Château de Targé
Winery from 1655, embedded in the tuffeau like it was born inside the cliff 365 years ago. Still the same family, working in Organic production.
About the winery
Closed from 12:30 to 14:00 everyday (French people like to take time for their lunch ;) Having recently celebrated the 350th anniversary of the Château, we are now seeking to highlight the unexplored potentials of our terroirs. We are diversifying our winemaking methods and making new vintages. Our classics - the traditional Cuvée and the Cuvée Ferry, both AOC Saumur-Champigny - were joined in 2002 by Les Fresnettes (AOC Saumur Blanc). Created in 2004 with the advice of Pierre Seillan, the Quintessence de Targé, AOC Saumur-Champigny, has already received numerous medals. In 2006 we launched the Rose de Targé (AOC Cabernet de Saumur), followed the following year by two Crémant-style Saumur Brut. Finally, since the 2007 vintage also, we have the Coteaux de Targé, whose 2010 vintage was dedicated "Best sweet wine from the Loire", all appellations combined in London!
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Location
Loire Valley
History & Geography
The personal secretary of King Louis XIV, Phelippeau de Pontchartrain, had acquired this hunting residence located near the forests of the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud and the so good vineyard land located just above, and donated it in 1655 to his daughter who married a certain Joseph Gigault de Targé-Parnay. Edouard Pisani-Ferry, just graduated as an agronomist in viticulture at the ENSA of Montpellier, took charge of the estate in 1976. He began by building a modern winery, equipped with thermoregulated tanks. He then set out, in the 1990s, to enlarge and improve the vineyard by acquiring ever better soils. It begins to introduce from this period operating practices respectful of vineyards and the environment. Since 2000, it adheres to the "Terra Vitis" certified certified reasoned agriculture, which imposes a rigorous traceability of the processes in the vineyard and in the Chai.
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