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Château de la Resle
Montigny-la-Resle, France · Independent · High Luxury
A round-towered Burgundy manor dated 1650 sat empty from 1945 until Dutchmen Johan Bouman and Pieter Franssens bought it in 2005 and spent a decade as their own master builders. Nine rooms opened in 2010 near Chablis, a Design Hotels house that Michelin gave a Key in 2025.
- 9 rooms
- Opened 2010
- Neighborhood: Chemilly-sur-Yonne
- Rooms from 323 sq ft (30 m²)
- Architect: Patricia Urquiola; Roderick Vos
- Interiors: Patricia Urquiola; Roderick Vos; Campion Platt
About Château de la Resle
- They launched a design label and shop under the château's name, filling bathrooms with Patricia Urquiola fittings.
- Roderick Vos built a one-off open kitchen beside the heated pool; Arik Levy sculpture sits in the park.
- A Venetian artisan cut the spiral stair in the Noyers suite, under beams left from an 1800s roof campaign.
- The Codage spa and table d'hôtes sit on six hectares, 19 kilometers from Chablis and 12 from Auxerre's cathedral.
- Entry-level rooms start at 323 sq ft (30 m²).
History
Château de la Resle stands on a hill near Montigny-la-Resle, within reach of Chablis. The atlas dates the round-towered manor to 1650. Nineteenth-century farm buildings and a caretaker's house joined the seventeenth-century core; a roof restoration in the 1800s left beams later kept in the Noyers suite. Aristocratic owners used it as a holiday house. From 1945 it sat empty.
Dutchmen Johan Bouman and Pieter Franssens bought it in 2005. They spent a decade as their own master builders, opening in 2010 as a Design Hotels house of about nine rooms, a Codage spa, a heated pool, and a table d'hôtes. Patricia Urquiola fitted bathrooms; Roderick Vos built an open kitchen by the pool; Arik Levy sculpture sits in the park. They launched a design label from the overflow of Dutch pieces.
MICHELIN awarded One Key in 2025. The stay is a Burgundy manor that two Dutch owners put back to work, not a château invented for a brand.
The setting
12 km from Cathédrale Saint-Étienne d'Auxerre. 19 km from Chablis.
Restaurants and bars
- La Table de la Resle — Restaurant
Experiences
- La Table de la Resle restaurant — Cuisine built on locally farmed products, evolving with the region and its seasons.
- Wellness & Spa — Spa treatments, heated pool, sauna, steam bath and hammam in a haven of peace in nature.
- Scenic drive in a Morgan with Bourgogne Aventure — Autumn drive through Burgundy vineyards in a Morgan car, arranged with partner Bourgogne Aventure.
- Wine and vineyard exploration — Close to the Chablis vineyards, with villages, vineyards and hidden corners of the Yonne to explore.
Amenities
- Spa
- Pool
- Sauna
- Steam room
- Fitness center
Awards
- MICHELIN One Key (2026)
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