Three large plots of land located on the best terroirs of Pauillac form the vineyard of Château Grand-Puy-Ducasse, Grand Cru Classe. The history of the Château begins when Arnaud Ducasse bought in the middle of the seventeenth century to Jacques de Segur, Lord of Lafite, his little house on the edge of the river Pauillac, and he couldn’t imagine that it would become the foundation of a large estate that would remain in his family for nearly three centuries.

The real founder of the estate will be Pierre Ducasse, passionate lawyer for viticultural issues. He acquires lands and parts of the Bourdieu Grand-Puy on three parishes: Pauillac, Saint-Lambert and Saint-Sauveur, and three lordships: Lafite, Latour and Beychevelle. New purchases and exchanges allowed him to expand his estates until his death in 1797. His son then found himself leader of a property named Ducasse-Grand-Puy-Artigues-Arnaud which has sixty hectares, including nearly two-thirds are planted with vines. Around 1820, he built the current castle in front of the Gironde, on the site of the house of his ancestors. From his wedding with Jenny Ducasse will be born two daughters and it is under the direction of one of his sons-in-law, Adrien Chauvet, that the estate is classified under the name of Artigues Arnaud, in 1855. The Civil Society named Grand -Puy Ducasse is then created in 1932.

Since 2004 Chateau Grand Puy Ducasse is one of the properties acquired by CA Grands Crus, a subsidiary of Credit Agricole Group. The optimization plan of the entire vineyard initiated during the acquisition of the Château is now carried out by Anne Le Naour, Technical Director of the estate.