Étienne Roussel
Head of Cellar
Third-generation custodian who oversees every cask resting beneath the hillside.
OUR HERITAGE
A house built on patience and taste
For a century, we have kept a single discipline: to wait, to select, and to let only the rarest expressions reach the table.
THE BEGINNING
From a single cellar
It began in 1924 with one cellar carved beneath a hillside, a handful of barrels, and a founder who believed that the finest things cannot be rushed. He bought little, and only what he would happily keep for himself.
That instinct became a standard. Where others chased volume, the house chose restraint — refusing far more than it accepted, and letting each vintage rest until it spoke for itself. A bottle left our doors only when it was ready, never when it was merely available.
Three generations later, the discipline is unchanged. We still source by hand, still taste before we trust, and still measure success not in cases sold but in the quiet confidence of those who pour what we curate.
The cellar has grown, the names have travelled the world, yet the founder's first principle remains the last word on everything we do: patience first, and taste above all.
We never sold what we would not have kept.
OUR CRAFT
Patience, at every stage
Curation is not a moment but a sequence of small, deliberate decisions — from the vineyard gate to the final pour.
The cellar, where time does the work
Sourcing
We visit every estate in person, building relationships measured in decades, not orders.
Ageing
Each expression rests in our cellars until it reaches the precise moment of poise.
Selection
Blind tastings decide what we keep — we refuse far more than we accept.
Provenance
Every lot is traced to its estate and vintage, its papers kept as carefully as the bottle itself.
Presentation
Each release is decanted, described, and paired by hand before it ever reaches your table.
MILESTONES
A century, in moments
- 1924
The first cellar
The founder carves a single ageing cellar beneath the hillside and lays down his first vintage.
- 1951
Crossing borders
The house exports its first allocations abroad, earning a reputation among collectors in Europe.
- 1978
The reserve programme
A private reserve is established to hold back the rarest bottles for long-term ageing.
- 1996
Master taster appointed
A dedicated head of cellar formalises the blind-tasting selection that still governs the house.
- 2012
The members' table
The private membership is founded, opening early access to limited curations and rare lots.
- 2024
A century of curation
The house marks one hundred years with an anniversary release drawn from its oldest reserve.
THE MAKERS
The hands behind the house
Heritage is carried by people. These are the few whose judgement decides what reaches your glass.
We do not make wine for the moment.We keep it until the moment is worthy of it.
CONTINUE
Taste a century of curation
Every story in this house ends the same way — in the glass. Discover what a hundred years of patience has set aside for you.