2024 Thomas Batardiere Chenin Blanc 'Grand Clos', Loire, France Barmes Buecher cured herb

cured herb

without fining or filtration

Persan adds a little tannic structure and intense red fruits to the typical mondeuse aromas of violets

farmed by Sergio Parra

all this takes place in concrete tanks buried in the ground

2024 Thomas Batardiere Chenin Blanc 'Grand Clos', Loire, France Barmes Buecher cured herbCertified biodynamic. 100% Chenin Blanc. A new parcel of Chenin planted in 2020, just to the east of the village of Rablay its the last parcel on the hillside where Esprit Libre is located. The new parcel for Le Grand Clos is located on a break in the hill, on a significantly more eroded schist soil than the bottling of Esprit Libre. Spontaneously fermented in inox with elevage in used foudre. Unfined and unfiltered, with less than 20ppm SO2 added at