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Le
Château de La Chaize est édifié sur les monts du Beaujolais,
entre Mâcon et Villefranche-sur-Saône, à 40 km au nord
de Lyon, au sud de la Bourgogne. Ses 98 hectares de vignes profitent de
la meilleure exposition sud/sud-est sur des côteaux de schistes
granitiques et sont plantés d'un seul tenant dans l'aire de l'
Appellation Brouilly. Ils en font le domaine le
plus important du Beaujolais.
Le
château fut construit en 1676 par Francois de La Chaize d'Aix, frère
du Révérend Père La Chaize, Confesseur du Roi Louis
XIV, d'après les plans de l'architecte Jules-Hardouin Mansart.
Les jardins à la Francaise sont l'oeuvre de Lenôtre.
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The
Castle of Chaize is located on the mounts of the Beaujolais , between
Mâcon and Villefranche-on-Saone, 40 km north of Lyon, in the south of
Burgundy. The 98 hectares vineyard all in the "Brouilly
appellation" area , grows on granitic schists hills facing south-south-east
and is the most important estate in Beaujolais.
The
castle was built into 1676 after the plans of the Versailles architect
Jules -Hardouin Mansart , for François of La Chaize d' Aix, the
younger brother of the Rev Father de La Chaize, Confessor of King Louis
XIV of France . The French Gardens have been designed by Le Nôtre.,
the garden architect of Versailles, have been listed in 1972 together
with the castle and the wine-cellars
as Historical Monuments.
A
very important restoration program was started in 1968, when the present
owner Marquise Roussy de Sales and her husband took over the estate.
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