This estate was previously a winemaking property surrounded by vines. It includes the around 700-m² mansion facing east over the grounds. To the left, via a separate entrance, the winemaking buildings stand, including two which are dedicated to equipment storage and, to the north, the almost 1,000-m² wine store. Next to it, the estate keeper’s house overlooks the walled vegetable garden that was previously used to provide food for the estate’s residents and workers. The large circular grounds surround the main residence.

The mansion

This three-storey, rectangular neo-Renaissance inspired edifice was built between 1845 and 1850. The central section is flanked by four octagonal corner towers and boasts features that are characteristic of its construction period, such as ornamented balconies, semi-circular arched windows and the steeply sloped, slate roof with Canadian shingles and tall ornamented dormer windows. The passage of time unveiled certain original ashlar walls, which have been covered with light-coloured rendering. The many arched openings fitted with oak shutters enhance the edifice’s symmetry. The stoop, boasting two flights of stone steps, leads to a vast patio that forms a link between the reception rooms and the landscaped garden.

The ground floor
This reception and hospitality level includes a vast central entrance hall leading to the various rooms. The floor is decorated with a mosaic of tiles, echoing the walls covered with trompe-l’oeil painted marble panels. The ceilings are also hand-painted, as well as the light-coloured wainscotting.
Double-leaf doors opposite the entrance lead to the main lounge and dining room that overlook the patio and the grounds. The main lounge boasts wood stripped flooring arranged in a specific pattern, as is the case in each room. It is decorated with gilded and painted wood-panelling set around the fireplaces and their overmantels. The dining room is brightened by painted upholstery depicting the décor and views of a former property on the French Riviera. There is uniquely patterned wood stripped flooring beneath the hand painted ceiling.
A reading room and a bedroom positioned in the two corner towers to the east, plus the kitchen and an office, located in the two other towers, complete this level.
A stone staircase climbs to the upper floors.
The upstairs
This level includes six bedrooms of comparable size. The four corner towers each house a bedroom with a balcony, alcove and several windows on two of their walls. Each pair of towers are linked by a central room with a washbasin. On the main facade, looking towards the Alps, there are two bedrooms and an office, also boasting balconies. Each room has wood stripped flooring, in rose patterns in the towers and in Herringbone design in the main section. The western side houses the stairwells between the different storeys as well as, in a central position, the billiard room.
The attic
This approximately 300-m² attic level has terracotta tiled flooring and period exposed roof framing. Only a small number of partitions, which are the remains of when this level was occupied by the mansion’s domestic staff, are still present. This attic level can be entirely insulated and converted. It benefits from the construction features specific to the building’s architectural style: arched dormer windows on the facade and double windows in the towers, as on the two levels below. Inside, each corner tower is topped with an impressive roof frame enhanced by the light that streams in through all the openings on this level.
The basement
The mansion stands over stone cellars extending beneath its entire surface. They can be reached from the outside via the north facade and from the inside via a staircase concealed in the kitchen.
Part of the cellars house various storage areas and the forced-air heating system, while the rest beyond the central corridor is devoted to storage and tasting of wine.
Three vaulted cellars one after another are ideal for welcoming family and friends in a warm atmosphere.

The wine store

This construction was initially built for making and storing the estate’s wines. It is rectangular in shape and punctuated by three large double doors on the facade as well as an entrance gate at the rear. The walls boast exposed stonework and the roof is mainly made of half-round tiles. Two large presses have been kept and protected outside, while a third can be found inside.

The basement
The cellar is vaulted with a rammed earth floor and stretches the entire length of the building. It is currently used for storing and ageing the wine, in concrete and fibre glass vats, opposite a row of barrels. At one end, there is a tasting room with a cosier ambiance. The cellars can be reached via a staircase from the vat house on the ground floor and by two entrances from the outside to the north, where there are views of the Chapel in Brouilly and the estate’s original vines. The height from the ground to the vaults’ key stones is 3.50 metres. The adapted humidity level is suitable for wine storage and/or entertaining guests.
The vat
This rectangular volume, which is 55 metres long and 12 metres wide is devoted to making wine and storing it. Its large entrance doors open into a space with a polished concrete floor and a ceiling height of 6.20 metres. The many half-moon shaped openings allow light to filter in, highlighting the massive, thick, exposed beams on the ceiling. On the top floor, after the estate manager’s office, there is a loft stretching along the entire surface of the building. It is currently partitioned to accommodate grape-pickers. Nearby or adjacent, there are lavatories, a first wooden hangar for parking a tractor and a second hangar made of rubble stone used as a workshop for maintaining the winery’s machinery and equipment.