It is one of Saint-Emilion’s most prestigious chateaus, an estate some value at €400 million and whose ancient vineyards are renowned for producing coveted Premier Grand Crus classés.

Yet Chateau Figeac, a wine domain nestling next to the legendary Cheval Blanc on Bordeaux’s Right Bank, is locked in a bitter family feud.

It is pitting the eldest of four daughters against her mother and two younger siblings over claims she was unfairly deprived of the right to run the estate. 

Battle lines are drawn over whether one of Saint-Emilion’s last independent family-run chateaus was right to change its conservative ways to vie with Bordeaux’s finest estates, or has sold its soul to become a global wine…

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