Château Plain-Point is an estate in the commune of Saint-Aignan in the Fronsadais on the right bank of the Bordeaux region. In the 1990s it was producing red wines under the Fronsac AOC but has since added Canon-Fronsac AOC vines. The estate occupies one of, if not the highest altitude point in the Fronsadais. It was an important stronghold in the middle ages. In the 16th-century its ancient fortress was demolished and replaced with the current elegant building. During the ‘Ancien Régime‘ it was the seat of the lordship of the place

Owner: Denis Ardon (he bought the estate in 1940). Pierre-Etienne Ardon.

Vineyards: 1990s 15ha of Fronsac AOC (85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon). Clay-limestone. | 2019 56ha of Fronsac AOC and Canon-Fronsac AOC. ‘On the plateau calcaire at the northern limits of the Saint-Aignan commune,’ (David Peppercorn MW (1991, p.566).

Contact

Château Plain Point

F-33126 Saint-Aignan

Tél:+33 (0) 5 57 24 96 55