CHATEAU DES JACQUES

Name

CHATEAU DES JACQUES

Legal name

Château des Jacques

Website

https://chateau-des-jacques.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1924

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fine Wines (Beaujolais Crus)

NAICS

Wineries (312130), Grape Vineyards (111332), Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers (44532)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFAFAAAB

Wine Production & Winemaking

Agriculture & Food Production/Beverage Production/Alcoholic Beverage Production (Beer, Wine, Spirits, Cider)

SECONDARYTHAFALAE

Wineries & Vineyards (Tasting Rooms)

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Breweries, Wineries & Distilleries (Taprooms/Tasting Rooms)

SECONDARYCRADAIAB

Wine & Sparkling Wine Wineries & Brands

Consumer Products & Retail/Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Manufacturing & Brands/Alcoholic Beverages (Beer, Wine, Spirits) Manufacturing & Brands

SECONDARYTHAJAGAD

Wine Tastings & Vineyard/Winery Tours

Travel & Hospitality/Tours, Attractions & Experiences/Food & Drink Experiences (Culinary Tours, Tastings, Cooking Classes)

SECONDARYAFAGAKAI

Organic Vineyard & Wine Grape Farming

Agriculture & Food Production/Crop Farming/Organic Crop Farming

Keywords

• Beaujolais wines
• Gamay red wines
• Fine wine production
• Wine tourism
• Premium cru wines

Headquarters

HQ city

Romanèche-Thorins

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Wine sales: Direct sales of wines including Moulin-à-Vent, Morgon, Fleurie, Beaujolais Blanc, Syrah, and spirits (Marc de Bourgogne, Fine de Bourgogne) through the winery and potentially online.
2. Winery visits and tastings: Paid tasting experiences at €20/person; 1 hour 15 minute visits including vineyard history, winery tour, cellar visit, and tasting of 5 wines.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Château des Jacques is a historic wine estate producing premium appellation wines from 69 hectares of vineyards across the Moulin-à-Vent, Morgon, and Fleurie crus in Beaujolais. The portfolio centers on red wines from the Gamay grape aged in French oak and concrete eggs within 17th-century vaulted cellars, plus Chardonnay whites, an experimental Syrah, and two spirits. Wines are sold directly to consumers through cellar-door purchases and guided winery visits with tastings (€20 per person).

Product overview

Château des Jacques is a winery producing a portfolio of appellation wines from Beaujolais, primarily from the Gamay grape variety. The portfolio includes red wines from the Crus of Moulin-à-Vent (with multiple vineyard-specific wines such as Le Moulin, Clos des Thorins, Clos de Rochegrès, La Roche, and Clos du Grand Carquelin), Morgon (including Côte du Py), and Fleurie. White wines include Beaujolais Blanc and Beaujolais Clos de Loyse from Chardonnay, while an experimental Syrah 'Les Jacques' represents a recent addition. The estate also produces two spirits: Marc de Bourgogne and Fine de Bourgogne. The wines are characterized by traditional winemaking methods including hand-harvesting, destemming, long macerations, and aging in French oak barrels within 17th-century vaulted cellars.

Differentiator

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Beaujolais Blanc A dry, lively, fresh white wine made from Chardonnay, matured on its lees for 7 to 8 months; features exotic fruits and white flowers on the nose with a voluptuous yet fresh palate, suited to fish tartar, shellfish, and goat cheeses from Beaujolais and Mâconnais.
• Beaujolais Clos de Loyse A distinctive Chardonnay from the Clos de Loyse parcel, produced from granite-based soil with sand and loam; pressed and cold-settled in stainless steel vats, fermented on lees, with hints of exotic fruits and white flowers and a voluptuous, fresh character.
• Syrah 'Les Jacques' An IGP Comtés Rhodaniens Syrah from a confidential experimental plot planted in 2015 and farmed organically on volcanic pink granite soils similar to the northern Rhône Valley; aged one-third in concrete egg and two-thirds in French oak barrels; first vintage 2018 with violet, rosemary, and peppery aromas.
• Moulin à Vent A blend from eight great terroirs of Moulin-à-Vent including Rochegrès, Carquelin, Champ de Cour, Thorins, Les Vérillats, La Roche, La Rochelle, and Les Caves; aged 10 months in concrete tanks (one-third) and oak barrels (two-thirds); rich, powerful, and elegant with supple tannins.
• Le Moulin A Moulin-à-Vent from old bush-vine Gamays planted in the shadow of the windmill on bedrock exposed to the east; among the oldest vines owned by the château; opulent, generous but fresh, with great richness and energy from quartz-rich soils.
• Clos des Thorins Moulin-à-Vent located close to the windmill on a soft south-facing slope with deep, old granite soils; fleshy fruit with ample body and great tannins, suited to game, charcuterie, and strongly flavored cheeses, with up to two decades of aging potential.
• Clos de Rochegrès Moulin-à-Vent from the highest point at 361 meters above sea level, on pink granite soils with quartz and more clay than other Moulin-à-Vent parcels; opulent, generous, and fresh, with complexity to pair with meat, cheese, and vegetables.
• La Roche Moulin-à-Vent situated under the windmill on 320 million-year-old mother rock; a wine of great tension with high minerality and precision, very linear in style, ideal for complex and refined dishes, capable of aging comfortably for several decades.
• Clos du Grand Carquelin Moulin-à-Vent near the windmill on granitic sands with deeper, more clayish soils (60m); a different, more southern-facing personality that is complex, delicate, and elegant, with a lively character that opens nicely in the glass.
• Fleurie A Fleurie blend from Bel Air, Grille-Midi, and Cercillon parcels at over 300m altitude on varying pink granite soils; aged 10 months in concrete tanks and oak barrels in the 17th-century cellar; deep cherry color with red fruits, flowers, and a lush, voluptuous character.
• Morgon A Morgon blend from Côte du Py, Bellevue, and Roche Noire vineyards on pink granite or diorite blue rock; firm and powerful yet with Gamay's typical suppleness, deep with violet aromas, aged 10 months in concrete tanks and oak barrels.
• Côte du Py A Morgon from the emblematic Côte du Py terroir of bluish rocks from an ancient underwater volcano, richer than neighboring granite; rich white pepper and blackberry aromas with full body, aged 10 months in new and one-to-two-year-old French oak barrels from Allier, Limousin, and Nivernais forests.
• Marc de Bourgogne A unique Marc de Bourgogne made from the Beaujolais black Gamay grape with white juice, distilled once from grape skins after alcoholic fermentation and aged in oak barrels for 15 or more years; develops complex vanilla, brioche, apricot, and raisin aromas, best paired with a good cigar.
• Fine de Bourgogne A traditional Fine de Bourgogne spirit produced by Château des Jacques, sold with a PDF information sheet available.
• Winery Visit and Tasting Experience A 1 hour 15 minute guided experience covering the history of the wine region, winemaking methods, the winery, and the 17th-century vaulted cellars, followed by a tasting of five wines with one wine selected from the older-vintage cellar; available Monday to Saturday at 10:30am or 2:30pm, in French or English by appointment, priced at €20 per person with the visit fee rebated on any 6-bottle purchase.

Quantifiable outcome

• Wines develop complexity over 2-4 years and can age for several decades
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature5 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Joseph Drouhin: Long-established Burgundy négociant and Domaine owner with worldwide distribution and wine-tourism (cellar tours in Beaune). Comparable because it shares the heritage château-style tourism positioning, French-oak aging tradition, and premium fine-wine collector base that Château des Jacques targets.
• Maison Louis Jadot: Parent company since 1996 and fellow Burgundy/Beaujolais producer. Comparable because of shared Beaujolais holdings, integrated production, and long history of crus Beaujolais, but materially larger and broader in scope (Burgundy-centric portfolio) than the standalone Château des Jacques estate.
• Maison Louis Latour: Major Burgundy négociant-house owner-producer with global distribution. Comparable as a Burgundy/Beaujolais producer with strong heritage and international trade channels, but materially larger portfolio breadth and Burgundy-centric balance versus the single-estate, Beaujolais-focused Château des Jacques.
• Georges Duboeuf: Largest Beaujolais brand and producer, dominating Beaujolais Nouveau and broad Beaujolais distribution. Comparable because it operates in the same appellation set at a much larger scale, but its commercial positioning is volume-driven rather than the terroir-focused, age-worthy style that defines Château des Jacques.

Direct peers

• Château Thivin: Historic Côte de Brouilly estate; one of the defining producer names in serious Beaujolais. Comparable because it shares the château model, focus on a single noble Beaujolais cru, and a centuries-old heritage narrative.
• Marcel Lapierre: Iconic Morgon estate (now run by the Lapierre family) synonymous with natural, low-intervention Beaujolais. Comparable because it shares the natural-yeast, minimal-additive winemaking philosophy and produces Morgon intended to age — both compete for the same collector/serious-drinker segment.
• Domaine de la Grand'Cour (Jean-Louis Dutraive): Highly regarded Fleurie producer across multiple climats. Comparable because it shares a Fleurie-centered portfolio, parcel-by-parcel approach, and a focus on terroir-driven, age-worthy Gamay made in traditional style.
• Domaine Jean Foillard: Family-run Morgon estate widely credited with the modern natural-wine/hands-off premium Beaujolais movement. Comparable because it produces serious, age-worthy Gamay from Morgon crus (notably Côte du Py, which Château des Jacques also holds) using similar low-intervention philosophies.
• Château de la Chaize: 17th-century Beaujolais château estate with significant vineyard holdings and on-property tourism. Comparable because it operates the same château-branded, terroir-driven production model and offers cellar-door experiences similar to those at Château des Jacques.
• Domaine du Vissoux (Pierre-Marie Chermette): Flagship Fleurie and Moulin-à-Vent producer in Beaujolais. Comparable because it works the same two appellations as Château des Jacques with a comparable emphasis on terroir expression, old-vine parcels, and traditional vinifications in oak and concrete.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

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Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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