2024 Guibertau Chai de La Dive "Les Moulins" Saumur Blanc

Green apple, quince, white peach, chamomile, and wet stone — taut and linear on the palate, with vibrant acidity, a supple lees texture, and a long saline, chalk-inflected finish that is pure Loire Chenin at its most precise. The 2024 Chai de la Dive "Les Moulins" Blanc is organically farmed Chenin Blanc from multiple sites in Berrie and Épieds on clay-sand and silty-sand over Turonian limestone — whole cluster pressed, native yeast, full malo, six months on lees in stainless steel, no oak. Romain Guiberteau — mentored by the legendary Nady Foucault of Clos Rougeard, one of the Loire's most revered names — launched Chai de la Dive with his daughter Camille, her partner Alex Crochet, and American expat Brendan Stater-West to source high-quality organic fruit from neighboring growers and make wines that free the domaine to focus on its most serious holdings. The entry point to one of Saumur's greatest addresses. Drink it cold and pay attention.