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The Château de Santenay, now renamed Château Philippe le Hardi, occupies a site with Roman foundations (castrum), established near a spring, which became a medieval fortress on the heights of the village of Santenay (Côte-d'Or). In 1372, Philip the Bold (Philippe le Hardi), Duke of Burgundy and son of King John the Good, took possession of the fief of Santenay and gave it his name; through his ordinance of 1395, he laid the foundations of single-grape-variety cultivation in Burgundy. Wine presses dated 1796 attest to long-standing wine production on the estate, which subsequently passed between several noble families before being acquired by the Crédit Agricole group in 1997. With a remarkable roof of glazed tiles, the château is one of the few Burgundian wine estates to retain genuine castle architecture. In January 2022, the estate officially took back the name 'Château Philippe le Hardi' to reconnect with its historical and territorial roots. The vineyard now covers 98 hectares spread across 35 prestigious climats in the Côte-d'Or and the Côte Chalonnaise.