Stéphane Derenoncourt

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Stéphane Derenoncourt is a French oenologist working as a consultant for numerous wineries in Bordeaux, as well as in more recent times, internationally. He is self-taught.^[1]^[2]

A Normandy steel mill worker's son, Derenoncourt was born in Dunkirk in 1963.^[3] The start of his career in viticulture began when he arrived as a hitch-hiker in Fronsac in 1982, and worked several harvests before he found employment at Château Fronsac in 1985. In 1996 was hired as a winemaker by Stephan von Neipperg to his estates, including the "super cuvée" La Mondotte.^[2]

He began as a consultant in 1997, and in 1999 he started his own consultancy company, Vignerons Consultants. Derenoncourt and his team now works with a populous list of estates in Bordeaux and esewhere, including Château Pavie-Macquin, Château Canon-la-Gaffelière, Clos Fourtet, Château Smith Haut Lafitte, Château Brown and Château Prieuré-Lichine.

Derenoncourt owns the estate Domaine de l’A, in Côtes de Castillon, and with the wine merchant François Thienpont, the negociant company Terra Burdigala, with an aim to provide a distribution outlet for estates in less glamorous areas.^[1]^[3]

[edit] See also

French wine
List of wine personalities
Derenoncourt => Malbec Chateau CHAMBERT - Cahors, France

[edit] References

Domaines Conseiles Vignerons Consultants (French)

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b Robinson, Jancis, jancisrobinson.com (May 8, 2004). Derenoncourt - the new Michel Rolland?.
^ ^a ^b Schoenfeld, Bruce, Wine Spectator (February 22, 2006). Armed With Charm.
^ ^a ^b Montesquieu Wine Panel. profiles.