Jean-Baptiste Cordonnier

The Climb

Since 1993, Château Anthonic has been the site of Jean-Baptiste Cordonnier’s sustained practice as winemaker. A long run like that is less about repetition than about accumulated knowledge: season by season, the place teaches its own terms, and the craft becomes a matter of reading weather, vine, and cellar with increasing precision.

Today

The role has remained continuous since 1993, and that continuity is itself the point. In Cordonnier’s hands, winemaking is presented as an ongoing act of calibration, where farming and cellar choices are made in relation to place rather than in spite of it. The emphasis is on balance as something built, not announced.

Signature

Château Anthonic 2019 and Château Lestage-Darquier Grand Poujeaux are the named wines tied to Jean-Baptiste’s practice. They function as proof of method: bottles that register continuity, care, and the translation of a position into finished wine.

In Their Words “But little by little I have gained the conviction that this is insufficient, and that only the total renunciation of chemical methods will allow a genuinely balanced environment and the return of health to our plants.” The statement moves from reassessment to position. It describes a craft ethic formed by observation and a refusal to stop at partial measures, with balance understood as something earned through method. **** The line points to an early formation in the natural world. It explains the underlying logic of the work: a commitment to managing living resources with the same attention that winemaking demands.