The vineyard is located in the south-west of the historic centre of Saint-Émilion(Bordeaux) in the area of the same name. The estate was acquired in 1760 by Jacques Kanon (a privateer), who named it "Clos St-Martin" after a nearby church. He sold it ten years later to the négociant Raymond Fontémoing, who named the estate after a property he owned called Château Canon (i.e. not...
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