Jancis once described Michel Chapoutier as ‘the quotemaster’, and in her report on the 2021 Sélections Parcellaires, their ‘parcel selection’ or single-vineyard wines from the Rhône, Alsace and Roussillon, she describes his approach to leading a masterclass: seated, with a glass of champagne to hand, most recently now that his UK importer is Hatch Mansfield, a glass of Taittinger’s Comtes de Champagne.
So the first question I asked after Michel’s son Maxime presented the 2023 vintage in London...
