2024 Thomas Batardiere Chenin Blanc 'Montbenault', Loire, France Axel Domont 2011 Chateau La Fleur-Petrus

2011 Chateau La Fleur-Petrus

100% Palomino from old

unfiltered

the grape is a sneaky transmitter of place and changes with where its planted

whose work defines the Langhe’s newest chapter

2024 Thomas Batardiere Chenin Blanc 'Montbenault', Loire, France Axel Domont 2011 Chateau La Fleur-PetrusCertified 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