Château Quintus: Henri Greloud
On October 11th 1846 Paul Romain had married Marie Eliza Bourricaud (born 1829), and although not noted in the 1850 edition this was certainly recognised in the 1868 Cocks et Féret, this section of the vineyard recorded as being in the hands of the Bourricaud and Chaperon families. Marie’s father was Jean Bourricaud, a négociant, so the family may well have played an active role in the running of the vineyard.
By 1868 the two sides of the family, Paul Romain Joseph Chaperon on one hand and Mrs Bourricaud, as she is referred to, on the other, are still cited as proprietors, although it is noteworthy that production has dropped from an impressive 18 tonneaux (the equivalent of 72 modern-day barriques) to between 10 and 12 tonneaux per annum. This is almost certainly because they have sold some of the vineyard, as there is now a third proprietor (alongside the Alezais and Chaperon families) also listed. This is Henri Greloud, whose story I will explore later further down the page (I did warn you this was complicated).
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