Marcel Guigal - the so-called "pivot" of the Cote-Rotie appellation - is both an owner and negociant and vinifies over 40% of all Cote-Rotie. His father Etienne started out quite modestly in 1946 and over the next decades the company has grown to encompass all that is best in the Rhone Valley. Not only known for the massive hits in Hermitage and Cote-Rotie the Guigal name is synonymous with quality all along the scale from the humble Cotes-du-Rhone to the Big Three - La Landonne La Mouline and La Turque.