Valeurs Actuelles: "Wine: "Ma force d'en haut" by Alexandre de Malet Roquefort, inspiration and success".

"Ma force d'en haut", by Alexandre de Malet Roquefort. Photo © SP/COMTE DE MALET ROQUEFORT

My strength from above. Gules with three gold clasps, the family coat of arms is as imposing as the latest generation is enterprising. Under Alexandre's impetus, the Malet Roquefort family, with its seven pampered estates, is energizing a Bordeaux environment that's not always on its toes.

Did you know that La Gaffelière, the family flagship, generates 75% of its sales in France? That the estate's new G-spot was a uniquely styled white, with yields of 8 hectolitres per hectare of Chardonnay grown on stilts and aged in Austrian Stockinger barrels? That the family had teamed up with Girondins from Bordeaux, rather than Bordelais from Gironde, to buy La Connivence in Pomerol? That they put Wineglobe in their cellars and use it?

This is the beauty of the long tradition of wine and business, the reflections of owner-manager families rooted in empiricism. Nothing is set in stone in the world of wine, and it is not only from above, but also from the roots of its vines that the Malet Roquefort family draws its inspiration and success.

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By Pierre Grandjean

Published December 28, 2024