Domaine Philippe Gilbert Menetou-Salon Blanc

Sauvignon Blanc

Loire Valley, France

Philippe Gilbert was a dramaturg, producing and also writing plays for the theatre. He is, then, a vigneron with a unique background. Nevertheless, he is very much the vigneron, having returned to take over the direction of his family domaine located in the hamlet of Faucards in the midst of the Menetou-Salon appellation. Having traveled the world and explored the intellectual side of the arts, Philippe still felt the pull of the soils that his father worked for many years, recognizing that, as his father prepared to retire, the domaine would no longer exist as it was without his participation. This is all understandable once it is understood that a certain Francois Gilbert turned from being a tavern-keeper to establish this domaine all the way back in 1768. His return reinvigorated this domaine, one of the largest in the appellation with its twenty-seven hectares under cultivation.