Château La Louvière

The origins of the estate date back to 1398 when the land was owned by the Guilloche family. The first grapevines were planted there as early as 1476. Between 1510 and 1550, Pierre and Jean de Guilloche acquired additional plots. In 1618, the family's heiress, Lady Roquetaillade, sold the estate to Arnaud de Gascq, the abbot of Saint-Ferme Abbey, who donated it two years later to the Carthusian Order of Notre Dame de Miséricorde in Bordeaux. The monks restored the property and produced red and white wines in the early 17th century, which were exported as far as England and Flanders. Following the French Revolution, church property was confiscated in 1789 and auctioned off in 1791 to the wine merchant Jean-Baptiste Mareilhac. Mareilhac had the current modern château building constructed, designed by François Lhôte, and it has been a listed historical monument since 1991.