Domaine Chibaou - "Surnaturel" Merlot 2020 (750ml)
Price: $33.00
| Producer | Domaine Chibaou |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Varietal | Merlot |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Sku | 39780 |
| Size | 750ml |
Domaine Chibaou Description
Sustained color. Complex and intense nose with aromas of black fruits, candied strawberries and caramel. Round and powerful attack, rich and concentrated wine, balanced structure while delicacy and gluttony.
Very good length in the mouth. A wine without sulphites or added inputs.
Biodynamic with No Added Sulfites.
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...
