The winery is located at the entrance of Monségur, a fortified town founded in the XIIIth century by Eléonore de Provence, who was married to the king of England and Duke of Aquitaine, Henri III Plantagenêt. The former particularly enjoyed this city where she used to rest after long journeys, and eat and drink to excess the good food and wine produced in the region.
Vineyard: Situated at the Southern end of the Entre-deux-Mers region, the vineyard extends over an undulating area of hillsides and plateaux mainly made of clay and limestone. |
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Equipments : Improvement and technical investments have been constant over the last thirty years. Among the state-of-the-art equipments of the winery, we can mention the temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks, the 3 pneumatic presses, the oak barrels cellar. The cellar reaches a capacity of 150 000 hectoliters. In particular, the winery modernized the winemaking cellar in 2010 with: - The creation of a self-emptying cellar of 10 000 hl to carry out the winemaking of Châteaux ; - The purchase of a pre-fermentation at warm temperature unit with capacity of 30 000 hectoliters, to elaborate modern-type wines. |
FIGURES185 winegrowers 1 400 hectares 70 000 hectoliters of wineLes Vignerons Réunis de Monségur 1 Grand Champ 33580 Le Puy T. 05 56 61 61 85 www.cave-de-monsegur.com |