M Chapoutier

The family business was in the doldrums when it was taken over by Michel Chapoutier in 1990, who quickly turned its fortunes around. M Chapoutier is now one of the largest wine producers in the Rhône Valley. It makes wine in all the major appellations of the Northern Rhône, most of the Southern Crus and a whole host of more esoteric AOCs – and it’s highly adept at capturing a classic expression of the terroir in question. And let’s not forget the wines it produces in Alsace, Roussillon, Portugal, Australia… However it’s Hermitage that it’s best known for: M Chapoutier is the largest landholder on the Hill, with 34ha (over a quarter of the appellation surface) and it was the first to market a range of single-vineyard Hermitage wines, entitled the Sélections Parcellaires. Michel works closely today with his son Maxime and daughter Mathilde.