Henri Plantin (1890 - 1966) acted as a precursor. In 1923, long before the creation of the Châteauneuf-du-Pape Appellation in 1936, he acquired this property isolated from the village and surrounded by woods. A visionary, he set out to group the different plots around the estate and anticipated the exceptional nature of the terroir on the plateau overlooking Mont-Redon, which was then covered with scrubland and groves. A pioneer, he decided to clear this unexploited land and plant vines in the rolled pebbles.