 The estate was set up as a non-trading company (société civile) in 1963, and remains owned by the Duffau-Lagarrosse family.Nicolas Thienpont, director of winemaking at Château Pavie Macquin, is in overall charge of a 2009 effort to raise the estate's potential, assisted by consultant oenologists Michel Rolland and Stéphane Derenoncourt.The vineyard area extends 7 hectares with the grape varieties of 81% Merlot, 16% Cabernet Franc and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon.