During the French Revolution, the Romanée-Conti estate was confiscated and its vineyard sold as national property. Several owners succeeded one another until the Villaine family bought it in 1911. However, in 1942, the vineyard’s revenues shrunk due to the ongoing war. As a result, the Villaine family decided to sell half of their property to a wine merchant who was already engaged in selling the estate’s production, named Henri Leroy. The two families later jointly operated the Romanée-Conti estate, and still do today, with the names of their descendants, Aubert de Villaine and Henri-Frédéric Roch, inscribed on the labels.