2024 Thomas Batardiere Chenin Blanc 'Montbenault', Loire, France Domaine des Ardoisieres Vinification: De-stemmed

Vinification: De-stemmed

ambient yeast fermentation and aging for 10 months in stainless steel (70%) and used barrels (30%)

Fermented and aged in barrel (30% new) for 22 months

Fermented and aged in 60% stainless steel

2024 Thomas Batardiere Chenin Blanc 'Montbenault', Loire, France Domaine des Ardoisieres Vinification: De-stemmedCertified Biodynamic. 100% Chenin Blanc from Montbenault a parcel Thomas planted in 2014, just 50 meters from Les Cocus, but the soils here tell a different story. Deeper, and laced with rhyolite a volcanic rock thats a signature of this corner of Anjou. Fermentation starts naturally in stainless steel, before the wine is moved to used 500L tonneaux (23 years old) for a year of levage. Both primary and malolactic fermentations occur without