Everything starts in 1802 when Charles Gonet creates his own Champagne house. More than a century and a half later, in 1935, Michel Gonet is born. Seen as a miraculous baby, he could not swallow anything due to dysphagia (a blockage in the oesophagus), he sprang back to life after a sip of champagne he will say « Champagne saved my life! ». That is how a true passion for his wines started. He never stopped improving the quality of vineyard and cellar work. His only objective is to produce pure and unique Champagnes in a respectful way to the environment. Then, in 1986 Michel Gonet falls in love with the Bordeaux region where he decides to make good use of his know-how in this exceptional wine region with his three children: Sophie, Charles-Henri, and Frédéric, who today are in charge of the businesses in Champagne and Bordeaux.

In Bordeaux, we harvest Terroirs over many appellations: Pessac-leognan, Graves de Vayres and Bordeaux supérieur / Bordeaux. As of today, three Chateaux appear as Michel Gonet's emblems: Chateau Haut-Bacalan and Chateau d'Eck in Pessac-leognan and Chateau Lesparre in Graves de Vayres. We also operate parcels in other exceptional Terroirs: Chateau Haut Brana, Chateau Saint-Eugene, Chateau Haut-L'évêque, Chateau Durand-Bayle and Chateau de la Rose Videau.

A great wine starts with a great grape, a fruit harvested at full maturity, carefully selected from the plot and hand harvested. Cleared from the "vegetal residues", the grapes are routed to carbonally protected vats for a first pre-fermentation steeping optimizing the extraction of the coloring element as well as the fruit's and the variety's aromatic precursors. Later, the alcoholic fermentation will allow the extraction of the preservation potential, the color binding and the preservation of tasting aromas to develop the microscopic tannic layer signaling quality. The most exquisite vintages are kept in casks for a progressive nurturing of 12 to 18 months. It is then that our wines enrich in oxygen, cocoa traits, smoky temper and empyreumatic tones which will offer subtle notes of wood and vanilla melting the tannins. It will purvey elegant, charming and tasteful wines. Thereby, our finished wines can be enjoyed as such or continue their evolution 5 to 10 years in the cellar.