Chateau des Templiers is a small co-operative of 10 winemakers from the commune of Le Pallet. Le Pallet is one of only three communes in Muscadet to be given a “cru communal” status by the national institute of origin and quality in 2011 (along with Clisson and Gorges). These are areas with exceptional terroir which have much stricter regulations than regular Muscadet-Sevre-et-Maine.