Production & Business Flashcards
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Production
+ Key Négociants-éleveurs:
(7)
- B, P & F
- JD
- F
- LJ
- LL
- D L R-C
- HdB
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Estimated €1bn industry with France half of the total (2009).
UK & US top 2 export markets though UK lesser value wines vs. US.
4,000 growers, 100AC, 200m btls/year; 0.5% of global production
Key négociants-éleveurs: Merchant-one who ages
- Bouchard, Pere & Fils
- Joseph Drouhin
- Faiveley
- Louis Jadot
- Louis Latour
- Domaine La Romanée-Conti
- Hospices de Beaune
2
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Bouchard, Pere & Fils (5)
- Beaune, large Merchant + most imp Owner
- Est Michael Bouchard
- ‘95 J Henriot
- *ha (incl *ha GC/PC) holdings in * Beaune Vineyards
- Best wines - NE produces
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Bouchard, Pere & Fils
- Beaune large merchant houses & most important vineyard owner in Cote de Beaune
- House established by Michel Bouchard
- Taken over in ’95 by Joseph Henriot from Champagne
- 90ha of vineyards (incl. 70ha GC or PC), holdings in 25 Beaune vineyards
- Best wines are from their vineyards. The négociant-élevage has produced deeper, more concentrated reds under Henriot.
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Joseph Drouhin (6)
- Neg + Winemaking firm 1880
- Js Son, Maurice - Clos des Mouches
- Robert took over 50s esp in CdN (M, BM, GE) and Ch = 71ha
- 1st Burg invest o/s FR - Oregon
- Frédéric D manages + bro & sis
- Own nursery high density
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Joseph Drouhin
- Négociant & winemaking firm founded in 1880; located above historic cellars of Beaune
- Joseph’s son Maurice built a reputation of quality and acquired important vineyard holdings (e.g. Clos des Mouches)
- Robert took over the house in ‘57 significant acquisitions esp. in the CDN (Musigny, Bonnes Mares, Grands Échézeaux) and Chablis to total 71ha in mid-00’s.
- He was the 1st Burgundian to invest outside of France w Drouhin Oregon in 88 (now run by Véronique D).
- Now managed by Frédéric Drouhin and his 2 brothers and sister.
- Has its own nursery plants at higher density vs. average.
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Faiveley (2)
- Wine Pro w small neg bus est 1825, now 7th Gen
- 120ha, Burgundy’s largest w/ GC & PC in CdN, CdB (C de V, CC) and PC in CCh (Mercurey)
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Faiveley
- Wine producer w small négociant business established in 1825 & now in seventh generation
- Owns 120ha i.e. Burgundy’s largest vineyard owner w GC & PC in CdN & CdB (e.g. Clos de Vougeot, Corton-Charlemagne) and PC in Cote Chalonnaise (Mercurey PC)
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Louis Jadot (4)
- Merchant/Grower, owner of 50ha CdO + 35ha in Beaj
- 1859 Louis Jadot, owned by Kopf since 80s
- André Gagey (GM, 60s-90s) + Jacques Lardiere (w/maker)
- Hi Q of domain wines, P-M Les Folatieres, CC for whites and CdB, Clos des Ursules (reds)
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Louis Jadot
- Merchant-grower based in Beaune, owner of 50ha in Cote d’Or & 35ha in Beaujolais
- Founded in 1859 by Louis Jadot. Owned by Kopf family since ‘85
- Success driven by André Gagey (general manager 62-92) + Jacques Lardiere (winemaker)
- Hi quality of domaine wines e.g. Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatieres, Corton-Charlemagne for the whites and the Cote de Beaune e.g. Clos des Ursules for the reds.
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Louis Latour (5)
- Burg most comm astute and oldest
- Vine-growing family in Aloxe since 16C + wine-broking late 19C
- Reputed for WW
- Controversy in 90s pasturisation
- 350ha vines ➡️ local growers + vini Alba
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Louis Latour
- One of Burgundy’s most commercially astute and oldest wine merchants.
- Vine-growing family in Aloxe since the 16th, the family starting wine-brokering in late 19th
- Reputed for its white wines
- Caused controversy in the 90s when endorsed pasteurisation of its wines.
- 350ha of vines under contract to local growers with vinification in Latour’s winery in Alba.
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Domaine La Romanée-Conti (5) MONOPOLE
- 28ha incl 1.8ha R-C GC plot = * cases/yr, total prod * cases/yr
- GC vines in Corton
- Famous for
- Best wines
- Rudy Kurniwan aka Dr Conti, counterfeit, now serving time.
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Domaine La Romanée-Conti - MONOPOLE
- 28 ha domaine including the 1.8ha Romanée-Conti GC plot that produces only 500cs/year - Total production: 7,500cs/year
- Recently acquired some GC vines in Corton
- Famous for selling only Grands Crus until recently
- Best wines: La Tache, Romanée-Conti
- Rudy Kurniwan
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Hospices de Beaune (6)
- 15C N R left hospital
- 61ha (nearly all PC/GC 37 wines
- Young wines auction 3rd
- Christies = £ = finance
- H overseas grape + vini, auctioneers
- Good - VG Q
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Hospices de Beaune
- 1443: Nicolas Rolin left the hospital to the town of Beaune
- Now owns 61ha of vineyards (nearly exclusively PC & GC) to create 37 wines
- Young wines of the Hospice de Beaune auctioned every year on 3rd Sunday in November
- Auctions run by Christie’s (since 05); raises £3-3.5m/year to finance hospital
- Hospice oversees the grapegrowing and vinification but auctioneers blend & bottle -> quality depends on bottler
- Good to very good quality