Type: Red
Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Grape Varieties: Grolleau
Alcohol Level: 14%
Farming: Biodynamic
Varietal: Grolleau
Color: Red
Farming Practice: Biodynamic
Biodynamic. From a 0.33-hectare parcel planted in the 1960s. The vineyard is named “Case Neuve” and Batardiere owns one of the vineyard’s two parcels. Yields are only 25 hl/ha. The parcel sits on a riverbed between the Britannic and Parisian continental plates, which results in a wide array of soils: clay, blue schist, quartz, and degraded and eroded schist. Semi-carbonic fermentation is carried out in stainless steel with spontaneous fermentation and no additions. The wine is aged in stainless steel and bottled in September after harvest, with no fining and minimal SO₂ (<10mg).