Château de Targé - Winery

Centuries of history in Château de Targe

Phelippeau of Pontchartrain, the personal secretary of King Louis XIV, acquired the estate located close to forests of the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud. Phelippeau offered the property to his daughter, who married Joseph Gigault de Targé in 1655. Since then, the Château de Targé has remained in the same family. Each generation has contributed to the winery and its heritage winemaking in the appellations of Saumur and Saumur-Champigny.

The Modernization of Château de Targe

After the two World Wars, Fresnette Ferry and her husband Edgard Pisani restored Château de Targé. Their son, Edouard Pisani-Ferry, graduated as an agricultural engineer in viticulture and took over the vineyards in 1976. He built a modern winery for Château de Targé, and invested in order to make the best wines from the ancestral vines.

Discover Château de Targe

The wines produced include red, white, rosé and sparkling wines. The varieties of grapes used at Château de Targe are the two local kings: Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc. The vineyard used to adhere to the “Terra Vitis” charter certifying the use of sustainable techniques and processes in the vineyard and the winery, and is now full organic certified. Visit this 365 year old vineyard of Château de Targe to learn all about its history and enjoy a great wine tasting.