Château Pontet Canet

Review of the Estate

Château Pontet Canet is a winery in the Pauillac appellation of the Bordeaux wine region of France. Château Pontet-Canet is also the name of the red wine produced by this property. The wine produced here was classified as one of eighteen Cinquièmes Crus in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855.

Jean-Francois de Pontet, royal governor of the Mèdoc, combined several vineyard plots in Pauillac in the early 18th century. Years later, his descendants added neighbouring vines in a place named Canet. This was the beginning Château Pontet Canet one of the largest estates in the Mèdoc, which quite naturally added the name of its founder to that of the land registry reference.

A century later, Chateau Pontet Canet was included in the famous 1855 classification, thereby confirming its membership among the elite of the Mèdoc. This privileged position did not go unnoticed by one of the most important Bordeaux shippers of the time, Herman Cruse, who bought Chateau Pontet Canet in 1865. He built new cellars, modernised the winemaking facilities, and established the wine's reputation around the world. The Cruse family owned Chateau Pontet Canet for 110 years, until another shipper (from Cognac this time), Guy Tesseron, acquired it in 1975.

Over two centuries Chateau Pontet Canet has been owned by three different families. Today it is run by Alfred Tesseron with his niece Melanie (daughter of Gerard Tesseron) who is the descendant of Guy Tesseron. Thirty years after their arrival in Pauillac the Tesseron family have the satisfaction of knowing that they have gradually replanted some of the vineyard and renovated Chateau Pontet Canet and the wine making facilities.

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