--- title: "Château de Messey: Organic Wine Tasting and Stays" description: "Fortified house with two facing wings over vaulted cellars, now a 10-hectare organic estate near Tournus. Tastings and stays, with a private driver." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-messey lang: en updated: 2026-09-29 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/chateaux/chateau-de-messey.png --- # Château de Messey > Château de Messey: a fortified house near Tournus, reborn as an organic wine estate with rooms and winegrowers' cottages. Château de Messey is in Ozenay (Saône-et-Loire), 58 min by road (71 km) from Beaune. Tastings on site · 16th century · Private driver from Beaune: €205 one way for the whole car, up to 4 guests. The château of Messey sits in the green Natouze valley at Ozenay, about eight kilometres from Tournus. Two stone wings face each other across a courtyard, above vaulted cellars that once again hold fermenting wine. Today it is an organic wine estate that also welcomes guests in rooms and cottages. ## Key facts - Type: Wine château - Location: 55 km south of Beaune · Mâconnais - Coordinates: 46.5339, 4.8286 - 58 min from Beaune - Tastings on site - 16th century - Commune: Ozenay · Saône-et-Loire - Style: Fortified house with two facing wings - Heritage: Registered historic monument - Official website: [chateaudemessey.com](https://chateaudemessey.com) - From Beaune: ≈ 58 min · 71 km - €205 one way from Beaune with a [private driver](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver) - Or add it to our [full-day wine tour plus two hours, €700](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/full-day). ## Getting there - [Private driver from Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver): 58 min by road (71 km), €205 one way for the whole car. Coming by train or plane? [Transfers from stations and airports](https://www.cote-privee.com/transfers) Estimates per vehicle for up to 4 guests, tolls included. Your price is confirmed when you book. ## History Messey lies in a domain whose traces go back to 9th-century manuscripts, in a region shaped by the great abbeys of Tournus and Cluny. The fortified house, made of two wings facing each other, was built between the 11th and the 16th centuries. For centuries its vaulted cellars received the harvests of the estate, until winemaking at the château stopped in 1958. The revival began when Marc Dumont bought a six-hectare wood at Cruzille and planted it with vines from 1989. The first harvest, three years later, was made at Messey, and the old cellars came back to life. The same year a plot of Mâcon-Chardonnay was planted facing the château, on the terroir known as Les Crêts. Today the estate farms two enclosed vineyards in two appellations. ## Architecture Messey is a compact fortified house built around a courtyard, with two wings that face each other. Beneath them lie fine vaulted cellars, the heart of the wine estate. The protected elements include the façades and roofs of the château, of a winegrower's house and of a mill, as well as a dovecote and an old south gate. The dining room keeps its panelling, sideboard and fireplace. ## Visiting The estate farms about ten hectares, entirely organic, and welcomes visitors for tastings and visits of the cellars and vines. Guests can also stay in rooms in the château or in five winegrowers' houses below it, beside the Natouze. Brancion is four kilometres away and Tournus eight. Tastings and visits are arranged on request, so contact the estate through its official website before you come. ## Did you know? The estate's historic plot, the Clos des Avoueries at Cruzille, was worked by the monks of Cluny in the 12th century. Its wine is sold today as Mâcon-Cruzille. ## Around Château de Messey What to combine with Château de Messey on the same day, nearest first. ### Villages - [Viré-Clessé](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/vire-clesse) (10 km away): Two neighbouring villages of the Haut-Mâconnais, joined in one appellation for generous Chardonnay. - [Montagny](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/montagny) (23 km away): A white-only appellation of hillside vineyards around Buxy, with a wealth of premiers crus. - [Givry](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/givry) (28 km away): A small wine town of 18th-century monuments, whose red wine is linked by legend to Henri IV. ### Châteaux - [Château d’Ozenay](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-d-ozenay) (2 km away): A stone-roofed manor beside a Romanesque church, held by one family for some four hundred years. - [Château de Brancion](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-brancion) (3 km away): A feudal fortress and car-free medieval village on a rocky spur between Tournus and Cluny. - [Château de Nobles](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-nobles) (3 km away): A manor below Brancion with round towers, cannon ports and a richly carved Renaissance doorway. ### Things to do - [Cave de Lugny](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/cave-de-lugny) (6 km away): A 1927 cooperative, the leading producer of Mâcon-Villages, with a shop below the Charmes vineyard. - [Les Vignerons de Mancey](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/vignerons-de-mancey-tournus) (7 km away): A growers' cooperative near Tournus, with a free trail on Burgundy wine and tastings of Mâcon-Mancey. - [Hôtel-Dieu de Tournus](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/hotel-dieu-de-tournus) (7 km away): A 17th-century hospital with its wards, oak box beds and one of the oldest apothecaries in France. ### Restaurants - [L’Écrin de Yohann Chapuis](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/l-ecrin-de-yohann-chapuis-tournus) (7 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): An intimate starred dining room in Tournus, from the chef who helped Lameloise win back its third star. - [Aux Terrasses](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/aux-terrasses-tournus) (7 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A starred family house in Tournus, now in its second generation. - [La Marande](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/la-marande-montbellet) (8 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A family-run country house in the northern Mâconnais, starred since 2014. ## Questions about Château de Messey ### How far is Château de Messey from Beaune? Château de Messey is about 58 min from Beaune by road (71 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €205 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. ### Can you visit Château de Messey? Yes. Château de Messey is a wine estate that receives visitors for tastings, usually by appointment. We can help you book it as part of a wine tour. ### Can a private driver take us to Château de Messey? Yes. Your driver collects you in Beaune or at your hotel in an electric Polestar 2 (up to 4 guests), waits while you visit and plans the rest of the day with you. The driver speaks English, French, Mandarin Chinese and Arabic. → [Full-day wine tour plus two hours, €700](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/full-day) ## Book - [Book a driver here](https://www.cote-privee.com/book?service=driver&place=chateau:messey): €205 one way from Beaune · up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - - - - --- Canonical page: