Steel industrialist Sergio Manetti purchased Montevertine in 1967 as a vacation home in the Chianti Hills. He restored the house, build a cellar and planted two hectares of vines to produce wines for friends and clients. When Manetti produced the first vintage in 1971, he decided to send a few bottles to Vinitaly in Verona. Montevertine only produces wines from the original Chianti varieties, including Sangiovese, Canaiolo and Colorino. Le Pergole Torte is a 100% Sangiovese, first produced in 1977 from grapes of the eldest vineyards planted between 1968 and 1999. Since 1982, the labels are portraits of women painted by Italian artist Alberto Manfredi. Sergio’s son Martino took charge of the winery in 2000.

The estate received its name in 1141 when the Bernardine nuns of the Abbey Notre Dame de Tart procured the vineyard. Before that, at the beginning of the 12^th century, it was known as Climat de la Forge, In 1791, the prominent Marey-Monge family acquired the property. At that time they possessed the entire Romanée-Saint-Vivant appellation. The family auctioned Clos de Tart in 1932 and Mâconnais wine merchant Henri Mommessin purchased it for the asking price. In 2018, the Pinault family, owners of Domaine d’Eugenie in Vosne-Romanée and Château Latour in Pauillac, took over and began renovations in 2019 to maintain the property’s architectural heritage. Clos de Tart produces three wines. The Clos de Tart Grand Cru, La Forge de Clos de Tart and a Morey-Saint-Denis village, which was introduced with the 2018 vintage.

The history of Château-Grillet dates all the way back to the 3^rd century, when its vineyards were planted by Roman emperor Probus. During the 17^th century the actual château was built and expanded by its successive proprietors. Testimony of its already grand reputation at the time, derives from Thomas Jefferson’s visit of the estate in 1787. Nearly 300 bottles were found in the cellar of Château de Malmaison, habitat of  Empress Joséphine de Beauharnais, first wife of Napoleon I. King George IV of England favored Château Grillet as James Christie acquired bottles on his behalf in 1829. The Neyret-Gachet family owned the estate from 1827 until 2011. Due to the efforts of Henri Gachet, Château-Grillet received AOC status in 1936 as one of the first and smallest. It is also a monopoly. The Pinault family purchased Château-Grillet in June 2011 and became part of the Artémis Domaines label, which also includes Domaine d’Eugenie, Clos de Tart, Eisele Vineyard in Napa Valley,  Château Latour and three other Bordeaux estates.

Besides the grand vin Château-Grillet, a Côtes-du-Rhône cuvée was introduced in 2011, Also a viognier monocépage, the grapes are harvested from vineyards not yet worthy of the highest quality. In 2017, another viognier was introduced as the Condrieu ‘La Carthery’. Named after its location, it is regarded as the second wine of the three, vinified like the grand vin yet matured for a shorter time.

The Rougier family has owned Château Simone since 1830. Now a château, it was once the old bastide of the Grands Carmes d’Aix monks, who dug out the cellars in the 16^th century. Situated in the Meyreuil commune near Aix-en-Provence, Jean Rougier applied for AOC status and the Palette terroir received this in 1948. The main grape varieties include Clairette, Grenache blanc and Bourboulenc for whites and Grenache, Mourvèdre and Cinsault for red and rosé wines. The estate’s second wine, Grand Carmes, is labeled as Bouches-du-Rhône.