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M. Chapoutier
Michel Chapoutier
Avenue Dr Paul Durand 18, 26601 Tain l'Hermitage
(near the central parking place in the centre of the town)
Tel. 475 08 28 65
Direct sale: Monday - Friday 9.00-12.30 and 14.00-19.00
Saturday 9.30-13.00 and 14.00-17.00 Sunday: 10.00-13.00 and 14.00-18.00
Mail:
chapoutier@chapoutier.com
Web: http://www.chapoutier.com/
Quite a big negociant firm, with famous vineyards of their own in the northern Rhone.
They make wine from all the best appellations in the Rhone valley.
You can visit their wineshop in Tain l'Hermitage
and taste some of the wines.
Since
1809 members of the Chapoutier family have been winegrowers in Tain. In 1879
the first Chapoutier started to buy wines from other winegrowers and became a negociant.
The men in charge have changed during the years. Around 1990 the firm was in
financiel troubles. Michel Chapoutier being 25-years-old persuated his
Grandfather Marc who had the major
iuty of shares in the firm to give the control
af the firm to him. This resulted in his father's (Max) departure from the firm and
a few years later also of his brother Marc. The conflict was described this way
in a interview
given by Michel to Tim Atcins in 2008: “My father was my
boss, but he had no taste and knew nothing about winemaking. My brother was paid
four times what I was to work in the business. I got the minimum wage
because I disagreed with my father.”
In 1981 the young Michel Chapoutier stayed at Grace Family
Vineyards in Napa Valley
for a peroid. Here he learnt about quite another view of
winemaking and of biodynmic methods in the vineyards. Afterwards he joined wine
schools in Macon and
Paris. In 1986 he returned to Tain but he didn't meet understanding
from his father to the new ideas he had learnt about winemaking and the work in
the vineyards.
Today the vineyards owned by his firm are certified biodynamic. The holdings
covers 54 ha. in northern Rhone, 90 ha. in
southern
Rhone, by which 29 ha. are Chateauneuf du Pape and 69 ha. in
Roussillon. The firm is the biggest biodynamic wine producer in
Europe.
In Australia the company owns 80
ha. and the expanding continues.
In 2008 was purchased a domain in Chateauneuf du Pape
Domaine Bois Dauphin/Clos
des Pontifes.
Chapuotier
are partner in some joint
ventures as f.i. Pic og Chapoutier. "Pic" is Anne-Sophie
Pic, the owner of the 3-star restaurant Maison
Pic in Valence.
Wines from southern Rhone:
Chateauneuf
du Pape Barbe Rac
100% Grenache, 90-100-years-old. From fields near Mont-Redon.
Now aged 100% in steel tank. Yield: 10 hl./ha. About 7.000 bt.
Chateauneuf
du Pape Croix de Bois
100% Grenache, 60-80-years-old. From a parcel at lieu-dit Croix de Bois
near Bedarrides.
Now aged 100% in cement tank.Yield: 10 hl./ha. About 7.000 bt.
Chateauneuf
du Pape La Bernadine
60% Grenache, 20% Syrah and 20% other varieties.
Aged for up to 15 months, partly in cement tank and partly in barriques.
About 84.000 bt.
Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc La Bernadine
Negociant wine from 90% Grenache Blanc and 10% other
varieties.
Gigondas
Cotes du Rhone Village Rasteau
Tavel Beurevoir
Cotes du Rhone Belleruche
Cotes du Rhone Belleruche Blanc
Cotes du Rhone Belleruche Bonaparte
Muscat de Beaumes de Venise.
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