Château L’IF is owned by Jacques Thienpont, famous for buying Château Le Pin decades ago and turning it into the most celebrated Right Bank cult Bordeaux. L’IF is adjacent to Château Troplong Mondot and makes cuvées that are up to 90% Merlot.
Charles Lachaux is the eponymous label of the young man who relatively recently took over managing and winemaking at the venerable Arnaux-Lachaux (formerly known as Robert Arnaux) in the village of Vosne Romanee in Burgundy.
Chateau Rieussec was originally owned and tended by monks, but it was confiscated during the French Revolution. Today this dessert wine estate is owned by Barons de Rothschild.