Agnès Henry-Hocquard
Born
Agnès Henry

1962
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationWinemaker
Known forDomaine de la Tour du Bon

Agnès Henry-Hocquard (Agnes Henry) is a French vigneron working as a winemaker in Bandol, France who runs the Domaine de la Tour du Bon and is known as a groundbreaking female winemaker.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Henry-Hocquard's family is from Paris, and they vacationed in the Bandol region when she as a child.[5] Her parents, the Hocquards, purchased Domaine de la Tour du Bon in 1968, where they took over the winemaking operation.[6] Henry studied agribusiness in college and worked in the dairy business until 1989, when her parent asked her to take over the winemaking operations at the Domaine.[6][2]

Domaine de la Tour du Bon

Domaine de la Tour du Bon is located atop a limestone hill in Le Brûlat du Castellet, in the northwest of the A.O.C. Bandol.[7] The land is situated at an altitude of 150m above sea-level, a high point where maritime breezes cool the hot dry climate.[5]

The Hocquard family began operating the domaine in 1968, but it had been continuously producing wine since 1925 under prior ownership.[8] They spent two years planting new vines to increase production.[9]

Upon taking over the Domaine in 1989, Henry worked with Thierry Puzelat, who served as lead winemaker.[10] Then in 2007, she took over the winemaking operation on her own.[2]

Each year, Henry produces 3,750 cases of wine from 30 acres of vines.[11] Her yield consists mostly of rose wine that is illustrative of the Bandol terroir.[1][7]

References

  1. 1 2 "All wines from bandol-la-tour-du-bon-agnes-henry on sale - iDealwine". www.idealwine.com. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  2. 1 2 3 Molesworth, James (2014-07-18). "From Dairy to Domaine". Wine Spectator. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  3. ↑ "ToutRouge Wine Tour Domaine de La Tour du Bon avec Agnes Henry - Picture of Toutrouge Wine Tours in Provence, Marseille - Tripadvisor". www.tripadvisor.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  4. ↑ Limited, Alamy. "Agnes Henry-Hocquard, owner and responsible for the wines Domaine de la Tour du Bon Le Castellet Bandol Var Cote d'Azur France Stock Photo - Alamy". www.alamy.com. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  5. 1 2 "Domaine de la Tour du Bon". Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  6. 1 2 Jegu, Pierrick (2021-03-29). "Women's Figures: Agnès Henry, Bandol". Taste France Magazine. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  7. 1 2 Oakes, Jennifer. "VINS DE LA FEMME". Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  8. ↑ "Domaine de la Tour du Bon – Wine Goes East". Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  9. ↑ "Tour du Bon". Bowler Wine. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  10. ↑ Ayscough, Aaron (2020-11-18). "Meet Yann Rohel. You Already Know His Work". Not Drinking Poison. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  11. ↑ "Provence | The Winery UK". www.thewineryuk.com. 2010-12-30. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
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