Château de Rochecolombe

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The Château de Rochecolombe is a wine estate located in the commune of Bourg-Saint-Andéol in Ardèche, whose foundations rest on the remains of an ancient Gallo-Roman villa. The earliest buildings date from the 15th century. In the 17th century, the Pontal family had a residence (logis) built there; it was extensively remodelled and restored in the 19th century in the Directoire style, with a rectangular main building (corps de logis) of two upper storeys and an attic storey, featuring a round-arched pediment and flanked by two pavilions. The estate was acquired in 1925 by the Belgian Herberigs family: the artist Robert Herberigs settled his family there, and after the Second World War his son Gilbert developed a winegrowing business on land previously divided between apricot trees and vines. In 1964, the estate switched from selling its wine in bulk to bottling its own wines. A 15th-century vaulted room now serves as a tasting cellar. The estate, now run by the fourth generation of the family, produces in particular Côtes-du-Rhône and a Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages Saint-Andéol, following an organic winegrowing approach.