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When Jean-Baptiste Bourotte left a career at Cartier to come home to Pomerol, he gave himself three years to decide whether he'd made the right call. Twenty-odd years later, he's still there—running five Bordeaux estates, including two of the appellation's most quietly serious addresses, Clos du Clocher and Château Bonalgue, alongside the family's historic négociant house, Ets Audy.
In this episode of the Wine Podcast, host Jane Anson sits down with Bourotte as his family marks 100 years in Pomerol, and the conversation moves easily between deep history and hard-won, practical wisdom.
Jean-Baptiste explains how Clos du Clocher's dense blue clay and Bonalgue's mixed gravel-sand-clay terroir produce two very different styles of Pomerol, what a négociant actually does inside La Place de Bordeaux, and what a career at Cartier taught him about pride in a product and telling an honest story. He also shares the centenary manga he commissioned—illustrated using the estate's own blue clay—his picks for what to drink right now, and the lunch he didn't realise he was sharing with DRC's Aubert de Villaine.
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Chapters
00:00 The Resilience of Bonalgue Wine History
01:49 Meet Jean-Baptiste Bourotte: A Dual Role in Wine
04:10 The Family Legacy in Pomerol
09:17 Understanding the Role of a Négociant
13:00 Market Trends and Consumer Interests
14:56 Innovative Celebrations for a Centenary
20:31 The Evolution of Bonalgue's Terroir
25:33 Lessons from the Luxury Industry
30:54 Navigating Challenges in Wine Production
35:14 Addressing Misconceptions about Bordeaux Wine
42:23 Recommended Vintages to Enjoy Now
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