 Followed by a period of prosperity, such as the 1878 vintage judged outstanding among its peers, there came a decline.With the onset of "phylloxera", Bellot des Ministères also neglected to follow the examples of other estates who combated the disease, and instead of grafting, relied on spraying with copper ammonia solution.After Bellot des Ministères' death in 1906, the estate came to his widow, and then her daughter.