Why it matters
The producer
The Quiot family has made wine since Antoine Quiot acquired vine hectares in 1748, founding Domaine du Vieux Lazaret. That long family line now includes several properties, while Florence and Jean-Baptiste Quiot lead the current generation. The result is not a single-estate range: bottles can carry different property names and appellations while remaining part of the same family business.
The family story moves through acquisitions as well as inheritance. Domaine du Vieux Lazaret began with Antoine Quiot’s 1748 vine purchase; Château du Trignon joined much later, in 2006. Between those points, the family portfolio grew to include properties such as Houchart, Duclaux and Verlaque. A bottle from Vignobles Jerome Quiot therefore carries a family name shaped by more than one address, with each property retaining its own name and wine context.
Place and vineyards
Where the wines begin
The family makes wine in two southern French areas, the South Rhône Valley and Provence. Château du Trignon places Gigondas within the Rhône side of the range, while Côtes du Rhône carries a broader regional appellation on its label. That distinction matters when choosing a bottle: the estate name identifies Château du Trignon, whereas the appellation tells where the wine belongs within the Rhône hierarchy.
Château du Trignon is the estate through which the family’s Gigondas wines enter the range. What can be stated securely is the practical consequence on the shelf: Château du Trignon and Gigondas belong together on the label, linking the estate to a particular Rhône wine setting rather than to the family’s whole South Rhône and Provence output.
In the cellar
Vineyards and cellar
At Château du Trignon, the documented cellar includes gravity handling and climate control. Gravity allows wine to move through the cellar without relying solely on pumping, while temperature control gives the team a way to manage fermentation conditions. Those are cellar tools rather than taste promises: their relevance is that Gigondas is made at the estate with a defined working setup, not merely assembled under a family label.
Wines to know
The range in view
The range spans the South Rhône and Provence, with Château du Trignon providing a named Gigondas and Côtes du Rhône reference. Gigondas sits at the estate end of this view: Château du Trignon is named alongside it, giving the wine both a property and an appellation. Côtes du Rhône works differently, using the regional Rhône appellation as its principal frame.
The retained wine material records grape composition, élevage and tasting notes for both the Château du Trignon Gigondas and the Côtes du Rhône. Those details should stay attached to their individual bottlings rather than be stretched across the whole portfolio. It is the useful way to approach a family with several properties: start with the label, then separate the wine’s appellation, estate name and bottle-specific cellar information.
A useful way in
A bottle to begin with
Start with Château du Trignon Gigondas. It joins the family name to a named estate and a specific Rhône appellation, and the documented estate cellar gives the bottle a concrete production setting. Its grape composition, élevage and sensory profile belong to the bottle’s own technical material; that makes it a more focused first encounter than trying to generalise from the family’s wider South Rhône and Provence range.