Collection: Domaine du Closel

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 from the upper middle class 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 the Las Cases.

A line of women winemakers was born, starting with Marque de Las Cases, wife of Du Closel. Her niece, Michèle Bazin de Jessey, developed the vineyard and created the operating company: Les Vins Domaine du Closel, to which she associated her two children. Evelyne de Pontbriand, her daughter, greatly developed the wine tourism activities at the Château, exports and who converted the estate to organic and biodynamic farming. Evelyne passed unexpectedly in November 2024 and the Domaine continues today through the de Pontbriand family, with Eveylne’s sons and daughters at the helm.