Olivier & Lafont   

Negociant
LO RHÔNE
Baptiste Olivier and Gérald Lafont
542 Rue du Baron le Roy 30126 Saint Laurent des Arbres
Tel. +33 664 428 756 (Baptiste Olivier)
Tel. +33 683 321 457 (Gérald Lafont)
Direct sale: The vines are not for sale in France.
Mail: gerald-lafont@orange.fr / bolivier.lorhone@gmail.com
Web:
https://www.olivier-lafont.com

LO in the company name stands of course for Lafont and Olivier. Gérald Lafont and Baptiste Oliver are both advisory oenologists who have several known domains in Chateauneuf du Pape as clients. They are also friends, and in 2011 they created together their negociant project, LO RHÔNE.

Gérald Lafont comes from Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres, where his father had a minor domain, Domaine d'Arbousset. It's now passed down to Gérald Lafont.
After studying
biology and geology in some years he conducted an oenological education at the Wine University of Montpellier, completed in 2000. After working for a year for a negociant firm in Languedoc responsible for the production, he joined ICV as
an advisory oenologist. Today he works as such without being employed in the ICV. He works as a consultant for a large number of domains in the northern and southern Rhone, Languedoc and Provence. In Chateauneuf du Pape he works among others with 
Domaine de Cristia, Domaine de la Biscarelle and Domaine Durieu

Baptiste Olivier is from Léognan (Bordeaux). He describes his interest in the world of wine: "Coming from a family passionate about wine and good food, I still remember the big family meals and cheerful and Dionysian atmosphere att prevailed there." Baptiste could certainly have been a good chef, but it became an education as oenologist - as Gerald Lafont - from the Wine University of Montpellier, "Engineer viticulture and oenology and oenologist." After a few trips to US (Shug Carneros Estate Winery), Australia (Poet's Corner) and Bordeaux (Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte), he joined Louis Bernard in Orange, where he was responsible for establishing the company's showcase in Rhone, Domaine de la Chartreuse Bonpas.
Finally, he was late 2004 hired as
an advisory oenologist at ICV in Beaumes de Venise. He has since then earned a reputation as advisor to many well-known domains in Chateauneuf du Pape, among others Domaine Pierre Usseglio, Domaine Saint Préfert and La Bastide Saint Dominique.
In 2016 Baptiste left the ICV to be independant so he himself can choose which producers he wants to work for
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Most of the wines are "traditional" negociant wines made in the cellars of the two oenologists partners. This series of wines are marketed with the brand Olivier & Lafont.

Wines 

Chateauneuf du Pape
60% Grenache, 20% Mourvedre, 10% Syrah, 10% Cinsault.
Delvis lagret i demi-muids.

Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc
50% Clairette, 50% Grenache Blanc.

Gigondas
70% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 10% Mourvedre.

Vacqueyras
60% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 20% Mourvedre.

Lirac Rouge
70% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 10% Mourvedre.

Cotes du Rhone
75% Grenache, 15% Syrah, 10% Mourvedre.

Cotes du Rhone Blanc
70% Viognier, 15% Clairette, 15% Grenache Blanc.

Ventoux
90% Grenache, 10% Syrah.

Ventoux Blanc
50% Clairette, 50% Grenache Blanc.


Gerald Lafont. Photo Facebook


Baptiste Olivier
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Chateauneuf du Pape
60% Grenache, 20% Mourvedre, 10% Syrah and 10% Cinsault.

Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc
50% Clairette and 50% Grenache Blanc
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Gigondas
70% Grenache, 20% Syrah and 10% Mourvedre.
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Update 25-02-2020