Chateau Mansenoble

Cantina e Vini

THE CHATEAU AND CELLARS

built in 1881 by wine-makers - Huc family who known at Moux from the early 17th century.

THE TERROIR

placed at the foot of mountain Alaric with clay-chalk slopes lightened by alluvial gravels from Quaternary period. Its North exposition between dry Mediterranean climate and damper Atlantic air provides longer ripening period which is essential for the finesse and aromatic complexity.

THE VINEYARDS

6,5HA of 30 years old Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot that do not form Corbières AOP allows to produce “Domaine” IGP wines.

16,5HA of 30-60 years old Carignan, Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre form the backbone of Corbières AOP wines.

All of them are only manual cut and picked up. Mansenoble avoids even small fertilizing considering that natural life of the grapes gives complexity to the wine.

THE WINE-MAKING

with picking up at optimal ripeness, lengthy traditional fermentation, manual “pigeage” allows extracting finest constituents of grapes. Slow maceration gives character and structure to the wines.

THE WINES

2 AOP and 1 IGP produced at yearly and 1 AOP produced once in 5-6 years only with the great harvests. They very soft, long tasting, well balanced and have a very long life in the bottle.  Mansenoble has IGP and AOP wines beginning from 1993 that are very tasty and highly requested till today.