Courtier
Bureau Laurent Quancard
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Laurent Quancard, a sworn courtier, brokers the grands crus of Bordeaux, and through Excellence Vin, which he also founded, brings wines from beyond Bordeaux to its market: 40 estates in 8 countries in 2026.
The house
The brokerage opened in Bordeaux on January 1, 2003. In 2014 the house was one of 5 brokers behind an online service that showed the stock of the châteaux in real time, to the châteaux themselves and to the négociants (merchants who buy from the châteaux and sell on). A 2nd office followed in Le Bouscat in 2015, the year Laurent Quancard set up a company of his own, LEJ Evolution, through which he has chaired the firm since February 5, 2025.
Excellence Vin, the other house he founded, is a brokerage that brings great wines from other parts of the world to La Place, the network of négociants through which the great Bordeaux estates sell. Laurent Quancard began approaching great wine families in 2009 to bring their flagship wines to the Place. The first arrived in 2010: Masseto, Solaia and Château de Beaucastel’s Hommage à Jacques Perrin. In 2016 he opened its Bordeaux office with Jérémy Quièvre, his partner and now its general manager. The first Village de la Place, where the estates show the négociants their new vintage before it goes on sale, followed in 2019. In 2026 its list carried 40 estates in 8 countries, 17 of them in Italy.
At a glance
- Kind
- Courtier (wine broker)
- Based in
- Bordeaux
- Founded
- 2003
- Owner
- Laurent Quancard, through his company LEJ Evolution, which has chaired the firm since February 2025
- Direction
- Laurent Quancard, sworn courtier
Sources
- Registers
- SIREN 444 823 645 (Annuaire des Entreprises); LEJ Evolution, SIREN 812 722 817 (Annuaire des Entreprises); BODACC history, SIREN 444 823 645 (Pappers)
- Press
- Excellence Vin; Jane Anson, The shadow men, 2014; Excellence Vin, Notre histoire
Revised October 13, 2026. How I choose sources
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