Château Pontet Canet, 2014

One of the most recognizable Bordeaux estates, Chateau Pontet Canet covers 81hectares in Pauillac and is a classified 5th Growth. It is made up of 100 sub-plots and 800,000 vines overlooking the Gironde Estuary. To its north, Pontet Canet has two prestigious first growths - Mouton Rothschild and Lafite. 

In 1975, the estate was purchased by Guy Tesseron, a wine grower from Cognac. In 1994, Guy entrusted the management of the estate to his son Alfred Tesseron, who had worked alongside him for twenty years.

Pontet-Canet is the first renowned large-scale Bordeaux wine estate to venture into organic and biodynamic farming, was also the first among the Grands Crus Classés to be awarded double certification for the whole vineyard.