What started out as a simple fortified house in the 15th century was transformed into a country house in the middle of the 17th century. Harmonious beauty emanates from the courtyard’s façades, adorned by an imperial dome. Gargoyles, weather vanes, glyphs and egg-and-dart moldings are distinctive features of noble houses and typical of the mannerist style of the time.
After the construction of the country house, a park was developed over the course of the 18th century to include woods, an English garden, an orchard, a vegetable garden and a reflecting pool that mirrors the façade at Neptune’s feet.
During your guided tour, our guide will take you on a journey through the five centuries of Château de Sales. Discover the estate’s winery and barrel hall and finish your visit with a guided tasting of our two wines, Château de Sales and Château Chantalouette.
See the list of our various tours below.
Visitors will be welcomed in our shop area, at the entrance of the Château. The room’s timber frame, in the shape of an upside down ship’s hull, dates back to 1833.
Tuesday to Saturday, 10.30am-12.30pm and 1.30pm-5.00pm.
Closed on Sunday, Monday, public holidays.
French, English.
We can organise lunches, dinners and seminars, on request:
– Phone: +33 6 71 85 85 69
– Email : visites@chateaudesales.fr
From past to present, discover the 500-year history of Château de Sales, its vat house and barrel hall, and end your tour with a guided tasting of our two wines, Château de Sales and Château Chantalouette. This is our only grouped tour.
Discover the fascinating history of Château de Sales with a private guided tour. After admiring the Château gardens, the vat house and barrel hall, your visit will end with a guided tasting of three wines.
Give your tastebuds a treat with a tasting that combines a selection of cheeses with the Château’s wines. After immersing yourself in 500 years of history at Château de Sales during a private tour that includes the vathouse and barrel hall, enjoy a tasting of three wines paired with three superb French cheeses.
Discover “Perfect Pairings” conceived with Hasnaâ Chocolats Grands Crus, a craft chocolate-maker from Bordeaux. After a private tour of the estate that includes the vat house and barrel hall, enjoy a guided tasting during which wine and chocolate combine to give your tastebuds a wonderful treat. For the tasting, three of our wines are paired with three different types of chocolate.
After a private tour of the estate and a journey back in time through the five centuries of its history, enjoy the unique experience of a vertical tasting of four vintages of our first wine Château de Sales and one vintage of our second wine Château Chantalouette. Discover the characteristics of each one, as well as the techniques and specific vocabulary of wine-tasting.
After a private tour taking in five centuries of history at Château de Sales, we will share our winemaking secrets with you in our vat house. To understand the importance of maturing the wine in barrels, you will taste our Château de Sales wine directly from two different barrels in our cellar*. The tour will end with a tasting of Château de Sales in our tasting room. (*depends on the work in progress in the cellar)
After immersing yourself in 500 years of history at Château de Sales, climb on your bike* and set off into the vineyard. Discover the particularities of our terroir and our grape varieties, visit our vat house and barrel hall and taste Château de Sales directly from the barrel. Finish your private tour in our reception room with a guided tasting of our two wines, Château de Sales and Château Chantalouette. (*depends on the weather conditions)
Travel back in time through five centuries of history at Château de Sales, enjoying the architectural details and savouring family anecdotes. Go on to discover our vat house and barrel hall, then finish your tour with a guided tasting of our two wines, Château de Sales and Château Chantalouette.
Focus on a guided tasting of our two wines: Château de Sales, our first wine, and Château Chantalouette, our second wine.
