Agnès Henry-Hocquard

Agnès Henry-Hocquard (Agnes Henry) is a French vigneron working as a winemaker in Bandol, France who runs the Domaine de la Tour du Bon and is known as a groundbreaking female winemaker.^[1][2][3][4]

Agnès Henry-Hocquard
Born	Agnès Henry 1962 (age 62–63) Paris, France
Occupation	Winemaker
Known for	Domaine de la Tour du Bon

Biography

Henry-Hocquard's family is from Paris, and they vacationed in the Bandol region when she as a child.^[5] Her parents, the Hocquards, purchased Domaine de la Tour du Bon in 1968, where they took over the winemaking operation.^[6] Henry studied agribusiness in college and worked in the dairy business until 1989, when her parent asked her to take over the winemaking operations at the Domaine.^[6][2]

Domaine de la Tour du Bon

Domaine de la Tour du Bon is located atop a limestone hill in Le Brûlat du Castellet, in the northwest of the A.O.C. Bandol.^[7] The land is situated at an altitude of 150m above sea-level, a high point where maritime breezes cool the hot dry climate.^[5]

The Hocquard family began operating the domaine in 1968, but it had been continuously producing wine since 1925 under prior ownership.^[8] They spent two years planting new vines to increase production.^[9]

Upon taking over the Domaine in 1989, Henry worked with Thierry Puzelat, who served as lead winemaker.^[10] Then in 2007, she took over the winemaking operation on her own.^[2]

Each year, Henry produces 3,750 cases of wine from 30 acres of vines.^[11] Her yield consists mostly of rose wine that is illustrative of the Bandol terroir.^[1][7]