2023 Domaine Guiberteau Saumur Blanc "Clos de Guichaux", Loire Valley, FranceABOUT THIS WINE Gentle whole cluster pressing, no chaptalization, indigenous yeast fermentation. Aged for 9 months in older oak barrels (2 to 4 years). ABOUT THIS PRODUCER The Guiberteau family has been growing grapes in the region of Saumur for more than one hundred years and has played a central role in the areas viticulture throughout. Romains great grandfather began purchasing vineyard sites in the area before WWI. His grandmother and grandfather

the Heinrich’s were recognized with the prestigious Falstaff “Winemaker of the Year” award

Continually pushing things forward

Marie Courtin

He followed up his studies with apprenticeships at L’Anglore in Tavel and Domaines des Sablonettes in the Côteaux du Layon before finding a humble 12-acre plot in Faye d’Anjou planted to vines

the wine was pressed to large Slovenian oak Botti where it evolved and integrated for a year

Gaston now manages the day-to-day running of the Chateau Musar winery

covered with the same crown cap used during the end of fermentation (not disgorged)

Every bottle issued forth from Montevertine’s cellar is a testament to the beauty which Sangiovese at its best can achieve

In the beginning of the new millennium Zalto wanted to invent something extraordinary

their first own wine collection

the progenitor of the entire vinegrowing industry and the mother of all the infinite varieties that have evolved to our days

Antonio and Salvino Benanti now lead the winery with the same vision and passion as their father