Castillo Pontet-Canet 2008

Jean-François de Pontet appointed himself to the court of Versailles, where he held the position of Grand Equestrian (Master of the Horse) to Louis XV. Upon returning to Guyenne, he became Governor of the Médoc. In 1705, he acquired a few hectares of land north of the village of Pauillac, on which he planted vineyards, giving the land his own name, in order to give his property a recognized identity. A century later, Château Pontet-Canet flourished and became one of the few selected to join the famous classification of 1855, which had been ordered by Napoleon III.

Today, Guy Tesseron's descendants own the property: Alfred and his nieces Mélanie and Philippine. Together, they envisioned a new era for Château Pontet-Canet, where viticulture embraces organic and biodynamic methods and the wines have progressed so much that they are now among the most prestigious in Bordeaux.