrock lie soils which offer little nutrition to the vine, and contain many stones, broken fossils and even patches of sand.

There is rigorous adherence to quality in the vineyard, including traditional gobelet training, and green harvesting to keep yields at an average of 35 hl/ha. The red vines themselves are predominantly Mourvèdre, this grape dominating the red wine which is the only such wine produced by the chateau - no super-cuvées here (although there is a second wine, a vin de pays). In addition there is a fine rosé produced by the saignée method from young Mourvèdre and Cinsaut vines, as well as a white wine, produced from Clairette, Bourboulenc, Marsanne, Roussanne and Petit Manseng.