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Le château en bref
Château Rivalan, at Le Pout (Gironde), overlooks the Gestas valley north of the church, in the heart of the Entre-deux-Mers. A modest noble house of the d'Angel family, attested at least since 1676 (Étienne d'Angel, seigneur du Pout), it remained in that family until 1792, when it passed to the Rivalan family, whose name it took, and then to M. Béchade. M. Rataboul transformed it into a modern château with an inner courtyard, pavilions and an Italianate double staircase descending towards the gardens. A tradition holds that the Maréchal de La Meilleraye stayed here during the campaigns against the Parlement de Guyenne in the mid-17th century. The estate is a wine-producing property.