Chateau Croix Mouton 2020

2020 is a warm vintage, with high spirits balanced by the freshness and fruit of the first juices. The harvest proved to be early, with grapes picked from 10 to 19 September and then from 23 to 25 September. The macerations were shorter than usual in order to keep the freshness, the fruit we had in the grapes, and to give great flexibility to our wines. The gentle extractions revealed a deep color accompanied by silky and precise tannins

The history of the Château Croix Mouton dates back to the Gallo-Roman era, as evidenced by the remains of a very old viticultural past. Château Croix-Mouton is located along the many meanders of the Dordogne, in the city of Lugon. The architecture of the current premises and the presence of a very large fireplace dating from Louis XIV prove the importance of succession in the seventeenth century. Château Croix-Mouton is listed in the Guide Féret in 1881, like all major Bordeaux estates. At the beginning of the century, the estate changes owners and falls asleep little by little. At this time, his survival is solely due to his name. It is then bought in 1997 by Jean Philippe Janoueix. A particularity of Château Croix Mouton is that its “M” changes every year, a way for the property to mark any vintage that flows in color and form, because each year has its own personality.