Producer Focus

Producer Focus

The Greatest Domaines

Master of Wine, Hugo Rose, explores the history, holdings and winemaking of some of the greatest châteaux, domaines and fine wine producers, offering his insight into why they consistently make the best wines on the planet.

Domaine Coche-Dury

On my last visit, the great man was to be found hand-applying labels to bottles and packing an order before our tasting could commence...

Domaine Jacques Selosse, Champagne

With an annual production of around 55,000 bottles, Champagne Selosse is never going to be widely distributed nor well-known outside the confines of the fine wine universe. Within this world Selosse has become increasingly celebrate...

Chateau Lafleur, Pomerol

Lafleur was born in the 18th century out of the division of Le Manoir de Gay into two parts for inheritance, Domaine de Lafleur and Château Le Gay. The estates passed through the generations into the hands of two sisters, Marie and ...

Petrus, Pomerol

Given the celebrity of Pétrus today it seems almost inexplicable that the property did not appear in Bordeaux’s famous 1855 Classification. In truth no Pomerol wine was considered, nor any from neighbouring Saint-Emilion. 150 years ...