Château Paveil de Luze hosts seminars, day meetings, company lunches, cocktails and private or professional evening events for up to 150 guests. The estate stands in Soussans, in the heart of the Margaux appellation on the Médoc wine route, 35 kilometers from Bordeaux. It has belonged to the de Luze family since 1862.
Seminars and company events
Two rooms are available for day or evening events. The Salon Alfred takes 100 people in seminar layout or 90 around a U-shaped table, and the smaller Salon Francis takes 30 in either layout. Both rooms are air-conditioned and equipped with a video projector and a screen. The estate serves a welcome breakfast and morning or afternoon breaks. Guests have private parking, independent restrooms that are accessible to people with reduced mobility, and access to the château park. Wine tastings and cellar visits can complete a working day, and the estate also runs wine tourism visits and picnics in the vineyard. In 2017 the château received a Best of Wine Tourism award in the Architecture and Landscapes category.
Rooms and capacities
The Salon Alfred is a large reception hall of 213 square meters under exposed roof timbers, with a view of the barrel cellar. It takes 150 for a cocktail, 100 for a seated meal, 100 in seminar layout and 90 in a U-shape. The Salon Francis, 63 square meters, mixes old and contemporary design, with stone arches and a large fireplace that warms winter dinners. It takes up to 60 for a cocktail, 30 to 40 for a meal and 30 in seminar or U-shape layout. The park of the château can be added to either room.
Catering
A professional kitchen is available on site for meals, and the estate provides breakfasts and coffee breaks for seminars. The quote form lets organisers say whether the event takes place during the day or in the evening.
History and setting
The Paveil vineyard dates from the seventeenth century and belonged until the late eighteenth century to the lords of Bretonneau. In 1862 Baron Alfred de Luze bought the estate, then 120 hectares, and made its wines known abroad. The severe winter of 1956 destroyed much of the vineyard, and from 1960 Baron Geoffroy de Luze replanted the vines and restored the vat room and cellars. Frédéric de Luze has run the estate since 2004, with the cellar master Stéphane Fort, both successors of their fathers. The château is a house with two towers that stands out on a horizon of vines. In front of it, 32 hectares of cabernet sauvignon and merlot lie in a single block on deep gravel soils, laid out like a garden, and the estate follows a sustainable approach to vine growing and water management.
Getting there
The address is 3 chemin du Paveil, 33460 Soussans, 35 kilometers from Bordeaux on the Médoc wine route. From April to October the office and cellars are open Monday to Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.; from November to March, Monday to Friday with a lunch break. Visits and tastings are by appointment.
