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The vineyard is located in the municipality of Talence in the Pessac-Léognan area of Graves (Bordeaux). Its origins date back to 1540, when the nobleman Louis de Roustain sold the Arrejedhuys vineyard to the wine merchant Arnaud de Lestonnac (1495-1558). Lestonnac was the husband of Marie, the sister of Jean de Pontac (1488-1589), the owner of the neighbouring Château Haut-Brion. The Lestonnac family owned the two Haut-Brion vineyards for a time and later also Château Margaux. Château La Mission Haut-Brion remained in the family until 1664. In that year, Catherine de Mullet transferred it to the Catholic Lazarist order "Mission Saint-Vincent-de-Paul". It was during this period of spiritual ownership that it was given its current name. The president of the order, Père Simon, subsequently helped the estate to flourish.

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