Domaine de Bachellery
THE DOMAINE OF BACHELLERY IS A VERY OLD ESTATE, LISTED IN THE CITY’S RECORDS SINCE THE MIDDLE AGES. JACQUES DE BACHELIER, THE PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF BÉZIERS, SETTLED WITH HIS FAMILY IN 1548 IN THIS BEAUTIFUL “BASTIDE” OF THE XVTH CENTURY AND GAVE HIS NAME TO THE DOMAINE. LATER, BACHELLERY BECAME THE PROPERTY OF THE POWERFUL PRIORY OF CASSAN.
IT BELONGED TO THE CHURCH UNTIL THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, THEN WAS BOUGHT BY RICH FAMILIES OF THE REGION. THE DOMAINE BUILT UP THE REPUTATION OF ITS WINES THROUGHOUT THE TIMES. AS AN ANECDOTE, IN THE XIXTH CENTURY, THE PROVENÇAL POET FRÉDÉRIC MISTRAL, WHEN HE CAME TO BÉZIERS, USED TO STAY AT BACHELLERY’S AND SPECIALLY APPRECIATED THE TOKAY WINE OF THE DOMAINE. HE WROTE QUITE A NICE POEM PAINTING BACHELLERY’S WINE AS “UN BEAU ET FRINGANT JEUNE HOMME” (A PLEASANT AND DASHING YOUNG MAN)…
