--- title: "Château de Puligny-Montrachet: History and Owners" description: "A 17th-century château in walled vines, once the poet Roland Thévenin's, now Artémis Domaines'. Closed for works, seen from outside by private driver." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-puligny-montrachet lang: en updated: 2026-09-29 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/chateaux/chateau-de-puligny-montrachet.png --- # Château de Puligny-Montrachet > Château de Puligny-Montrachet: a 17th-century château with its own walled vines in the white wine village of Puligny. Château de Puligny-Montrachet is in Puligny-Montrachet (Côte-d'Or), 18 min by road (14 km) from Beaune. Private, seen from outside · 17th century, restored in the early 19th · Private driver from Beaune: €80 one way for the whole car, up to 4 guests. The Château de Puligny-Montrachet stands in the village, inside walls that enclose a plot of vines. Built in the 17th century, it has been the seat of an important wine estate for decades. It now belongs to Artémis Domaines, the wine group of the Pinault family. ## Key facts - Type: Wine château - Location: 11 km south-west of Beaune · Côte de Beaune - Coordinates: 46.9471, 4.7557 - 18 min from Beaune - Private, seen from outside - 17th century, restored in the early 19th - Commune: [Puligny-Montrachet · Côte-d'Or](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/puligny-montrachet) - Style: Classical house with outbuildings - From Beaune: ≈ 18 min · 14 km - €290 for a [half-day wine tour](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/half-day) from Beaune, up to 4 guests ## Getting there - [Private driver from Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver): 18 min by road (14 km), €80 one way for the whole car. Coming by train or plane? [Transfers from stations and airports](https://www.cote-privee.com/transfers) Estimates per vehicle for up to 4 guests, tolls included. Your price is confirmed when you book. ## History The château was built in the 17th century, in the heart of the village. Under the First Empire it was restored by its owner, Jean-Baptiste d'Esdouhard, mayor of Beaune and chief administrator of the Côte-d'Or department. From the 1950s, for more than forty years, it belonged to the poet and wine grower Roland Thévenin, who received well-known political, religious and artistic figures at the château. In 2012 Étienne and Alix de Montille bought the château and its estate. More recently the property passed to Artémis Domaines, the wine group of the Pinault family, which gave vineyards of its Beaune house Bouchard Père & Fils in exchange. A new winery for the group's Domaine des Cabottes is now being built in the grounds, planned to be ready for the 2027 harvest. ## Architecture The main house is rectangular, with a raised ground floor over a half-sunken cellar and a hipped slate roof with curved dormers. Stone pilasters and bands frame the plastered walls. On the east front, a stone staircase with two converging flights leads to the entrance, below a balcony. U-shaped outbuildings of bare stone stand around the courtyard. ## Visiting The château is private and building work is under way, so it is not open to visitors. You can see its walls and vines from the streets of Puligny, a village known for its white wines. Stop for a tasting at one of the village's wine estates instead. ## Did you know? The walls of the château enclose not just a garden but a plot of vines, a reminder that in Puligny even the château grounds are vineyard. ## Around Château de Puligny-Montrachet What to combine with Château de Puligny-Montrachet on the same day, nearest first. ### Villages - [Puligny-Montrachet](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/puligny-montrachet) (1 km away): Home of Montrachet and three more grands crus, Puligny makes some of the world's most admired white wines. - [Blagny](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/blagny) (2 km away): A tiny hilltop hamlet between Meursault and Puligny, with a rare red appellation and celebrated white premiers crus. - [Chassagne-Montrachet](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/chassagne-montrachet) (2 km away): Montrachet's southern neighbour, a village of great whites, serious reds and pale stone quarries. ### Châteaux - [Château de Chassagne-Montrachet](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-chassagne-montrachet) (2 km away): Great 14th-century vaulted cellars under a wine château in the heart of Chassagne-Montrachet. - [Château de la Maltroye](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-la-maltroye) (3 km away): An 18th-century family wine house at the top of Chassagne, with a diamond-patterned tile roof. - [Château de Gamay](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-gamay) (3 km away): A medieval fortified house in the hamlet that gave its name to the Gamay grape. ### Things to do - [Olivier Leflaive](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/olivier-leflaive-puligny-montrachet) (1 km away): A Puligny-Montrachet wine house founded in 1984, with sommelier-led tastings on the village square. - [Domaine Bader-Mimeur](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-bader-mimeur-chassagne-montrachet) (2 km away): A family estate that has farmed almost all the historic vines of the Château de Chassagne-Montrachet since 1919. - [Domaine Boyer-Martenot](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-boyer-martenot-meursault) (3 km away): A Meursault family estate since 1917, with a tasting cellar open on weekdays, with or without an appointment. ### Restaurants - [Ed.Em](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/ed-em-chassagne-montrachet) (2 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A starred couple's table in the heart of Montrachet country, with 600 wines to match - [Maison Lameloise](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/maison-lameloise-chagny) (4 km away · 3 MICHELIN stars): Burgundy's only three-star table, in a former coaching inn twenty minutes south of Beaune. - [Auprès du Clocher](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/aupres-du-clocher-pommard) (8 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): Pommard's newly starred table, where the butcher's son cooks beside the church ### Events - **Usually the last weekend of May, Saturday evening and Sunday** · [Montrachet Jazz](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/montrachet-jazz): Jazz and great white Burgundy in Puligny-Montrachet at the end of May. (Music · Puligny-Montrachet) ## Questions about Château de Puligny-Montrachet ### How far is Château de Puligny-Montrachet from Beaune? Château de Puligny-Montrachet is about 18 min from Beaune by road (14 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €80 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. ### Can you visit Château de Puligny-Montrachet? Château de Puligny-Montrachet is private and not open to visitors. You can see it from the road or the village, and your driver can stop there on the way. ### Can a private driver take us to Château de Puligny-Montrachet? Yes. Your driver collects you in Beaune or at your hotel in an electric Polestar 2 (up to 4 guests), waits while you visit and plans the rest of the day with you. The driver speaks English, French, Mandarin Chinese and Arabic. → [Half-day wine tour, €290](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/half-day) ## Book - [Book a driver here](https://www.cote-privee.com/book?service=wine-tour&option=half&place=chateau:puligny): Half-day wine tour from Beaune: €290 for the car, up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - --- Canonical page: