Vignobles Michel Gonet

Champagne · Bordeaux · France

A happy blend of savoir-faire and adventurous spirit that today allows them to seek out the finest expressions of terroir through their wines.

1802 House founded in Champagne
1986 Arrival in Bordeaux
4 Bordeaux appellations
3 Flagship châteaux

I · The story

A family of winegrowers since 1802

Winegrowers since well before the French Revolution, the Gonets took the leap in 1802: led by Charles Gonet, the family founded its own Champagne house. It was the start of a family adventure that would span several centuries.

Michel Gonet was born in 1935. Considered a miracle from birth, as he was unable to swallow anything because of dysphagia, he regained his taste for life thanks to a sip of champagne.

It was the beginning of a true passion for wine. In 1986, Michel, the eldest of the family, fell under the spell of the Bordeaux region where, surrounded by his three children, Sophie, Charles-Henri and Frédéric, he put all his savoir-faire to work. Today, they carry the Gonet family torch, in Champagne as well as in Bordeaux.

“Champagne saved me!”

Michel Gonet

II · The terroirs

From Champagne to Bordeaux

In Bordeaux, the family farms different terroirs across several appellations: Pessac-Léognan, Graves de Vayres, Bordeaux Supérieur and Bordeaux.

Three châteaux are today regarded as the flagships of Vignobles Michel Gonet. The family also cultivates plots on other exceptional terroirs.

Pessac-Léognan
Graves de Vayres
Bordeaux Supérieur
Bordeaux

Flagship estates

I
Château Haut-Bacalan
Pessac-Léognan
II
Château d’Eck
Pessac-Léognan
III
Château Lesparre
Graves de Vayres

Also in the familyChâteau Haut-Brana · Château Saint-Eugène · Château Haut-L’Évêque · Château Durand-Bayle · Château La Rose Videau

III · The craft

A craft of the senses

Smelling the earth, touching the vines, tasting the grapes… For Sophie, Charles-Henri and Frédéric, being a winegrower is above all a craft of the senses, of emotion and of passion.

It is a farming profession at the mercy of the elements, where patience, humility and strength of conviction become essential to success.

The family fosters biodiversity within its plots through practices aimed at preserving natural spaces: conserving woodlands, maintaining ecological buffer zones and managing water resources responsibly, among others.