Dominique Laurent pioneered a new style of wine merchanting in the late 1980s: a small structure, rigorous selection of cuvées, and complete collaboration with the winegrowers from whom he buys wines, which he then ages in barrels from his own cooperage. Known and respected for his négociant wines, Dominique Laurent has been leasing vineyards since 2006, alongside his son, Jean, who tends the vines, makes the wine, and ages the wines with his father. The Laurents prefer to vinify with whole-cluster grapes and age their wines without added sulfites, in barrels from their own cooperage.
