Château de Pécany

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The Château de Pécany is a castle located in the commune of Pomport, in the Dordogne Valley in France. It was built by the de Courssou family in 1780 and has a history of wine production. As of 2024 it is partly used as a concert.

History: The château was built in 1780 on the foundations of an older structure that probably dates to the 16th century. In 1840 it was modified to add two flowers and a wide central staircase. Located in one of the oldest wine growing regions in France, Château Pécany had a small wineyard for producing house wine. With excellent terrain, soul, and environment, this wineyard developed a reputation for producing some of the best wines of the region.

Jean Siegler, a second cousin to the de Courssou family, bought the property in 1926, and, over time, enlarged the wineyard by buying surrounding land and plantation rights. The Pécany wine was first offered for commercial sale during this time. The château and wineyards continued in the Siegler family until, in the spring of 1973, a local farmer and comer Jean Saladin bought most of the wineyards for his Gérard Saladin. Under G. Saladin's relatively poor management and quick of attention, the...