1808

Creation of ‘Calvet et Compagnie’ in the Rue de l’Hermitage in Tain.

1855

The premises were made over to Octave Calvet and Frédéric Vogelgesang, who remained partners until 1878.

1883

The company was bought by Rodolphe Delépine.

1897

Marius Chapoutier joined forces with Rodolphe Delépine to found the company ‘Delépine et Chapoutier’, exporting wines to Holland, Switzerland and Germany.

1922

Rodolphe Delépine, who had been responsible for the accounts, retired. Marius changed the name of the company to ‘Chapoutier et Compagnie’.

1928

Marius bought the La Ciboise property (1.15 hectares) from the literary figure Robert Monier de la Sizeranne.

1929

Marius created the new M. Chapoutier winery at the foot of the Hermitage hill

1937

Death of Marius. His son Marc succeeded him and took over the business.

1955

Seeking to personalise the business, Marc Chapoutier gave it the name it still bears – ‘M. Chapoutier’.

1989

Winemaker Michel Chapoutier created the first ‘plot selections’ or Sélections Parcellaires.

1990

Michel Chapoutier became head of the company and began to apply his belief in biodynamic cultivation.

1998

First winegrowing estate bought in Australia.

2000

First estate bought in the Roussillon area of France.

2007

First purchase of vines in Portugal.

2009

Installation in Alsace and inauguration of new production site in Tain.

2014

Acquisition of a sales cellar in the Paul Bocuse covered market in Lyon.

2015

Installation in both the Beaujolais and Provence areas of France. Acquisition of Maison Trenel, an estate in the Gard département (in Valliguières), and a hotel complex in Tain.

2016

First purchase of vines in Spain, and acquisition of a sales cellar in the covered market in Avignon.

2017

Acquisition of an estate in the Gard département (in Montfrin) and an estate within the Crozes-Hermitage AOC area.

Today

Mathilde and Maxime brought a new generation in to join Corinne and Michel Chapoutier and perpetuate the tradition of a family business, continuing to share a very particular vision of the world of wine – a philosophy based on the concept of ‘terroir’, continuing to uphold the convictions that make ‘M. Chapoutier’ the most admired brand name in French wines worldwide.