History

The hamlet of La Grange Cochard is a historic and ancient place. The little lane outside the Chateau is a Roman road which thousands of years ago was an important highway from the south up towards Paris. Cargo would be brought up the rivers Rhone and Saone, taken out and brought along our road over the hills to find the north-flowing Loire to proceed towards Paris.

In medieval times this lane formed part of a protected route controlled by the Knights Templar. The Chateau was built on the site of one of the staging posts owned by that order, and so parts of the cellars are significantly older than the present house.

Vines have been grown outside the Chateau for centuries and by the 1930s the vineyard’s wines were gaining nationwide acclaim, and had become regular medal winners at the Paris Concours.