Château Pontet Canet

Jean-François de Pontet, royal governor of the Médoc, combined several vineyard plots in Pauillac, in the 18th century. Years later, his descendants added neighbouring vines in a place called Canet. This was the beginning of one of the largest properties of the Médoc.

A century later, Château Pontet-Canet was included in the famous classification of 1855, thus confirming its membership as a member of the Médoc elite. This privileged position did not go unnoticed by one of the most important Bordeaux negociants of the time, Herman Cruse, who bought the estate in 1865. He built new wineries, modernised the winemaking facilities, and established the reputation of wine around the world. The Cruse family owned Pontet-Canet for 110 years, until another negotiant (of Cognac this time), Guy Tesseron, acquired it in 1975.

For more than two centuries, Pontet-Canet has been owned by three different families. Today it is directed by Alfred Tesseron with his niece Melanie (daughter of Gerard Tesseron) who is a descendant of Guy Tesseron. Thirty years after their arrival in Pauillac, the Tesseron family is proud to know that some of the vineyards have been gradually replanted and the buildings and winemaking facilities have been renovated.