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Our Company
Winemaking
The winemaking strategy
Barton & Guestier’s sales, marketing and winemakers teams work hand in hand to define the style of wine requested by the
consumer.
All the wines are selected and monitored by Laurent Prada, head winemaker, and his team. They control all the steps of the process,
including pruning, harvesting, vinification, ageing, blending and bottling.
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Laurent Prada |
Bernard Fulloy |
Fabien Raboutet |
Agronomic Engineer and graduate
oenologist, Laurent has acquired
his experience in the best French
producing areas: from Champagne
to Languedoc and in Bordeaux
where he managed estates in the
prestigious Margaux and Saint-Emilion Appellations.
He joined B&G in 2002 as
Winemaking, Purchasing & Production Director. |
Agronomic engineer and qualified
oenologist, Bernard started his career
as a winemaker in Champagne and
later in the South West of France.
He joined B&G in 1986 as Cellar
Master of Château Magnol (B&G
property). He is also in charge of the
B&G winemaking in the Loire Valley,
Burgundy, Beaujolais, Rhône Valley,
Corsica and Languedoc. |
Graduate oenologist and a
degree in ampelography from the
Bordeaux Faculty of Oenology,
Fabien started his career as a
winemaker in Bordeaux and then
for a winery in the Languedoc.
He joined B&G in 2005 and is in
charge of the B&G winemaking in
Bordeaux, Languedoc and Gascony. |
The B&G’s winegrowers community
 The Barton & Guestier winemakers work in partnership with about
250 winegrowers over the greatest French wine Appellations.
Barton & Guestier is the only wine merchant to combine the most
ancient experience in winemaking in Bordeaux and the latest
technologies offered by its different partners.
Rigorous specifications and strict guidelines have been established to
control and trace the origin of each wine:
- Drastic selection of best terroirs with best exposure
- Optimal maturation of the grapes before picking
- Limited yields
- Vinification process adapted and optimised for each product: ageing in French and American oak barrels
for great red and white wines, on the lees for some delicate whites wines, stainless steel tank to get fresh rosé wines...
”The strong relationship with our partners greatly helps us to create wines that appeal to the international palate, yet still offer
the “cachet” and the typical character of French wines”, according to Laurent Prada. “Being involved from start to finish, from the
vinegrowing to the bottling, allows us to adapt our winemaking and to propose only the best to our consumers”.
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