644 route Lars-Urban-Petersson, lieu-dit Le Vigier, 24240 Monestier
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Modern Cuisine
One MICHELIN Star : High quality cooking, worth a stop!
Using top quality ingredients, dishes with distinct flavours are carefully prepared to a consistently high standard.
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Modern Cuisine
Air conditioning
Garden or park
Car park
Wheelchair access
Outside dining available
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Description
On the crossroads between Dordogne, Gironde and Lot-et-Garonne, the Vigiers Castle is a splendid 16C Périgord edifice, set in grounds that are home to a vineyard and a well-known golf course. This several hundred-year-old castle houses a restaurant whose walls are appointed with frescoes dating from the Renaissance period. Virtuoso chef Didier Casaguana paints from a palette rich in flavours and aromas, directly inspired by the region. This Toulouse boy, who admits to an overriding passion for nature and small producers, also works with noble produce from the land of abundance that is southwest France, which he crafts into surprise menus: tartare of oysters with Prunier caviar, pigeon with chicory and hazelnut and a dessert that revolves around strawberries and tarragon sorbet…