Château de Courban is an elegant 19C mansion with a burnt sienna-coloured façade, looking out over its grounds. Preceded by a plush lounge with a crackling fireplace, the restaurant is housed in the property's converted barn, which boasts a beamed ceiling in the regional style, chandeliers and mirrors. In the manner of a skilled craftsman, the chef shapes his raw materials – excellent ingredients – into delicate seasonal dishes, the leitmotif of which is flavour: tomato confit and its three condiments; line-caught cod with sauce bonne femme; Racan pigeon, pigeon-foie gras sausage, cabbage and truffle jus. The meal is rounded off in fine style with pared-back desserts that are low in sugar. The wine list has a particularly good selection of champagnes and Burgundy labels.