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04/22/2004 7:47 PM  
Sometimes it is surprising to find out who owns what in Bordeaux. I put together this list based on a number of sources. If you see any errors, or if you know of any more ownership information, please post.

NB: I didn't pay close attention to French spelling, so in most cases I omitted the little accents, etc. Moreover, I only added the appellation (in parentheses) if I had it readily at hand.

Bordeaux ownership list – owners of multiple chateaux and/or major chateaux.

AXA
Pichon Longueville Baron
Cantenac Brown
Pibran (Pauillac)
Franc Mayne (St. Emilion)
Petit Village (Pomerol)
Suduiraut (Sauternes)

Barton family
Langoa Barton
Leoville Barton

Bernard Arnault of LMVH
Cheval Blanc (50%)
D’Yquem

Champagne Ayala
La Lagune

Becot family
Beau-Sejour Becot
Grand Pontet
Gomerie (St-Emilion)

Societe Bernard Taillan
Cos d’Estournel
Gruaud Larose

Borie family
Ducru-Beaucaillou (St. Julien)
Lalande-Borie (St. Julien)
Grand-Puy-Lacoste (Pauillac)
Haut-Batailley (Pauillac)
Ducluzeau (Listrac)

Borie Manoux (company owned by Casteja family)
Batailley (Pauillac)
Beau-Site (St. Estephe)
Haut-Bages-Monpelou (Pauillac)
Trottevieille (St-Emilion)
Domaine de L'Eglise (Pomerol)
Lynch Moussas (Pauillac)
Bergat (St-Emilion)

Hubert Bouteiller
Lanessan
De Ste-Gemme
Lachesnaye
La Providence
(former owners of Pichon Longueville Baron)

Cazes family
Lynch Bages (Pauillac)
Les Ormes de Pez (St. Estephe)
Villa Bel Air (Graves)

Chanel
Canon (St. Emilion Fronsac)
Rauzan-Segla (Margaux)

Lorraine Rustmann-Cordier and Nancy Bignon-Cordier
Talbot (St. Julien)

Cordier Mestrezat et Domaines
Rayne Vigneau
Grand-Puy Ducasse
Meyney
Lamothe Bergeron
Plagnac
Blaignan

Cuvelier family
Leoville Poyferre
Le Crock

Domaine Clarence Dillon (of now-extinct American bank Dillon, Read)
Haut-Brion
La Mission Haut-Brion
La Tour Haut-Brion
Laville Haut-Brion

Delon family
Leoville Las Cases
Potensac (AC Medoc)
Nenin (Pomerol) – shares management with Leoville Las Cases

Dourthe
Maucaillou
Tronquoy-Lalande [possibly only distributed by Dourthe?]

Dourthe-CVBG-Kressmann(no connection to Dourthe family)
Belgrave
De la Tour

Albert Frère
Cheval Blanc (50-50 with Bernard Arnault of LMVH)
Château Rieussec (40% - it is controlled by Domaines Baron de Rothschild)

Garcin-Cathiard family
Smith-Haut-Lafitte
Barde-Haut
Clos L’Eglise
Haut-Bergey

Groupe Jean Louis Laborde
Clinet
La Croix du Casse

Madame May Eliane de Lencquesaing
Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
Bernadotte (Haut Medoc)
[Shared management with Pichon Lalande: Bellegrave (Listrac)].

Lucien Lurton and decendants
Brane Cantenac (Cantenac-Margaux)
Dufort-Vivens (Cantenac-Margaux)
Desmerail (Cantenac-Margaux)
Climens (Barsac)
Bouscaut (Pessac-Leognan)

Andre Lurton and descendants
Bonnet (Entre-Deux-Mers)
La Louviere (Pessac Leognan)
Cruzeau
Couhins-Lurton
Dauzac (Margaux)
Goumin (Bordeaux Superieur)

Pierre Lurton (winemaker at Cheval Blanc)
Marjosse (Entre-Deux-Mers)

Mähler-Besse
Palmer [part-owners]
d'Arche (Haut-Medoc)
Cheval Noir (St-Emilion)
Haut-Graviere (Graves rouge)
La Perle Blanche (Graves blanc)
La Couronne (St. Emilion)
Picard (St. Estephe)

Bernard Magrez
Pape Clement
La Tour Carnet
Fombrauge

Jean Maiilhe
Coufran
Verdignan

Corinne Mentzelopoulos
Chateau Margaux

Francois Mitjaville
Le Terte Roteboeuf
Roc des Cambes

J-P Moueix/Christian Moueix
Petrus
Certan-Giraud (named Hosanna after 1999)
La Dauphine (Fronsac)
Canon de Brem (Canon Fronsac)
Canon-Moueix (Canon Fronsac)
Moulin du Cadet (Saint-Emilion)
Magdelaine (Saint-Emilion)
Lagrange (Pomerol)
La Fleur Pétrus (Pomerol)
Trotanoy (Pomerol)

Properties managed/consulting
Milary (Bordeaux Supérieur)
Canon (Canon Fronsac)
Lafleur (Saint-Emilion)
Fonroque (Saint-Emilion) [owned by Alain Moueix]
Feytit-Clinet (Pomerol)
Lafleur-Gazin (Pomerol)
La Grave à Pomerol
Latour à Pomerol

Comte Stephen von Neipperg
La Mondotte
Canon-La-Gaffeliere
Clos de l’Oratoire
d'Aiguilhe

Catherine Péré-Vergé
Le Gay (Pomerol)

Perse family
Pavie
Pavie Decesse
Monbousquet
Clos L'Eglise (Cotes De Castillon)
St. Colombe (Cotes De Castillon)
(w/ Raynauld: La Fleur De Gay, Quinault L'Enclos, La Croix De Gay)

Francois Pinault (owner of Gucci)
Latour

Quiè family
Rauzan Gassies
Croizet-Bages
Bel-Orme-Tronquoy-de-Lalande

Roederer Champagne
De Pez (St Estephe)
Château Haut-Beauséjour (St Estephe)

Luc Saluces (former owner of D’Yquem)
De Fargues (Sauternes)

Baron Philippe de Rothschild SA
Château Mouton-Rothschild
Clerc Milon
d'Armailhac

Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite)
Lafite Rothschild
Duhart Milon Rothschild
L’Evangile
Rieussec (Sauternes)
Paradis Casseuil (an offshoot of Rieussec)

Baron Edmond de Rothschild/Baron Benjamin de Rothschild
Clarke
Peyre-Lebade (its neighbor)(marketed by the Lafite Rothschilds)
Edmond de Rothschild (kosher wine)

Sichel family
Palmer [with others]
D’Angludet (Margaux)
D’Argandens (Cotes de Bordeaux)

Suntory
Ch Lagrange
(Jointly with GMF: Beycehvelle, Beaumont (Haut Medoc))

Tesseron family
Pontet Canet
Lafon Rochet

Theil-Roggy family
Chateau Poujeaux
Chateau Arnauld

Thienpont family (three separate brothers – don’t know who owns what)
(former owners of Troplong-Mondot)
Vieux-Chateau-Certan
Le Pin
Labegorce-Zede (Margaux)

Villars family
Haut-Bages-Liberal
La Gurgue
Ferriere
Chasse-Spleen
Citran

Thunevin
Valandraud
Clos Badon Thunevin (St-Emilion)
Bel Air Ouy (St-Emilion)
Prieuré-Lescours (St-Emilion)
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04/22/2004 8:11 PM  
Thanks for compiling this, really helpful.
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04/22/2004 8:41 PM  
A very informative list.

At least I don't see "WalMart, Exxon or Microsoft" on that list.
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04/23/2004 2:10 AM  
Thanks, very interesting. Puts things in perspective.
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04/23/2004 6:35 AM  
Seehere for feedback and comments I received in making this list. The version above reflects all those.
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04/23/2004 6:28 PM  
Addition:

Chateau Cantemerle is owned by Mutuelles d'Assurance du Bâtiment et des Travaux Public (Groupe SMABTP), an insurance company. Formerlly it was owned by the Dubos family.
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05/31/2004 5:19 PM  
Pierre Lurton, winemaker at Cheval Blanc, was just appointed winemaker at d'Yquem. Both wines are owned (at least in part) by LMVH.
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