Château La Coste
Vineyard · Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade ·
Art, architecture, wine tasting, and fine dining await
Art, architecture, wine tasting, and fine dining await
"A 200‑hectare haven 20 minutes from Aix‑en‑Provence, this art‑and‑wine sanctuary features architectural works by Frank Gehry, Oscar Niemeyer, Tadao Ando and Jean Nouvel, plus 30 monumental open‑air installations. Twenty‑eight hillside suites—ten with private pools—survey Mont Ventoux, while the estate’s focus on organic whites, reds and rosés is complemented by tasting workshops, an 800‑square‑meter spa and multiple restaurants including the One‑Star Hélène Darroze à Villa La Coste." - The MICHELIN Guide
"A historic Provençal wine estate transformed by Patrick McKillen into a place where art and viticulture are inseparable, it still keeps wine as its underlying focus, producing organic reds, whites, rosés, and a new non-alcoholic cuvée called Nooh. For the new cellars, Jean Nouvel created two massive, bright silver cylinders connected underground where grapes are harvested and bottles stored, emblematic of how the creative work here becomes part of the property’s fabric. Across the grounds, Ai Weiwei’s winding stone pathway links older routes, Alexander Calder’s overwater steel mobile fronts the welcome center and restaurant, and Louise Bourgeois’s spider perches above water beside the glass-and-concrete Tadao Ando–designed art center; after years of commissions and aggregation, the estate opened to the public in 2011." - The MICHELIN Guide
"Between Aix en Provence and the Luberon National Park, Chateau La Coste is a star-studded collaboration. Pritzker-Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel designed the state-of-the-art winery. Celebrated cook-by-fire proselytizer Francis Mallman opened a restaurant there in 2017. Chef Hélène Darroze has one, too. Throughout the estate, you’ll find pieces from artists like Louise Bourgeois and Alexander Calder."
"Villa La Coste, which opened in 2017, feels like a perfect, airy retreat: a hotel of 28 small Bauhaus-style glass-box villas linked by a stone allée and jasmine pergola where I instantly feel at home; our room is filled with art (a Louise Bourgeois lithograph, a Calder collage), a king-size wrought-iron bed, thick-soled slippers, and a terrace with a sun bed that looks past the pool and Sauvignon Blanc and Vermentino vines to distant mountains." - Rachel Donadio Rachel Donadio Rachel Donadio is a Paris-based writer and former European culture correspondent for The New York Times. Her work has been featured in The Atlantic, Vogue, and Travel + Leisure, and she’s made regular appearances on news programs like NPR. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines
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