(decanter) - The European Court has awarded €2.75m in damages to the plaintiff in the long-running dispute over a St Emilion chateau. The plaintiff, Christian Pascaud, will be paid the money by the French government, which had earlier dismissed his rights to the estate due to a technicality over his illegitimacy. The dispute centred on Chateau Badette, an 8ha Saint Emilion Grand Cru in the commune of Saint Christophe de Bardes.