Château Minuty is the story of the Matton-Farnet family for over 85 years on the Saint-Tropez peninsula.
Acquisition of Château Minuty by Gabriel Farnet in 1936.
Gabriel Farnet, who already owned Domaine de Châteauneuf in Vidauban, acquired Château Minuty in 1936. The estate was originally built under Napoleon III, as was the small chapel that gave its name to the cuvée de l’Oratoire, which remained the emblematic bottle for a long time. Many palaces on the Côte d’Azur still have these bulging bottles.
Gabriel Farnet began by replanting the entire estate, thus enabling Château Minuty to regain all its glory and splendour after the Second World War.
In 1955, Château Minuty was one of the 23 properties to be distinguished as a classified growth of the Côtes de Provence.
Restructuring of the Château’s vineyard by Monique and Étienne Matton.
Monique Farnet, Gabriel’s daughter, and her husband Etienne Matton, for a long time president of the Crus Classés, have replanted the traditional Provençal grape varieties (Tibouren, Rolle, Grenache), limiting yields while seeking a high quality of wine making. Thanks to this rigorous work in the vineyards, they have established the reputation of Château Minuty on the greatest tables of the French Riviera.