Château

Château Pontac Monplaisir

shah-TOH pohn-TAHK mohn-pleh-ZEER
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Capitals mark the stressed syllable. “ohn” is a nasal vowel: say it through the nose, with no n. The French r comes from the back of the throat. The recording is the reference.

A property of the Pontac family of Haut-Brion in the 16th and 17th centuries, broken up at the Revolution, put back together from 1955 and now the first left-bank estate of Les Domaines de Moncets.

Appellation
Pessac-Léognan

The château

In the 16th and 17th centuries Pontac Monplaisir belonged to the Pontac family, who then also owned Haut-Brion, and the comte de Pontac made it a place for hunting and fine dining. The Revolution broke it up among several owners. From 1955 Jean Maufras put the vineyard back together and renovated all the cellars so that the wine could be bottled at the château.

Les Domaines de Moncets bought it as their 5th property and their first on the left bank, a vineyard of 16 hectares at Villenave-d’Ornon on gravel over limestone, shaped by the former bed of the Eau Blanche. The group’s other estates are all on the right bank: Château Moncets and Château de Chambrun in Lalande-de-Pomerol, Château La Bastidette and Château La Voûte in Saint-Émilion.

At a glance

Appellation
Pessac-Léognan
Commune
Villenave-d’Ornon
Classification
No classification
Owner
Les Domaines de Moncets
Vineyard
16 hectares
Soil
Gravel on limestone, shaped by the former bed of the Eau Blanche Terroir of Pessac-Léognan →
Wines
Château Pontac Monplaisir, red and white
The house
Also Château Moncets and Château de Chambrun, Lalande-de-Pomerol; Château La Bastidette and Château La Voûte, Saint-Émilion
In history
The Pontac family, 16th and 17th centuries; divided at the Revolution; reassembled from 1955 by Jean Maufras

Sources

Institutions
Syndicat Viticole de Pessac-Léognan, Château Pontac Monplaisir
Its own publications
Les Domaines de Moncets

Revised September 23, 2026. How I choose sources

The record

Château Pontac Monplaisir is in the Pessac-Léognan appellation.

The classification of the Graves was approved in 1953 and completed in 1959. It has a single rank and 2 lists, red and white, and an estate may be classified for one and not the other.

Source: Syndicat Viticole de Pessac-Léognan, the Crus Classés de Graves

Private

By invitation only.

In the news

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  1. Jul 13, 2026

    Les Domaines de Moncets moves into Pessac-Léognan for the first time

    Les Domaines de Moncets acquired Château Pontac Monplaisir in Pessac-Léognan, expanding to 5 properties totaling 56 hectares. The 16-hectare estate has historic links to the family that owned Haut-Brion.

    Source: terredevins.com Pessac-Léognan Estates and PeopleHistory and Archives

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