CHÂTEAU DE CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET

The Château de Chassagne-Montrachet dates back to the 11th century. This building, modified over the centuries, has been on the same site for almost ten centuries. It belonged to J. de Crux in 1273, to J. de Damas in 1385, to J. Pitois in 1444, to F. de Ferrières in 1474, and to N. de Longeville in 1540. In 1577, the seigneury and château were acquired from the descendants of the de Ferrières family (dukes of Nemours) by the La Boutière family. Originally from the Charolais region, they had lived in Autun before purchasing the land of Chassagne and the Château des Prés in nearby Chagny. In 1600, Jean de La Boutière became the owner, followed by his grandson Charles in 1685, and Jean François de Clermont-Montoison in 1709.
Enterprising and generous, the La Boutière family were "good lords". In 1706, Charles de La Boutière married his only daughter to Jean François Antoine de Clermont-Montoison, who inherited his estate in 1710. The Clermont-Montoison family is the second in the Clermont-Tonnerre family tree, and distinguished themselves at the Battle of Fornoue. The new lord of Chassagne and Chagny developed his Chassagne vineyards, which included a portion of Montrachet, through purchase, consolidation and development. On his father's death, Louis Claude succeeded him in 1741. In 1776, one of his daughters married Charles de La Guiche, who was guillotined in 1794. Château de Chassagne-Montrachet, the building and its estate, comprised 31 ha 25 a of vines in Chassagne (730 ouvrées divided into numerous parcels) in 1749.
The "old château" was rebuilt in the 18th century and renovated in situ in the early 19th century. The sale of national property took place on 2 Brumaire an V (November 2, 1796): the château, its outbuildings and 150 ouvrées of vines (6 ha 42 a). Some of the vines remained in Laguiche after the Revolution, while others have had a different fate. Since then, Château de Chassagne-Montrachet has belonged to Jean-Baptiste Lespagnol and Marie Larcher, to the Dubois family until 1919, then to the Bureau, Dolfini, Aufauvre, Clerget and Commune de Chassagne-Montrachet estates, and finally (1998) to the Picard family.