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 […]
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” […]
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 […]
It’s harvest time at the Musset and Chêne-Vieux wineyards! Mechanical harvesting allows us to pick each vineyard at the optimal time, based on the oenological maturity of the grapes, their health status (to prevent rot from humidity), and the weather. For example, last week in Puisseguin, rain risked diluting the must. Oenological maturity takes into account and optimizes all stages of ripeness according to the type of wine we aim to produce.