The Bordeaux Grand Crus Specialist

Without a good team and a good product, a company is simply worth nothing.
We live by the word at H.M.S. (Haut Médoc Sélection)!
Our company - a prominent Bordeaux Grands Crus Négociant - prises itself for offering
tailor-made, dedicated and personalized solutions, both to the Chateaux, from which we
buy and to our customers, which import wine in more than 25 countries. Our mission is
simple: share with you our Bordeaux Great Wines common passion!

Philippe Tapie, Chairman
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Haut-Médoc Sélection

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Who are we?

- Bordeaux Wine Merchant company founded in 2002 by Philippe Tapie
- Born of a Châteaux owner family
- First generation of the family to be a Bordeaux Wine Merchant
- A team of 6 persons

- A human scaled and responsive company
- A team that wants to build a long-term partnership with its suppliers as well as its customers.

Where are we?

- In the "dutch houses", on the "Quai des Chartrons"
- A unique construction from the XVIIth century
- Historical center of the Bordeaux wine business

Key figures

- 90% of export sales
- 60% of our purchases takes place in primeur
- More thans 8 000 cases in allocation
Ethics & Know-how

« We consider the Bordeaux Wine Merchant rule as a way to promote our partners – from source to end-user – to create a certain synergy between the different actors of the market. »

Vineyard estate

- Ambassador of the brands abroad
- Close partnership with every Grand Cru classé
- Tailored market-based approaches

Customers

- Special commercial offers for each client
(brand, quality and price range)
- Long term relationships
- Clients carefully chosen
(reliability , quality of their distribution network)
- Transparency
(origins and wine storage)
Our Job

HMS commits itself on following a qualitative approach, wether it be in buying or selling, punctiliously observing the functioning rules of the Bordeaux wine system.

Primeurs

- Historical activity of the company
- Significant Allocations in more than 60 Grands Crus classés
- Constant seeking of commercial outlets

Deliverable back vintages

- Come from our stock
- Personnal offers to each client
- Regular bringing to market of our stock

Storage

- Personal storage in a renowned warehousekeeper from Bordeaux
- Regulated temperature and humidity
- Safe place

The Bordeaux Grand Crus Specialist

Who are we?

Where are we?

Key figures

Ethics & Know-how

Vineyard estate

Customers

Our Job

Primeurs

Deliverable back vintages

Storage