Henry Roch is dead at 56

It’s behind the paywall, but here’s the headline:

https://www.bienpublic.com/cote-d-or/20 … -a-quittes

It’s now been taken down off the site. I wonder if the rumors of his death were premature?

Is this Henry-Frederic Roch … of DRC and Domaine Prieuré-Roch ?

Yes. And it does appear to be true.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10217682352200209&set=a.1744069571177&type=3&eid=ARCkLMkBDtKLD2D7jcvs8o3poT2Vo0VdTTBcvlivmoTTlpgsXQGGGjeNL18Vt0wWj64Bk3gPtGFpfkDL

Very sad !
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I met him twice or 3 times, but only for some minutes, and always dealt further with Aubert de Villaine and Bernard Noblet …

never had any of his wines, though DRC-priced. Always sad when a young person passed early.

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https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2018/11/drc-co-director-henri-frederic-roch-dies/

His mother was Pauline Roch-Leroy, his aunt was Lalou Bize-Leroy, and his own firm was Prieuré-Roch.

As a director of DRC, his signature appeared on the bottles with that of Aubert de Villaine.
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His aunt Lalou has been talking about selling her firm.

And his death leaves an opening for a director at DRC.

I’ll bet Stan Kroenke has been very, very busy for the last several weeks.
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Correct me if I am wrong but there was a rumour of Lalou contemplating a sale and she went through the hassle of registering on here to come and deny this in the strongest possible terms.

That is correct. Here it is: