Appellation : Lalande-de-Pomerol

Chateau Maine Chaigneau is a family estate of 7.80 ha on 3 different appellations, Lalande de Pomerol, Montagne Saint-Emilion and Vin de France. In the early 1900s, my great-grandfather Maurice Courty left the Dordogne to cultivate vines in the Libournais and met Cécile there. After some purchases of vines and land in Néac and Montagne, he created Château Lafleur Châtain. Work on other properties has allowed it to expand. After working on the property my grandparents Marie-Thérèse and Robert Courty took over in 1960. They are committed to growing and prospering the property by starting to develop bottled sales to individuals. In 1985, the property was shared between their three children, my father Serge Courty and his two sisters. That same year my parents Joëlle and Serge created Château Maine Chaigneau. Little by little, when they stopped working, they bought up some plots from my grandparents’s property. After a few years of trying and hesitating, they created the Cuvée JS in 2008. In 2011, one of my aunts ceasing her activity, I bought part of her vines which I made available to the château. In 2012 they created L’EARL Vignobles Courty to prepare for the transfer, in 2014 I started working on the estate. In 2014, we integrated the Bordeaux wines EMS to limit and control our impact on the environment. In 2017 I became manager of the company, that same year we obtained the HVE certification (high environmental value). For the year 2021 we have a new one which converts to organic farming.