The appellation covers two distinct prestigious terroirs: Lalande- de-Pomerol and Néac.

Château Canon Chaigneau is located in the heart of the much smaller part, the Néac plateau, a continuation of the Pomerol plateau.

The Iron mineral soils adds depth and flavour.
creating a lush and full, long mouthfeel, typically giving a mineral/ferrous spiciness. When aged, this transforms to softer and mellower nuances of truffles, almonds, cedar and cinnamon. 

The Limestone in the soil ensures excellent water retention (springs and winters can be very wet indeed!) and adds further concentration, lift, energy, complexity and ageing potential.

The Clay means that the soils are insulated during warm summers, allowing the vines to benefit fully from long, hot summer days, without causing over ripeness and too much hydric stress. This means that our grapes arrive more easily at a perfect, rich maturity; giving them a deep, crimson hue and lush ripeness - translating to dense black and red fruit flavours in the wines, and a creamy, profound & concentrated profile.

Chateau Canon Chaigneau sits at the highest point of the plateau, meaning that we have exceptionally deep soils, running down to the water table.
This means drainage is also optimal; water doesn’t ever stagnate nor overbear vine roots, which are free explore the terroir below to their full potential!

It’s worth noting that vines are very much like icebergs - what you see on top is a very small percentage of the whole plant. They generally grow around one metre per year below the surface.
Our vines are on average 35 years old, so there are a lot of roots down there (!) meaning that they'll absorb even more of the flavour profiles of our fabulous terroir.

Louis Marin is our 'chef de culture' here; a protector and mentor for our 100,000 little plants and the owner of Canon Chaigneau for about 35 years with his 2 sisters, Elisabeth and Suzanne. They inherited this sublime estate from their parents, who owned it in the 1950s.

Louis Marin is making sure they are pruned & folded through the winter months, then well looked after during the spring.

Treatments to our vines are minimal, we have always produced according to 'L'Agriculture raisonnée' (literally 'the reasoned struggle') - using much less chemicals than conventional growers.

Indeed we were awarded ‘Haute Valeur Environmentale’ ('High Environmental Value') - the Top tier - by the Ministry of Agriculture in 2020.

This came in in recognition of our clean and green vineyard practises; including our respect for biodiversity as well as sound land & irrigation practices.