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Another major French industrialist to move into Bordeaux?

Wednesday 1 March 2006
Hold on for a major announcement any day now about the sale of a top Bordeaux château to one of France’s best-known businessmen.
No, it’s not a first… And it's not totally unexpected.

06 mar: Oh all right then, now that I see that Decanter magazine is not respecting the vendors' desire for discretion while the legal niceties are tied up, I will name the names. The property is of course the super second St Estèphe Ch Montrose whose owners the Charmolües have no obvious successors within the family.
And the French industrialist is Martin Bouygues, very big...
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