Stephane Ogier
With just 6.5 hectares of vineyards, M & S Ogier is one of the many small, family-owned wine producers which make most of theregion’s wines. It’s also one of the best. Wine guru Robert Parker describes M & S Ogier as “one of France’s most brilliant small artisanal wineries” and says its wines “just keep on getting better and better.” It was founded more than 30 years ago by Michel Ogier, whose family had been grape growers in the region for generations. Son Stéphane is the winemaker. Syrah and Viognier are the two grapes grown in Côte Rôtie, small amounts of Viognier often being blended with the Syrah for the floral notes. Ogier wines can probably best be described as medium bodied, finely textured and elegant.