In 1793, following the French Revolution, Romanée-Conti was seized from the last Prince of Conti by the state; and it was auctioned off in 1794, simultaneously with La Tâche. Romanée-Conti ended up being purchased by Nicolas Defer de la Nouerre, who then sold it to Julien Ouvrard, in 1819, for 78,000 francs. In 1869, it was sold for the final time, when it was purchased by Jacques-Marie Duvault-Blochet, the ancestor of the de Villaines (including Aubert de Villaine), one of two families who still own the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti.