Château Maucoil (pronounced “moh-kwahl”) in Châteauneuf-du-Pape has a longer history than most estates we represent. It served as a base for Roman legions who were attracted by the spring that runs through the property and by the proximity of the Via Agrippa; it was the home of Joseph de la Pise, archivist to the Dutch royal family; and from the 17th century onwards it was owned by a succession of winegrowing families. The Arnaud family, who already owned vines in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, decided to purchase the estate in 1995 and devoted a great deal of energy and passion to Château Maucoil.

The 45-hectare estate has old vines (the youngest are merely 40 years old; the oldest date back to 1895!), which grow on the appellation’s four soil types: pebbles, clay-sandstone, Urgonian limestone and, more unusually, sand. Unlike vineyards littered with the famous pebbles of the area, the fine, sandy soil doesn’t retain and transfer heat during the night, resulting in slower ripening and giving wines with more finesse.

Bénédicte, the Arnauds’ youngest daughter, and her husband, Charles Bonnet, took up the torch in 2009, with a strong desire to secure the future of the estate and to manage it in an environmentally responsible manner. They began the process of converting to organic viticulture in 2011, becoming fully certified in 2014. Along the way, in 2013, they partnered with Frédéric and Benoît Lavau and the four ran the estate together. In 2022, the Duseigneaur estate, a specialist in biodynamics, took over management of the Château.

Maucoil is one of the few Châteauneuf-du-Pape estates that has conserved all thirteen of this famous appellation's original grape varieties, and grapes must pass through three rigorous stages of manual sorting before being deemed of high enough quality to be made into wine. The result being that the grapes that make it into the vats are perfect, which is reflected in the wines.

From the 2025 vintage, Pierre Vincent, a key figure in the great wines of Burgundy, will support Château Maucoil as a consultant in the creation of its wines, with the aim of revealing the richness and unique identity of its terroirs. Pierre has devoted nearly twenty years to some of Burgundy's most prestigious estates, and was awarded the title of Best Red Winemaker at the International Wine Challenge in London in 2010 and 2014.