Domaine Chibaou - Blanc De Chibaou 2022 (750ml)
Price: $26.00
| Producer | Domaine Chibaou |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Varietal | Sauvignon Blanc |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Sku | 41489 |
| Size | 750ml |
Domaine Chibaou Description
The story begins in the early 1900s, my great-grandfather, a coachman, decided to try his gold rush, the French way! He leaves his native Dordogne and, after a long journey of at least 50 kilometers, arrives in Gironde.
And there, it's love at first sight for the hilly landscapes of Entre-deux-Mers, the smell of the flowering vines... or perhaps the beautiful smile of Madeleine, whom he meets at the Pellegrue ball and married a few years later! They then both settled in Castelviel: these were the first steps in the estate. My grandfather Robert, then my father Bernard, modernized and developed it.
100 years later – or thereabouts – here I come!
I spent a few years studying wine, management, and a couple of other things… I worked in Languedoc to teach them how to make wine – or the other way around, I don't know anymore – for 2 years in the United States to improve my English and my diet. Then in 2005, I returned to the estate. There are then 40 hectares, still in cooperative cellars.
That's already good, but I would really like to make wine! We then bought 4 vats, a small press and a pump… and off we went on 5 hectares! We made our first wine, Château Grenet 2005, – and “beginner’s luck” – it won a medal at the Bordeaux Competition. There are still a few well-hidden bottles left, to be fair…
Little by little, we are expanding the cellar. In 2008, in addition to meeting Émilie – I’ll tell you more about that later – we decided to go organic. In 2011, the cooperative cellar was finished! The 40 hectares are vinified in Saint-Félix-de-Foncaude, where we built the winery. 2011 is also a busy year: in addition to becoming a father (kisses Julie,... and Lisa my second daughter, otherwise she'll give me a headache!), we have just bought a property in Castelviel and Saint-Laurent- du-Bois, where we decide to create an equestrian center with Émilie (the one from 2008 and the mother of Julie and Lisa). Are you still following? This is his part: teaching, breeding, boarding... We almost arrive at the domain as it is today...
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