The Vault · Nº 0142 · Inducted MMXXII

Étienne
Marchand

Old-World Mineralist

Bordeaux · Saint-ÉmilionMember since MMXXIILevel 14
Founding CircleCôte d'Or InitiateBlind 92%
S
Sommelier
Ascension6,420 XP
Initiate
Apprentice
Connoisseur
Sommelier
Maestro

Identity portrait

"In vino, candor."

Member Crest

ÉM

Old-World Mineralist

Nº 0142 · Inducted MMXXII

Your Sommelier

Léo Bertrand

The European Master Sommelier

Present

"Begin with the soil, end with the silence between sips."

A note for you, Étienne

Your Tuscany Reserve tasting begins tonight.

What I remember

BrunelloCôte d'Or PinotSaint-ÉmilionDrawn to Tuscanyvolcanic-soil redsSommelier · Level 14Joined MMXXII

Passport stamps

Regions, sealed in wax.

6 of 10 stamps earned. Each pressed at a vineyard, an estate dinner, or a sealed blind flight.

VISITED
B
Burgundy
MMXXV · '23
VISITED
Bx
Bordeaux
MMXXV · '22
VISITED
T
Tuscany
MMXXV · '23
VISITED
M
Mosel
MMXXV · '22
VISITED
R
Rioja
MMXXV · '23
VISITED
N
Napa Valley
MMXXV · '24
VISITED
Bo
Barolo
sealed
VISITED
Ch
Champagne
sealed
VISITED
Mz
Mendoza
sealed
VISITED
D
Douro
sealed

Palate profile

Your taste, charted.

A living instrument — calibrated by every pour, blind flight, and vineyard journey you complete.

Flavor radar

MineralityTanninAcidityBodyOakFruit
92
Minerality
74
Tannin
86
Acidity
62
Body
48
Oak
70
Fruit

AI palate intelligence

Your palate gravitates toward cool-climate elegance — wines built on tension rather than weight. Burgundy and Mosel anchor your axis, with a growing affinity for Loire Cabernet Franc and high-altitude Nebbiolo.

Favoured varietals

  • Pinot Noir28%
  • Riesling22%
  • Nebbiolo18%
  • Cabernet Franc14%
  • Chenin Blanc10%

Palate evolution

MMXXII
Bordeaux primaries

Classified growths, oak-led structure.

MMXXIII
Burgundy unfolds

Pinot Noir takes the centre — village to 1er.

MMXXIV
Mineral turn

Mosel, Chablis, high-altitude Nebbiolo.

MMXXV
Loire & Jura

Cabernet Franc, Savagnin, oxidative whites.

The collection

The cellar, lit.

A collector's archive — wines tasted, owned, reserved and longed for. Estimated value held privately.

In cellar
58
Tasted
214
Wishlist
37
Estimated value
€18,420
Marquis2019
In cellar
95
Score
Burgundy

Marquis d'Angerville

Volnay 1er Cru · 2019

Drink by 2032380
Joh.2020
Tasted
96
Score
Mosel

Joh. Jos. Prüm

Wehlener Sonnenuhr GG · 2020

Drink by 2045220
Castello2016
In cellar
94
Score
Tuscany

Castello di Voltaia

Brunello di Montalcino · 2016

Drink by 2038290
Domaine2020
Reserved
99
Score
Burgundy

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti

Échezeaux Grand Cru · 2020

Drink by 20554,800
Château2015
In cellar
96
Score
Bordeaux

Château Margaux

Pavillon Rouge · 2015

Drink by 2040480
Coche-Dury2021
Wishlist
95
Score
Burgundy

Coche-Dury

Bourgogne Blanc · 2021

950

Experience journal

The chapters, in order.

Vineyard mornings, estate dinners, yacht tastings — the editorial archive of your year in wine.

Vineyard journey

11 · IV · MMXXIV · Burgundy

First light at Clos de Vougeot

We crossed the wall at dawn. The vines silvered, the limestone breathed, and Henri poured a Volnay still cold from the cellar. The kind of pour you do not forget.

Yacht experience

27 · II · MMXXIV · Côte d'Azur

Yacht tasting · Cap d'Antibes

Six grower Champagnes against the Mediterranean dusk. Ulysse Collin held the table for an hour.

Estate dinner

08 · I · MMXXIV · Mosel

Slate, peach, and silence at Prüm

Manfred opened a vertical that closed with the '76. The room did not speak for a long time.

Estate stay

14 · XI · MMXXIII · Tuscany

Brunello at Castello di Voltaia

Sun-warmed stone, wild cherry, and a private tower dinner above the cypress line.

Compose a chapter

Add a memory — a pour worth keeping.

Upload imagery or short film, tag the region and the bottle, and a sommelier will help you shape the entry into the editorial archive.

The circle

Members in your orbit.

A curated society — palate matches, collector circles and tasting invitations from those whose cellars resonate with your own.

Adélaïde Laurent
Champagne Purist
Reims
94
match
Palate compatibilityInvite
Rafael Moretti
Piedmont Traditionalist
Alba
91
match
Palate compatibilityInvite
Sayuri Hoshino
Mosel Mineralist
Tokyo · Trier
88
match
Palate compatibilityInvite
Julian Carrère
Loire Cabernet Franc
Saumur
86
match
Palate compatibilityInvite

Collector circles

  • The Côte d'Or Circle
    24 members · Quarterly Burgundy verticals
  • Salon des Mineralists
    18 members · Riesling & Chenin gatherings
  • Reserva Iberica
    31 members · Tempranillo & Mencía dinners

Honours & rankings

Earned, in measured pours.

A standing record — accuracy, allocations honoured, and the cards pressed into your archive.

Global ranking
#142
of 4,820 members
Blind accuracy
92%
12-flight rolling avg.
Tastings hosted
11
Salon · Bordeaux
Stamps collected
14 / 36
regions stamped
B

Côte d'Or Initiate

Prestige

Stamped seven Burgundy villages within a single season.

Earned·2024

Blind Marksman

Legendary

92% varietal accuracy across twelve consecutive blind flights.

Earned·2024
C

Cellar Architect

Rare

Curated a 50-bottle cellar with balanced drinking windows.

Earned·2023
I

Founding Circle

Legendary

Inducted within the first hundred members of the Reserve.

Earned·2022
·

Aviator's Pour

Complete a helicopter vineyard circuit at Grand Reserve tier.

Locked
·

Maestro's Verdict

Reach Maestro rank — 12,000 XP of curated study.

Locked

Member status

The progression, in four tiers.

Each tier opens a deeper room of the society. You are presently a Collector — Grand Reserve sits one ascent away.

01

Explorer

Open atelier

The doorway. Palate study, regional atlases, monthly salons.

  • Palate intelligence
  • Region atlas
  • Monthly salons
02Current tier

Collector

By invitation

Cellar architecture, allocations, hosted blind flights.

  • Allocation queue
  • Cellar valuation
  • Hosted blind flights
03Next ascent

Grand Reserve

Curated

Estate keys, helicopter circuits, sommelier on call.

  • Estate keys
  • Helicopter circuits
  • Sommelier on call
04 Unlisted

Black Reserve

Unlisted

The unlisted circle. Founder allocations, bespoke itineraries.

  • Founder allocations
  • Yacht tastings
  • Direct line to cellar master
By referral only

A vault grows quietly

Every pour, a page. Every region, a stamp.
Your identity, kept under glass.