From Guy Saget to Saget La Perrière: nine generations on the Loire
The story begins in Pouilly-sur-Loire, where the Saget family has been rooted for nine generations. The house still bears the brand name Guy Saget as a tribute: when Jean-Louis Saget lost his father Guy in 1972, he dropped out of his studies, took over the family business with just a few hectares of vines, and learned vinification in the field. He marketed his wines under his father's name — out of respect, but also as a promise. This fresh start turned into one of the most respected wine addresses in the Loire Valley. Since the 1980s, Jean-Louis Saget has systematically expanded the business: he acquired estate after estate along the river, including the Domaine de la Perrière in Sancerre in 1996, which gave the current company name its second part. Today, his sons Arnaud and Laurent Saget run the house — Arnaud is responsible for operations and sales, Laurent for the vineyard and the cellar.
Terroir diversity as a program: from Pouilly to Anjou
Saget La Perrière now manages several estates that stretch from east to west across the entire Loire Valley: the Domaine Saget in the heart of Pouilly-sur-Loire with its Kimmeridgian clay-limestone soils, the Domaine de Terres Blanches in Sancerre, the Domaine des Grandes Espérances in the Touraine, and the Château de la Mulonnière in Beaulieu-sur-Layon in the Anjou. Each estate works according to the internal logic of its terroir. Hand-picking is standard on almost all plots in order to be able to selectively harvest the grapes. The Domaine des Grandes Espérances in the Touraine is certified according to the guidelines of Terra Vitis — a sustainability program that mandates integrated viticulture, resource conservation, and biodiversity. The family's ambition: to show every appellation as it is, without stylistic standardization between the estates.
In 1990, Jean-Louis Saget was one of the first Loire producers ever to install an underwater cellar — a radically unconventional step at the time that made the house's willingness to innovate visible early on.
Sauvignon Blanc as a guide, Pinot Noir as a counterpoint
The Guy Saget wine line stands for the classic Loire appellations in their most accessible, typical form. The focus is on Sauvignon Blanc: as Pouilly Fumé from the Kimmeridgian soils around Pouilly-sur-Loire — mineral, taut, with the typical pebble note of the silex subsoil — and as Sancerre Blanc, which shows the more elegant, floral side of the same grape variety. Added to this is the Touraine Sauvignon, the herbal-fresh entry into the world of Loire white wines. The Rosé de Loire rounds off the range and shows that the house also has a feel for clear, fruit-driven structure beyond white wine. The signature line Guy Saget is deliberately conceived as an invitation: less as a prestige statement, more as an honest approach to what the Loire has been capable of for centuries — liveliness, minerality, and an acid structure that works at the table, not just in the glass.
