All three scions – Anne, Michel and Bernard – run thriving domaines today. There are plenty of winemaker families that have managed the succession process well, particularly where the domaine is large enough for all of the children to get a viable share.Ī good example is the Gros family, whose holdings have repeatedly been divided since the family first arrived in Vosne in 1830. But I’m building up bank deposits so the domaine can stay intact.’ Rousseau agrees: ‘To survive, you need a treasury to buy back land from the family.’ ‘We’re lucky,’ says Grivot, ‘because my father was an only son and his sister had no children.
