nigel groundwater
nigel groundwater
Ownership [Domaine] should presumably mean more in ultimate quality terms than Negociant [Maison] with bought in grapes since there can be no hiding place for the former from a terroir and control viewpoint.
Of course a top quality Negociant would also have a highly effective quality control process in place - as e.g. William Fevre [Domaine & Maison] has in Chablis.
However I wonder how much difference there really is in quality control terms [although I have a distinct taste preference] between Jadot's [owned] MaV Chateau des Jacques single 'Clos' vineyards, like Rochegres, Grand Carquelin et al and Latour's [not owned presumably based on Claude's post] single vineyard Les Michelons'?
Of course a top quality Negociant would also have a highly effective quality control process in place - as e.g. William Fevre [Domaine & Maison] has in Chablis.
However I wonder how much difference there really is in quality control terms [although I have a distinct taste preference] between Jadot's [owned] MaV Chateau des Jacques single 'Clos' vineyards, like Rochegres, Grand Carquelin et al and Latour's [not owned presumably based on Claude's post] single vineyard Les Michelons'?