2024 Thomas Batardiere Chenin Blanc 'Le Cocus' VDF, Loire, France Emilien Feneuil seasoned-oak élevage

seasoned-oak élevage

Aged for 6 months on the lees in new oak

and full of sneaky complexity

the base wine is unfined and unfiltered

loaded with pit fruit propelled by succulent acidity

2024 Thomas Batardiere Chenin Blanc 'Le Cocus' VDF, Loire, France Emilien Feneuil seasoned-oak élevageCertified Biodynamic. Chenin from a single plot, Les Cocus, planted in 1968 on the north east south west slopes of Faye d'Anjou. The soils here are shallow just 30 to 40 cm of clay before hitting schist a lean, mineral rich setting that shapes the wine from the ground up. Harvested by hand, pressed slow and long. Fermentation kicks off naturally, no additions, no corrections. The wine is racked to neutral 500L barrels mid ferment, where it completes