CHATEAU DU GRAND MOUEYS

Château du Grand Mouëys is situated on the right bank of the Garonne River, in the Entre-deux-Mers area where it has been a wine estate since before the French Revolution. The estate comprises 170 hectares of woods, meadows and gardens of which 80 hectares are set aside to vines. The property lies in calm, well preserved grounds at the end of a half-mile long drive, ideally located for taking long shaded walks on its many paths. The historical origins of the Château are diverse: A Gallo-Roman villa of the first century AD that disappeared after the Visigothic invasion of 407. A medieval legend has it that the Château once belonged to the Templer Knights who hid some fabulous treasure in an underground passage that joined to the abbey of La Sauve Majeure. Subsequently, the Templer Knights would have been burnt alive under royal orders. However, let us put legend aside and return to the history.