In 1984 Bruno Prats and Paul Pontallier, well known Agronomists Winemakers from the Bordeaux region, France, began to search in Chile for a high quality Terroir to create an original vineyard. To do this, they partner with a common friend, Felipe de Solminihac, a Chilean Winemaker Agronomist of French origin. In 1990 they acquired 18 hectares in the surroundings of the city of Santiago, at the foot of the Andes Mountains, in the “Quebrada de Macul”, in the historic heart of the Maipo Valley. The first plantations were made with vines of Bordeaux origin, present in Chile since the end of the 19th century. The wine cellar was completed in 1993. In January 2002 Ghislain de Montgolfier, Agronomist of the Champagne Region and an old friend of the founders, became the fourth partner, or as he says, recalling the novel by Alexandre Dumas, the fourth Musketeer.