I’m not sure whether French law actually requires every winery to display a map of the appellation it's located in, or if it's just an unspoken rule. Either way, Château Chêne-Vieux is no exception [...]
Jean-François
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We wish you a happy and prosperous New Year 2025! 🥳🎉 May this new year bring you wonderful wine discoveries, moments of sharing, and of course, many delightful times around a glass of wine [...]
As every autumn, in order to guide you in your choices and better appreciate our wines, here are our latest tasting notes of the vintages still available for sale. We are pleased to announce the arrival of our 2022 vintage, particularly promising in the Bordeaux region, which has been awarded two gold medals at the Paris Agricultural General Competition: one for Château de Musset and one for Château Chêne-Vieux.
Great news: our website is now available in English! We hope this will help us stay connected with international enthusiasts of Château de Musset and Château Chêne-Vieux[...]
During the winter, even though the vines are resting, activity at the Château de Musset and Château Chêne-Vieux doesn’t stop. Among other things, we received the barrels we had ordered for this year. We can now age the 2020 vintage harvested last September, as both fermentations (alcoholic and malolactic) are […]
For the Past Few Days, We’ve Started to Notice a Change in the Color of the Berries in the Vineyards of Château de Musset and Château Chêne-Vieux. This Marks the Start of Veraison. Veraison is the moment when the grape berries change color, going from green to red/purple, as seen […]
It’s Hard to Talk About the News Without Mentioning the COVID-19 Pandemic and the measures taken by the government to limit its spread. For us, the “administrative” work is carried out from home, but vineyard work cannot be done remotely. However, everything is in place to ensure that safety protocols […]
As the summer holidays are in full swing, it’s time for us to do our “summer homework.” Among the administrative declarations we regularly need to make, we report our stock to customs every month so they can monitor the excise duties on every bottle of wine sold. Excise duty is […]