Domaine Guiberteau - Saumur Brézé "Le Bourg" 2021 (750ml)
Price: $55.99
| Producer | Domaine Guiberteau |
| Country | France |
| Region | Loire Valley |
| Varietal | Chenin Blanc |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Sku | 204136 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Domaine Guiberteau Description
In 1996, at the end of a lease cycle, Romain Guiberteau, who was flailing as a law student, decided to take over the management of his family’s vineyards rather than see the leases renewed. The following year, under the mentoring of Clos Rougeard’s Nady Foucault, Romain made 5000 bottles of red wine that he managed to sell easily. The success convinced him to pursue a qualitative approach to winemaking and to gradually take back his grapes from the cooperative.
The domaine is 9.4 hectares (under plantation, there is 12 hectares total), 7 of which are located in the great terroir of Brézé. A little more than half of the surface is planted to Chenin with the remainder planted to Cabernet Franc. Age of vines varies between 4 and 80 years old, with a hefty proportion of old vines. In 2000, Romain converted the vineyards to organic management and in 2003 he began the process towards the AB organic certification, obtaining it in 2007.
In only a few years, Domaine Guiberteau has become one of the most sought after domaines in Saumur, their wines already stringently allocated and found in the best restaurants in France.
Chenin Blanc planted in the early 1940s from a single vineyard below the Clos des Carmes
Vinous: 92 Points
The 2021 Le Bourg is sited in one of the area's most-coveted vineyards, Brézé, offering a salty, tightly wound style. There are lemon, almond and apple flavors on this light-bodied yet firmly poised white with a sense of chili spice and salty notes.
One of the main challenges here is children from the neighboring school kicking footballs into the vineyard. The vineyard team can only spray on Wednesdays when school is closed. Each year, the children pick some grapes to make jam, too! Note that the wines poured had been opened for more than five days and were tasting as they were meant to be....
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