Contacts: Alan and Sue Johnson-Hill

Château Méaume, Maransin, 33230 France

Tel 05 57 49 41 04

Fax 05 57 69 02 70

Website www.chateaumeaume.com

The Johnson-Hills moved from Hong Kong to buy this property which is situated around half an hour from Saint Emilion.

The property has been well known in France for many centuries and was once the country residence of Louis XIV's bodyguard - the Chevalier de la Croix Maron, whose wine-making family are credited as having invented the process of making cognac brandy.