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After 28 years of dispute, the Dutch entrepreneurial Albada-Jelgersma family has now taken sole control of Margaux-Château Giscours. The Tari family is withdrawing completely from the operating company. They had owned the château since the Second World War. In 1995, they sold around two thirds of the land and a majority stake in the operating company to Eric Albada-Jelgersma, who died in 2018. The entrepreneur had built up his fortune with supermarket chains and in food wholesale. According to the French wine trade magazine Vitisphere, the conflict over the direction and urgent investments has intensified again with the expiry of the lease on 31 December 2023.
"La Revue du Vin de France" also reports on more than a hundred court cases between the families since 1995. The Albada-Jelgersma family has now "acquired all of Giscours' assets and therefore all of the estate's land", announced Château Director Alexander van Beek. This means that the long-discussed renovation of the wine estate's cellar can now be realised. The Albada-Jelgersma family had already sold Château du Tertre in 2021, stating that they wanted to concentrate fully on Château Giscours in the future. However, they still own the Tuscan wine estate Caiarossa near Bolgheri, which they acquired in 2004.
The Tari family significantly reduced its involvement in wine in 2022 with the sale of the La Bégude winery in Bandol.
(al / source: vitisphere)