Castle Rieux-Minervois is located on the eponymous town, in the Aude, 25 km northeast of Carcassonne.
Overlooking the L'Argent Double, it dates to its oldest parts of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries (keep) and then it was extended to the fifteenth and sixteenth (two north towers, curtain, cross windows of development), and the house was enlarged in the seventeenth. finally forming a plane U, it now looks as three main buildings around a courtyard with towers and turrets.
The stucco decorations have been preserved inside.
Seat of a lordship created a barony, the building has survived the centuries despite a turbulent local history (crusade against the Albigensian Wars of Religion).
Protected as historical monuments, the castle which remains exceptional elements (towers, curtain, window treatments) is the center today of a large vineyard of 25 hectares producing wines of Minervois appellation.
Visit with tasting possible. Information +33 4 68 78 37 21 or +33 6 86 45 53 63.
