Château La Mothe du Barry

Château La Mothe du Barry, located in Moulon, is managed by Joël Duffau, who also owns Château Les Arromans. This passionate and talented winemaker is dedicated to producing wines of the highest quality.

The vineyards of Château La Mothe du Barry are located primarily on the magnificent clay-limestone slopes of the town, a prime terroir for Merlot. From his studies and internships in various wine-growing regions in France and abroad (Burgundy, Beaujolais, La Rioja, California), Joël Duffau has retained an openness to others, an insatiable desire for discovery, and a constant willingness to question the status quo.
Vintage after vintage, he has refined vineyard management and winemaking techniques to produce wines of great character that have built his reputation, such as the Cuvée Le Barry, featured every year in numerous wine guides.

The other cuvées from Château La Mothe du Barry are equally renowned for their exceptional quality, such as its Entre-Deux-Mers, sourced from vineyards in the communes of Naujean and Postiac—a boulbène terroir predestined for white wines. It was out of a passion for this terroir—so typical of the Entre-Deux-Mers region—and a desire to return to more authentic values that Joël Duffau began the transition to organic farming.