Alfred Tesseron (of Château Pontet-Canet in Pauillac, Bordeaux) was looking for a special terroir outside Bordeaux to work with. He went looking for a place where the grape varieties he was familiar with from Bordeaux and then specifically to a place where these grapes were at their best. He found that spot in the originally volcanic and 500 meter high Mt. Veeder in Napa Valley. Tesseron came across the 29-year-old vineyard of actor Robin Williams, who had died two years earlier. Tesseron bought the vineyard in 2016 and named the project Pym Rae: the name Williams gave the vineyard, after the names of his children. Williams had never made wine from this vineyard, but Tesseron saw the great potential. The vineyard is now worked in the same biodynamic way as at Château Pontet-Canet and with the same precision and dedication.
