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Winemaker: Jean-Baptiste Lecaillon
Jean-Baptiste at work
Jean-Baptiste Lecaillon is an Agricultural/Oenology Engineer, as well as the Associate Director of Champagne Louis Roederer.
Jean-Baptiste Lecaillon grew up in Reims surrounded by the world of Champagne, and developed a passion for it at a very young age. He was naturally drawn to agriculture and oenology to study vine growing and oenology at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie of Montpellier, where he obtained a diploma in June 1989. At the same time, he obtained the National Diploma of Oenology.
Lecaillon joined Champagne Louis Roederer in August 1989, at which time he was one of the key people involved in selecting the site for Roederer Estate, the Louis Roederer owned winery in Californias Anderson Valley.
After a year in California, he returned to Champagne to survey Roederer's 1990 harvest. In October of 1990, Lecaillon left for Australia where he followed the development of a subsidiary company of Champagne Louis Roederer until December 1993.
In 1994, Lecaillon returned to Reims where he has an ever-increasing role in the making of the Louis Roederer Champagnes. Simultaneously, he ensures the success and development of the Roederer-owned Bordeaux properties, Château de Pez, Château Haut-Beauséjour and Domaines Ott.