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Le Grand Clos VdF MAGNUM, Thomas Batardière 2022

Thomas Batardière

£119.90

Buy a full case of : 6 Bottle And Save 5%

DUE TO THE EXCLUSIVITY OF THIS WINE, WE LIMIT THE PURCHASE OF 1 BOTTLE PER CUSTOMER. THIS WINE IS NOT SUBJECT TO ANY FURTHER DISCOUNT.

Thomas Batardière is a doer and does not stand still – born in 1980 in Angers, he studied anthropology and got bitten by the wine bug in 2008 while working as a cinematographer. Switching career path he worked as a sommelier first but being drawn to winemaking he decided to join Château Yvonne (Saumur, Anjou Blanc). Voluble, passionate and not afraid of a challenge he quickly became Mathieu Vallée’s right-hand man whilst studying viticulture in Beaune.

He finally struck out on his own in Rablay-sur-Layon (Anjou Noir) in 2012, buying a couple of hectares of his beloved chenin but without any equipment or cellar. He built the latter as well as his house right next door to Richard Leroy with whom he has become close. The two exchange a lot, so much so that there are talks about buying and operating a brand-new press together.

Producer  Thomas Batardiere

Origin Rablay-sur-Layon, Maine-et-Loire, Loire, France

Grapes Chenin blanc

Vintage 2022

Alcohol 13.5% ABV

Style Medium body white 

Bottle size 1500ml

Winemaking Manual harvest, gently pressed, fermented and aged in oak for  10months, then another passage stainless steel for a few months before bottling,  unfiltred, unfined and with low SO2.

Notes Natural, Organic, Biodynamic