Château Marsau is an estate located on 14 hectares in Francs, Bordeaux. Anne-Laurence Chadronnier and Mathieu Chadronnier have been the owners of the property since 2017. Anne-Laurence Chadronnier is the winemaker of the château. The estate makes 70 percent 1st wine Château Marsau Francs Côtes de Bordeaux and 30 percent 2nd wine Château Marsau Prélude. Wines of the château delight with freshness, depth and intensity. Château Marsau Francs Côtes de Bordeaux 2000, 2001, 2015 scored 90 by the Wine Advocate.

Robert Parker’s tasting notes on Château Marsau Francs Côtes de Bordeaux 2015: “The 2015 Marsau is medium to deep garnet-purple in color with a savory, meaty, earthy nose of smoked meats and scorched earth over a core of warm plums and blackberry pie plus a hint of pencil shavings. Medium to full-bodied, it has a firm, chewy structure and good concentration of muscular fruit, finishing savory/sweet.”

Château Marsau is managed by Anne-Laurence Chadronnier and her husband Mathieu Chadronnier. Anne-Laurence Chadronnier, the winemaker, oenologist and agricultural engineer of Château Marsau, gained experience from Jean-Marie Chadronnier, her husband’s father, who had been the owner of the estate since 1994. In 2017, the couple, Anne-Laurence Chadronnier and Mathieu Chadronnier, undertook overall management of the winery. Mathieu Chadronnier is responsible for business activities of the estate.

The owners of Château Marsau also possess Château l’Enclos Pontys (Bordeaux).

Château Marsau produces its wines from Merlot grapes. The vineyard is planted on pure clay soils, which is unusual for Francs where limestone grounds prevail. In order to develop biodiversity and meet organic requirements, the winery plants trees, leaves grass between the vine rows and performs all-manual soil cultivation. Plantings density varies from 5,000 to 6,500 vines per hectare. Depending on the vintage, the winemaking process presupposes from early to late blending with natural yeasts for fermentation.