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Château de Gevrey-Chambertin

Cluniac medieval castle in Burgundy, France

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The Château de Gevrey-Chambertin is a castle located in Burgundy, 12 km from Dijon and 30 km from Beaune. Both, the castle and 5 acres (2.0 ha) of associated vineyard land, were purchased in 2012 by a businessman named Louis Ng of Macao, for the price of $10 million ($13.3 million in 2023 dollars).

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Donation to Cluny (1015)

1015

Donation to Cluny (1019)

1019

Major rebuilding by Cluniac abbots

1257–1275

Sale as national estate

1791

Masson family ownership begins

1858

Purchase by Louis Ng

2012

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Vineyards
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France

Coordinates

47.23° N, 4.97° E