Château Pontac-Lynch

Château Pontac Lynch is a 10 hectares family property listed as a Cru Bourgeois since 1932.  The vineyard of Château Pontac Lynch has famous neighbors: not only Château Margaux, it is literally surrounded to the North and West by the vineyards of Château Palmer and Rauzan Ségla, and south by those of Château d’Issan.

In 1720, the Count of Lynch built the present house to do his hunting lodge. The following century, the Count of Pontac - administrator of the town of Bordeaux - bought the house, giving his name to the property.  Since 1952, the estate belongs to the Bondon family.  Today, the domain is managed by the 3rdgeneration, in the person of Marie-Hélène Falleur Bondon.

The Terroir is composed of graves in surface and clay and limestone in depth, which enables a typical blending from the Médoc, ideal for qualitative wines.  The vineyards are planted by 45% of Merlot, 40% of Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% of Cabernet Franc and 5% of Petit Verdot.

The vineyard is running on a sustainable agriculture. Since 2013, We are HVE certification (High environmental value), with this certification, we would like to start an ecologic program.

To continued, since septembre 2017, we decided to passed in organic conversion. We will need to wait 2020before to drink our first organic vintage The manually done harvest and a very selective sorting of the grapes are the key elements for a great elegant wine.

Fermentations are made in 40 years old concrete vats with a controlled temperature. The winemaking is conducted in respecting the Terroir and grapes.

Ageing on French oak barrels during 12 months and studied blending by the Cellar Master and the oenologist... The ideal recipe to reveal the Terroir of Château Pontac-Lynch.