Bountinot Wines
FRANCE / SOUTH AFRICA
The company was founded by Paul Boutinot in 1980 with a focus on French wines, and from the 1990s began vinifying, blending, and bottling its own cuvées, building long-term relationships with growers to ensure consistency and quality. In France, their approach combines this sourcing expertise with hands-on winemaking, sometimes using fruit from partner vineyards and sometimes from their own sites, particularly in the Rhône, where they have developed winery facilities and vineyards over time.
Boutinot’s presence in France is a little different from a traditional single-estate winery. Rather than being one château or domaine, Maison Boutinot works as a négociant-style producer, meaning it collaborates closely with growers across regions such as the Rhône, Languedoc, Provence, and Burgundy to source fruit and craft wines that reflect each area’s character.
The Vieille Monnaie Pinot Noir draws on Languedoc fruit to create a richer southern expression of the grape, the Cuvée Edalise Rosé is crafted in Provence in collaboration with local growers to capture the region’s pale and elegant style, and the Clos de l’Église Mâcon-Charnay comes from Burgundy, where Boutinot works with established vineyard sources to produce a more classic, terroir-driven Chardonnay. Together, they show how Boutinot’s French “wineries” are really a network of regional partnerships and winemaking hubs, designed to express each appellation authentically while maintaining a consistent house style.
