Château Quintus: Léon Galhaud
It was Léon Galhaud who eventually brought together all the sections of the vineyard to form a single Tertre-Daugay estate. In 1932 Galhaud had purchased the Alezais vines, which may also have included all or some of the Chaperon-Bourricaud vines, from Hubert Gouteyron. The price was just 170,000 francs. At around the same time Galhaud also purchased the Giovetti vines. As a consequence, under Galhaud, the modern-day Château Tertre-Daugay and therefore the forerunner of Château Quintus was born.
The property remained in the hands of the Galhaud family for several decades; it was listed as a grand cru classé in the 1955 St Emilion classification, and it remained so until a demotion in 2006, although as that classification was then annulled in the legal mish-mash that followed the estate remained a grand cru classé. Nevertheless, things seems to have declined during the Galhaud family’s tenure. In 1962 the proprietor of Château Fonplégade, Jean-Marie Moueix, acquired a few parcels that were intermingled with the Fonplégade vines. Those that remained with the estate were in the hands of Léon’s son, Jean-Jacques Galhaud, and they stayed with him until 1978 when the estate, rich in old vines but with near-derelict facilities, was purchased at auction by Comte Léo de Malet Roquefort, the proprietor of Château La Gaffelière.
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