Guiberteau - Chai de la Dive Saumur Blanc 'Les Moulins' 2024

With the 2024 vintage, Romain Guiberteau, Brendan Stater-West, Camille Guiberteau (Romain's daughter) and her partner, Alex Crochet, have launched a new négociant project: Chai de la Dive. This initiative reflects a growing commitment to the local organic farming community by purchasing high-quality fruit from neighboring vineyards.

Although these wines will now appear under a different label, significant portions of the fruit are still farmed by the teams of Romain and Brendan. The change allows them to focus their respective domaines on site-specific, age-worthy bottlings, while Chai de la Dive becomes home to earlier-release, more accessible wines.

All wines are bottled at Domaine Guiberteau, with Romain’s name on the back labels—a nod to both origin and continuity, and the start of a new identity under Chai de la Dive.

The word “Chai” refers to a wine cellar in French. “La Dive” is a nod to the village of Saint-Just-sur-Dive, the historic home of Domaine Guiberteau, and also evokes the nearby La Dive River.

Vine Age: Average of 20 years (as of 2024). Terroir: From multiple sites in Berrie and Epieds. Berrie: clay-sand soil over Turonian limestone, south and southwest-facing, 76 m elevation, early-ripening. Epieds: calcareous, shallow 60-80 cm-deep silty-sand soil over Turonian limestone, north and northwest-facing. Viticulture: Domaine-farmed and purchased grapes, organic (not certified). Vinification: Pressed with whole clusters, settled for 24 hours and racked, 3-week ambient yeast fermentation in stainless steel, full malolactic conversion, aged for 6 months in stainless steel.

Producer: Guiberteau - Chai de la Dive

Country: France

Region: Loire Valley

Varietal: Chenin Blanc

Appellation: Saumur

Vintage: 2024

Size: 750ml