Château Tertre Daugay - new owner, new name

Before the takeover by the Domaine Clarence Dillon SAS, the 16-hectare Château Tertre Daugay was managed by Alexandre de Malet-Roquefort. Count Leo Malet de Roquefort, who himself is the owner of Château La Gaffeliere, found a good partner in the French consultant Stéphane Derenoncourt.

The new owner is hoping to complete its wine portfolio by introducing this new name and new marketing. Furthermore, the company reported that they were in charge of all the vineyards around Pessac Leognan, Haut-Brion and La Mission Haut-Brion. It was also said that they came up with this new name by thinking of the Gallo-Romans, who, as the founders of the vineyards of Saint-Emilion, used to call their fifth child "Quintus". Château Quintus is thus paying homage to the glorious predecessors and the wine region.

The now renamed Château Quintus looks back on a very interesting history. Between 1844 and 1848, its wines were among the most popular and also most expensive ones from Saint-Emilion. There was only one time, namely in 2006, that the Grand Grû Classé winery was demoted, but back in 2010 it went right back to the classification of Saint-Emilion, which also happened thanks to  Stéphane Derenoncourt.

The Domaine Clarence Dillon SAS, founded and named in 1935 by the American finance expert Clarence Dillon, has been managed since 2008 by his grand-grandchild Prince Robert de Luxemburg as President. The winery benefits from centuries of experience, particularly by the wine production and the products of  Château Haut-Brion. All the noble wines from all the Dillon wineries are traditionally produced according to the Bordeaux style. (red.yoopress)