Château Pontet Canet
On Pauillac’s plateau, where Günz gravels meet limestone, Château Pontet‑Canet stands anchored by the 1855 Classification as a Cinquième Grand Cru Classé, yet defined by restless progress. Founded in the early 18th century, the estate found its modern compass with the Tesseron family in 1975 and sharpened its viticultural focus from the 1990s onward.
In 2004, biodynamic conversion began and expanded to the full vineyard in 2005; horses, parcel‑by‑parcel harvesting and a near‑monastic attention to soil life translate terroir into structure. In the cellar, gentle extraction and gravity work alongside élevage choices that, since 2012, include Dolia—concrete amphorae—so oak becomes a frame rather than a mask.
The result is Pauillac power held in silence: tense, energetic and cooled by the estuary’s breath. Pontet‑Canet reads like a modern chapter of classical Bordeaux—unyielding in craft, lucid in expression.Château Pontet Canet
On Pauillac’s plateau, where Günz gravels meet limestone, Château Pontet‑Canet stands anchored by the 1855 Classification as a Cinquième Grand Cru Classé, yet defined by restless progress. Founded in the early 18th century, the estate found its modern compass with the Tesseron family in 1975 and sharpened its viticultural focus from the 1990s onward.
In 2004, biodynamic conversion began and expanded to the full vineyard in 2005; horses, parcel‑by‑parcel harvesting and a near‑monastic attention to soil life translate terroir into structure. In the cellar, gentle extraction and gravity work alongside élevage choices that, since 2012, include Dolia—concrete amphorae—so oak becomes a frame rather than a mask.
The result is Pauillac power held in silence: tense, energetic and cooled by the estuary’s breath. Pontet‑Canet reads like a modern chapter of classical Bordeaux—unyielding in craft, lucid in expression.
