This cuve was initially created for vineyards undergoing organic certification. It has since evolved into an entry-level option featuring purchased grapes and grapes from the young vines of the Domaine. Chia de la Dive is the name of the negociant project.

• Variety:Cabernet Franc
• Vine Age:Between 10 and 25 years (as of 2024)
• Terroir:From multiple sites in Berrie, Brz, and Montreuil-Bellay. Berrie: clay-sand soil over Turonian limestone, south and southwest-facing, 76 m elevation, early-ripening. Brz: sandy-clay soils over Turonian limestone, south and southwest-facing, 80 m elevation. Montreuil-Bellay: clay-sand soil over Jurassic limestone, west and northwest-facing.
• Viticulture:Domaine-farmed and purchased grapes, organic (not certified).
• Vinification:De-stemmed, 4-6-day maceration and ambient yeast fermentation in concrete and stainless steel tanks, aged for 6 months in stainless steel, tangential flow filtration, 20-30 ppm SO2 added during vinification and adjusted after pressing and before bottling if needed.

With the 2024 vintage, Romain Guiberteau, Brendan Stater West, Camille Guiberteau (Romain’s daughter) and her partner, Alex Crochet, have launched a new ngociant 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 Romains name on the back labelsa 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.