Welcome on the website of the Château de Targé!


Here, you will learn everything about my wines, their terroir, their history and their medals. You will have the possibility to order wine on our online boutique, and learn about our distributors where you can taste and buy our wines.

Our photo gallery will show you the Château and its landscape – and might give you the motivation to come visit us in the heart of the Saumur-Champigny region, classified by the UNESCO.

Finally, you can take a look on our “gîte de charme” for two.

I wish you a pleasant visit,

terra vitis vins et decouvertes label Edouard Pisani-Ferry, Vigneron

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News

2011 Harvest

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What a complicated vintage it was, but it actually turned out to be more than successful, resulting in wines with good fruit and delicacy,  despite lacking a bit of concentration.
 
The weather certainly wasn't typical: after a fast kick-off in March, April broke all the records (it hadn't been so hot since 1947!). May was so good that the flowering of the Cabernet Franc was over before the end of the month whereas it usually doesn't start until mid-June.
And then…July 2011 will go down in history as the coldest in the last thirty years : according to the weather station at Angers,  this was the eleventh wettest and the eighth cloudiest summer since the creation of the station in 1945. Oh, my…
 
Nevertheless…the producers with their late-ripening grape varieties Cabernet Franc and Chenin Blanc managed to come up trumps. A hot and radiant Indian summer settled in for several weeks after the September 21st Autumn equinox - to the extent that by the beginning of October we were worrying it was too hot! (We even swam in our outside pool on 2nd October - and that's a first!)
 
We harvested between 20th of September and 6th of October. We were, admittedly, lucky, but it was also because we were patient and were in a position to be able to wait.

Oct 11 : Petit Futé 2012

Released in le Petit Futé 2012 "1001 wines for not more than 10 euros"

"A very pleasant aperitif with the Saumur Brut Rosé full of fruit and lively, with aromas of raspberry and redcurrant, pretty dense bubble. 9 euros"

" Targé 2009 : Always a constant classic for the winery, a Cabernet Franc treated well, fairly nervous attack, well built, flourishing in the aeration. 7.50 euros"

Oct 11 : article published in Decanter's August 11 issue

Here is what was published in the August 11 Decanter issue, after a tasting in December 2010  :

Targé 2009 : "slightly vegetal on the nose. Traditional style with green pepper, strawberry, cinnamon spice and soft tannins. Juicy and refreshing." 15.33/20, available in Majestic, £ 9.99

Cuvée Ferry 2009 : "Restrained aromas. Good fruit flavours with plenty of spice and a tannic structure. confident and vigorous wine with a very long finish. promising" 15.5/20, not available in UK