A wealthy merchant from Saumur, Mr. Ackerman, bought the property and restored the castle to its former glory. After his death in 1914 his daughters, one of whom became a Carmelite nun, inherited and gave the castle to a work of education.
The Ackerman family is the founder of the famous sparkling wine dynasty of the Loire Valley, which continues to be a very popular well known product in Saumur even today.