The Chateau du Pin is located in the southwestern department of Ardeche, about ten miles west of Aubenas, in the town of Fabras and Thueyts Township.
Couderc noir was discovered in 1886 in the garden of a pastry chef named Contassot from Aubenas in the Ardèche department.
Albert Seibel: Probably the best-known breeder, who developed an immense number of breeding between 1886 and 1936 in Aubenas.
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1966 saw victory at the Omloop "Het Volk"; he won another stage in the Tour de France on his birthday (between Montpellier and Aubenas) and a stage in the Vuelta a España between Madrid and Calatayud.
Born August 15, 1634 in Aubenas, Vivarais (France), this Jesuit priest arrived in New France in 1664 and stayed for eleven years.