Savennières | Domaine du Closel
Evelyne de Pontbriand
Winegrower, has been managing the estate since 2001
About the Domaine
The fief of the Vaults is mentioned in 1495 in our archives, with its vineyard, orchard and garden.
The Château des Vaults was built in the 17th century and remodeled in the 19th century. The park with its current design was created around 1850. The property was in the hands of figures of the upper bourgeoisie of Angers, then of the prestigious family of Nantes shipowners: the Walsh, Count of Serrant.
Later, in the 19th century, the family of Emmanuel de Las Cases, Napoleon's biographer, inherited the estate. Since that day, the Château des Vaults and its vines have been managed by the descendants of Las Cases.
A line of women winegrowers was born, starting with Marque de Las Cases, wife of Closel. Her niece, Michèle Bazin de Jessey developed the vineyard and created the operating company: Les Vins Domaine du Closel with which she associated her two children.
It is currently his daughter, Evelyne de Pontbriand who runs the property and who has greatly developed wine tourism activities at the Château, exports and who has converted the estate to organic farming and now biodynamic.
