Construction of the tower 1770-1780 (≈ 1775)
Expansion before the Revolution with a rectangular tower.
avant 1789
Expansion of the domain
Expansion of the domain avant 1789 (≈ 1789)
Extension of the gentilhommière by Pellier de Vinsas.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Key figures
Pellier de Vinsas - Owner and enlarger
Enlarged the estate and built the tower.
Eudoxie de Lespinasse - Inheritance
Transmitted the castle by family inheritance.
Origin and history
The Château de Vinsas is a village in Bourg-Saint-Andéol, in Ardèche, inherited by women over the generations. This wine estate was expanded by Pellier de Vinsas, who planted vineyards there and returned to France to claim his property, contested by his wife's cousins, Eudoxie de Lespinasse. The property came from this family heritage.
Before the French Revolution, the gentilhommière was enlarged, and a rectangular tower was built between 1770 and 1780. The present castle rests on the foundations and cellars of a former Ursulines convent, bearing witness to an earlier religious occupation. The main three-storey rectangular building is flanked by this iconic tower.
The estate remains today a place linked to viticulture, perpetuating an agricultural and winemaking tradition initiated in the eighteenth century. Its history combines family heritage, property conflicts and architectural transformation, reflecting the social and economic dynamics of the pre-revolutionary Ardèche.
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