Négociant and the Place de Bordeaux

Name: Domaine aux Conseillans
Address: 35 Chemin du Limancet, Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, 33880, FR
Telephone: +33619700435
Price range: €€

The standard

A tiered chain of trade makes plain through which stages a wine passes from the estate to the buyer and what role each stage plays.

Criteria

Grower and distribution are separate roles
The courtier brokers, the négociant trades on its own account
A wine reaches the market through several négociants
The allocation to the négociants follows the estate's offer

Distinction

Négociant system ≠ direct sale: there the tiered chain of trade falls away, the estate sells itself. Négociant system ≠ allocation: the Place de Bordeaux is a route of distribution, allocation a rule of assignment.