Opening hours and tickets
- Tasting room hours
- All year: Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 12:00 and 13:30 to 18:00
- Booking
- Required
Tastings in the old château kitchens are by appointment and cost €8 to €15.
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Château de Chamilly
A classical château in a green valley, cradle of the Bouton de Chamilly family and a wine estate.
- Wine château
- 29 min from Beaune
- Tastings on site, all year
- 17th century
€360for a half-day wine tour plus one hour, from Beaune, up to 4 guests
At a glance
- Commune
- Chamilly · Saône-et-Loire
- Style
- Classical château with medieval tower
- Heritage
- Registered historic monument
- Official website
- chateaudechamilly.com
Getting there
Private driver from Beaune: 29 min by road (27 km), €105 one way for the whole car.
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About the château
The château of Chamilly lies in the narrow valley between Chagny and Aluze, on the northern edge of the Côte Chalonnaise. A horseshoe-shaped medieval tower stands beside a 17th-century classical house. The Desfontaine family, owners since the early 19th century, welcome wine lovers in the old château kitchens.
History
A fortified house surrounded by moats stood here by the end of the 13th century. In 1543 Claudine de Moroges, heiress of the lordship, married Jacques-Nicolas Bouton, whose family had risen in the service of the dukes of Burgundy. The couple founded the Bouton de Chamilly line. In 1644 the lordship was raised to a county to reward their grandson Nicolas Bouton, who had defended the town of Stenay.
Nicolas Bouton probably built the present house before his death in 1662. His son Noël Bouton, the heroic defender of the Dutch town of Grave, became known as the maréchal de Chamilly. In 1776 the estate passed by marriage to the Béthune family, and the last lord of Chamilly died on the scaffold in 1794. The Desfontaine family bought the château at the beginning of the 19th century.
Architecture
The oldest part is a horseshoe-shaped tower, perhaps the lowered remains of the medieval keep, roofed with flat tiles. It flanks a gatehouse joined to the 17th-century main house. The house follows a classical design, with walls that were once rendered and stone quoins framing the windows and corners. A bastioned wall, traces of the old moats and a square dovecote complete the ensemble.
Visiting
Tips for your visit
The château is a private home and is not open for tours. The family wine estate receives visitors for tastings in the former château kitchens, with wines from Mercurey, Montagny, Bouzeron and the Côte Chalonnaise. Tastings are by appointment only, from Monday to Friday. Chamilly is about twenty minutes from Beaune, an easy first stop.
Around here
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Questions
Château de Chamilly is about 29 min from Beaune by road (27 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €105 for the whole car, up to 4 guests.
Did you know? Noël Bouton de Chamilly, a son of the house, is thought by some to be the officer to whom the famous 17th-century Letters of a Portuguese Nun were addressed.
Sources
Château de Chamilly with a private driver
Half-day wine tour plus one hour from Beaune: €360 for the car, up to 4 guests