This typical house features a stepped cellar entrance. These steps provide access to two beautiful twin vaulted cellars, which occupy the entire slope transversely beneath the house (private cellars that cannot be visited). Behind this house, in a barn in the rue de la Goubaud, was once the Bishop's wine press. This press was used by all on payment of a fee. The extracted juice was transported in barrels, on horseback and under armed escort, to the cellars of Langres. This press is now on display in the Champlitte museum.
In the southern foothills of the Langres Plateau, facing Burgundy, Montsaugeon has always been a land of vineyards. In the Middle Ages, the Bishop of Langres rented out a large part of the vineyards to the burghers of Langres. Working the vines was a respected local tradition. During the many sieges of the town, truces were called between the belligerents to allow the grapes to be harvested. A local peculiarity, the vineyards of the Montsaugeonnais used to be mainly on the plains. The winegrowers' houses were located immediately below the village on the slope.
Not open to the public: this private site can only be viewed from the outside.
Maison vigneronne de Montsaugeon
