Calon-Ségur owner snaps up Pinault Right Bank trio
AFrench insurance group that owns Château Calon-Ségur has acquired three estates on Bordeaux’s Right Bank from Château Latour’s owner, the Pinault familycontrolled Artémis Domaines.
The St-Emilion grand cru classé estate Château Le Prieuré, along with Pomerol’s Château Vray Croix de Gay and Château Siaurac in Lalande-de-Pomerol have been acquired by Suravenir, a spokesperson for Artémis confirmed to Decanter.
Artémis first invested in the properties in 2014. Pénélope Godefroy, formerly of Latour, is technical director across the three estates, with ex-Petrus winemaker Jean-Claude Berrouet
as consultant. Decanter’s Bordeaux correspondent
Jane Anson has praised recent vintages, lauding the ‘lovely depth’ and precision of the Le Prieuré 2019 and the ‘exciting’ Vray Croix de Gay 2018, in particular.
The move significantly expands the Bordeaux presence of Suravenir, a subsidiary of insurance group Crédit Mutuel Arkéa. In 2012, Suravenir bought majority stakes in Châteaux Calon-Ségur and Capbern in St-Estèphe from the Gasqueton family. CalonSégur general manager Vincent Millet, who will manage the newly purchased Right Bank properties, told Yohan Castaing’s Anthocyanes blog that he was ‘very excited’ but was also keen to learn about the terroir from the existing winemaking team.
Alongside first growth Château Latour, Artémis Domaines also includes Eisele Vineyard in Napa Valley, Château-Grillet in the northern Rhône and both Clos du Tart and Domaine d’Eugénie in Burgundy.