Our history

Landmark dates...

1126

The beginning

The Lord Bernand de Canet built his Chateau on this site and gave his name to the surrounding land.

2007

The Lemstra-Bake Family

881 years later Victoria and Floris with their children Oliver and Charlotte landed at Chateau Canet in pursuit of their dream to build a home and share their passion for wine and hospitality.

2013

In pursuit of Excellence

The addition of a state-of-the-art cellar, including a bottling line and thus ensuring our commitment to excellence.

2017

Domaine d'O

Oliver, a young man with winemaking in his blood develops his passion, with 12 hectares in Limoux, Domaine D’O is born.

2018

A touch of Elegance

Beautiful Charlotte inspires the creation of her own selection of vintage wines under the name Fleur de Charlotte.

2020

Our Footprint

The creation of our three pillars of sustainability from the vine to the responsible consumption of our wines.

The dream team

Combing passion and talent

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VICTORIA LEMSTRA-BAKE

Victoria loves nothing more than creating memorable events. For her, hosting is all in the details and her warm welcome will make you feel at home.

FLORIS LEMSTRA

On any given day, Floris can be found blending wine in the cellar, behind his desk in the office, meeting his importer in Tokyo, London or Montreal or uncorking bottles for a tasting somewhere in the world.

NATHALIE SANCHEZ

Nathalie, looks after the daily management of the Domaine. As an oenologist, Nathalie has been making wine at Château Canet since 2013 and part of the winemaking team, along with Floris and Pierre, she adds a touch of elegance to our wines.

PIERRE ESTIVAL

Pierre manages our daily operations between the vineyard, the cellar and the bottling line. As a certified ‘oenologue’ he along with Nathalie and Floris are masterminds behind the Château Canet wines

Anna BAUDREU

Anna manages all our events and is also our in house wedding planner. You can rely on her on to ensure your event is perfectly orchestrated, stress free and fun.

EMILIE DIAS

While the rest of us are busy in the vineyards, the cellar, the cottages or organizing an event or away at an export market , Emilie, our accountant, manages the books and makes sure the all numbers add up.

CLAIRE ALBEROLA

Our European export manager is the team’s globe trotter. A perfect ambassador who shares her passion for our wines with enthusiasm and flair.

SANDRINE GAMBLIN

Sandrine our commercial assistant is the go-to person for all our export clients from around the world. She also makes sure that we have all our dry goods ( bottles, corks, labels…) in place for our bottlings.

DAVID PINTO

David joined the Chateau Canet team in 2012 and through hard work has grown to become our production manager. He is the” hands on” man on our bottling line; a sophisticated machine that he manages with delicacy and efficiency.

Deborah AVERSENG

Deborah is the cheerful face you will see at the end of the bottling line. She checks every bottle before safely packaging them away ready to be sent around the world.

Alex Bahin

Alex shares his technical expertise between the cellar and the bottling line and plays a key role in the daily operations in the cellar.

olivier sery

Olivier our caviste and fireman, brings valuable expertise to our cellar. He looks after the wines on a day-to-day basis and makes sure they are ready for bottling.

LILA BENHAMMOUDA

Lila is our always smiling housekeeper who ensures the comfort and cleanliness of our holiday cottages. Her attention to detail will not go unnoticed and she is sure to make your gite feel like home during your stay at Canet!

JEAN-VINCENT DAUTREY

Maintenance on a place like Château Canet is a never-ending story. Add to that our endless plans and ideas for improvements and you have the busiest job on the Domaine. Jean-Vincent keeps everything at Château Canet functioning well and also looking good.

LAETITIA ROYER

Laetitia navigue entre la cave et les vignes, un rôle polyvalent qu’elle assure avec entrain et bonne humeur.

FREDDY DELVAL

Freddy brings his passion and experience to the vineyards of Château Canet. Come rain or shine, he is always ready to take to the wheel of the tractor.