Logis du Maine-Giraud

En un regard

Le château en bref

The Logis du Maine-Giraud, in the commune of Champagne-Vigny (formerly Champagne-de-Blanzac), dates back to the 16th century; its central polygonal tower, which houses a spiral stone staircase, bears the date 1464 engraved inside, and a square tower rises to the west of the logis. Acquired in 1768 by the Marquis de Baraudin, an ancestor of the poet Alfred de Vigny, the estate was discovered by Vigny in 1823, who declared himself “taken with its melancholy and grave appearance”; owner from 1827 to 1863, Vigny actually lived there from 1850 to 1853, restored the estate, improved the land and wrote, in the turret, three poems from his collection Les Destinées. After his death, the estate passed to Louise Lachaud and then to the Philippon family, before being acquired by the Durand family in 1938. The façades and roofs are listed (inscrits) as historic monuments. Still an active wine estate producing cognac and pineau, the domaine offers tours of the manor, of a small museum devoted to Alfred de Vigny and of the distillery.