Massoc Frères

The winery

Massoc Frères is the family winery that Concepción-born winemaker François Massoc founded in 2015 with his wife, Noëlle Gueneau de Mussy, and his brother, Jean Paul. François trained in Burgundy, worked in Alsace, Provence and Israel, and returned to Chile in 2004 with the idea that the south held vineyards of the first rank. In 2017 the family bought an old winery on the slopes of Cayumanqui hill, in the Santa Ana area of Quillón, and restored it through 2019: this is the Atelier Massoc, which runs on solar power, treats its water in its own wetland and turns pomace into spirits and compost. It is also a shared space, where in 2025 twelve wine projects were under way. In February 2023 the team defended the winery from the fires that razed neighboring houses and vineyards in Santa Ana, and in 2025 the Masters of Wine Susie Barrie and Peter Richards named François Chile's Best Winemaker.

The grapes come from small Itata growers, with dry-farmed vines, hand harvesting and horse work. From Juan Hinojosa's vineyard in Guarilihue come the Grand País, from a 1.5 ha plot planted some 150 years ago and aged in French barrels, and Le Moscatel, a dry white from 30-year-old vines. L'Assemblage blends País and Cinsault from that vineyard and from Álvaro Señor's, in Florida; Le Rosé is head-trained Cinsault. Two sweet fortified wines made with spirit from its own stills complete the line, Fortmidable (Syrah and País, five years in barrel) and Adorable (Moscatel, three years), along with the Elixir liqueur and the Le Marc spirit. François Massoc also runs Aristos, his project with vineyards in Coya, in Cachapoal, and in coastal Limarí. Those wines are made in this same Atelier, but Aristos does not receive visitors; in Chile they are sold at La Vinoteca, which in November 2026 was offering the 2013 vintages of Barón, Duquesa and Duque d'A between CLP 55,190 and 98,190.

The official website publishes no visits. The South America Wine Guide says the winery has a tasting room and receives visitors by prior booking by email (fmassoc@massocfreres.com), and its social media shows tastings at the Atelier, mostly with importers and professionals: write before you go and confirm the terms. To buy without traveling, its online shop sells six-bottle cases from CLP 68,000 (Le Moscatel or Le Rosé), and La Vinoteca sells by the bottle, L'Assemblage at CLP 16,190 and Le Moscatel and Le Rosé at CLP 14,190.