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Château de La Peyrade was built at the end of the 18th century, on the banks of the Etang des Eaux Blanches, opposite the Ile de Sete.
Owned by Monsieur RATIE, then Mayor of the town, the estate became a Viscounty when its owner was ennobled by Louis XVIII.
With this gesture, the latter wanted to thank the man who had facilitated the Duke of Angouleme's departure for Spain when Napoleon returned to France from Elba. The grounds of Château de la Peyrade lie on a slight promontory between the sea and the Etang de Thau. On summer mornings, this vineyard is bathed in permanent humidity, which is beneficial to the ripening of the grapes. On a very specific subsoil that is limited to this coastal fringe, the vines plunge their roots into this lacustrine limestone known as Frontignan limestone, which is twenty metres thick in places in this sector. The estate is made up of 24 hectares planted with Muscat petits grains, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Vermentino and Grenache Gris grapes, which go to make up a highly varied range of sweet and dry wines, a rosé and a red, the quality of which is recognised and appreciated both in France and abroad.
 
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