Château de la Velle

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Le château en bref

The Château de la Velle in Meursault (Côte-d'Or), also known as the Castel de Villeneuve, is thought to date from the 16th century, although its origins may go back to the 13th century. Having passed through the hands of many lords, it was acquired by Huguenots in the 16th century; at the end of the 18th century, it belonged to Guéret de Villeneuve. The ensemble, arranged around an open courtyard, combines towers, a main residence and outbuildings with rectangular openings and barrel-vaulted carriage gateways, under flat-tile roofs; it retains a bread oven, an exceptionally well-preserved wine press and an original well with a stone pulley. Since 1973, Bernadette and Bertrand Darviot, descended from a line of winegrowers active in Beaune before the Revolution, have run a wine cellar there. The château, its oven, its well and its pulley have been protected as Monuments historiques by decree of 17 February 1989.