Fodor's Expert Review Château Cordeillan-Bages

Though the clean-lined, contemporary interior of this 17th-century, stone-faced, wine-producing mansion may not speak to everyone, the vines growing right up to the property, the luxury rooms, the sommelier's dream of a wine cellar (with more than 200 different Champagnes alone), and the celebrated restaurant are definite inducements. The restaurant's talented young chef, Julien Lefebvre, easily makes up for any inconsistencies in what some might call a blandly modern atmosphere, and the château's own cru bourgeois is a wine worth getting to know.