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.

Chateau Rayas

Unconventional and eccentric yet haunting and often sublime, the wines of Château Rayas defy any reasonable categorisation. The cellars of the property near the town of Courthézon are notoriously difficult to find – no gleaming sign...

Henri Jayer, viticulteur

If La Romanée-Conti is the most valuable vineyard land in Burgundy, the most mythic is perhaps Le Cros Parantoux, its cosmic celebrity owed to the work of one man, the late Henri Jayer. Jayer (1922-2006) is remembered too as a pione...

Domaine Georges Roumier

See our current Roumier availability, including the ultra-rare Musigny here “For Chambolles with a difference, wines which are substantial, even sturdy, as well as velvety and elegant, the best source is … the Domaine Georges Roumie...

Domaine Armand Rousseau

With owned vineyards totalling over 15 hectares, of which more than half are Grand Cru, it is no surprise that Domaine Armand Rousseau is a must-visit address for merchants, collectors and critics alike in search of some of the most...