The Milhau Lacugue estate has been a fascinating cultural crossroads for millenia. Once an ancient Roman estate known as “Villa Emilio,” the property sits on an ancient trading and travelling route which carried pilgrims to the Commanderie de Campagnoles and the Hospitaliers of St. John of Jerusalem (owners of the estate from the 12th to 18th century). Home to a chateau with a view to the Mediterranean and numerous outbuildings the property offered sustenance to medieval pilgrims travelling to Compostela. Acquired in the mid-1900s by the Milhau family, Jean is the winemaker now who also tends the vines of the estate and sells the wines out of his family “cave”.