Four centuries of France, rebuilt on a California hillside.
Real stone, numbered and carried across the Atlantic.
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THE CHAPEL, CIRCA 1615
A Sanctuary Carried From Dijon
The oldest stones on the estate began their life as the Chapel of the Convent of the Carmelites in Burgundy.
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FROM DIJON TO THE HILLSIDE
The stones crossed the Atlantic and rose again.
The Chapel began as part of the Convent of the Carmelites in Dijon, France, built over several centuries — its earliest stones set in the 16th century, its walls rising through the years of the French Revolution in 1789. When the convent was demolished in 1978, a few of its most historically significant buildings were spared.
Those stones were carefully numbered, crated, and carried across the Atlantic to be reconstructed here on the hillside. The Chapel and Meditation Center officially opened in 2006, and today it holds the estate's quietest hours — private yoga at first light, meditation beneath the arches, the long exhale of a candlelit evening.
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L'ORANGERIE, CIRCA 1710
Four Centuries of Gathered Light
A limestone greenhouse built to shelter orange trees through the cold Burgundian winters.
L'Orangerie came from the same convent in Dijon — a limestone greenhouse near four hundred years old, built circa 1710 to protect orange trees through the cold months of the year. In time it was adapted as a hall for the religious community, a place set aside for gathering and quiet company.
It remains a place of gathering still. Under its old glass and weathered stone, the estate welcomes celebrations, long lunches, and the soft afternoon light that pools across the floor — as it has for four hundred years, and will for years to come.
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THE PARISH HOUSE, CIRCA 1715
The Priest's House, Rebuilt Stone by Stone
A priest's residence from the heart of Burgundy, shipped from France and raised again amid the estate's panoramic vistas.
The Parish House was built circa 1715 in the heart of France's Burgundy country, the priest's residence standing beside its parish church. The Havens shipped the building from France and reconstructed it here, stone by stone, surrounded by the panoramic vistas of the estate.
Reconstruction was completed in June 2018. Step inside today for a glass of Château Cal‑a‑Vie estate wine, and let the Burgundy evening — four centuries and an ocean away — settle quietly around you.
STAY AMONG THE STONES
Walk the Grounds Yourself
Sleep beneath four hundred years of France, and let the estate's history hold your week.