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 [...]
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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[...]
What to wish for our vines and wines this year to always delight your palates? The key: favorable weather conditions for a successful 2022 vintage, avoiding climatic accidents such as frost or hail. A mild and sunny spring ☀️This year, we hope that the spring season will bring mild temperatures […]
In spring, the frost that affected much of Europe didn’t spare Château Chêne-Vieux and Musset. It was during the nights of April 7th, 8th, and 13th that our vines were hit by the frost, but estimating the damage right after the freeze is difficult. We had to wait to better […]
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 […]
This year, the harvest started early at the Musset and Chêne-Vieux estates! After placing the harvested berries in the tanks, the alcoholic fermentations also began in our temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks. Alcoholic fermentation is the biochemical process during which yeast transforms the sugar from the grapes into alcohol, releasing carbon […]
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 […]
Deconfinement and Spring Go Hand in Hand with Walks! What About Our Wines? Do They Need to Breathe or Stay Confined? Oxygen plays a crucial role in the aging of red wines. In large quantities, it is dangerous as it causes oxidation of the aromas (resulting in a “rotten apple” […]