Batic Cabernet Franc 2020 Wine Seminar now owned by Champagne Louis

now owned by Champagne Louis Roederer

This Chardonnay from a 1917-planted vineyard ferments whole bunch in barrel for 18 months

Fermented in glass-lined cement and aged 12 months in large Slavonian oak—the same extended maceration as their Brunello—this wine opens with herbal aromatics that blow off to reveal woodland berries

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Batic Cabernet Franc 2020 Wine Seminar now owned by Champagne LouisThe Batic family has farmed Slovenia's Vipava Valley since 1592, and today they would rather blast hot air through the vines than spray them, building the plants' own immunity instead of reaching for chemicals. This is Demeter certified biodynamic Cabernet Franc from an estate that bottles by the lunar calendar and refuses to work under cloudy skies. The fruit comes largely from a 50 year old clay vineyard, pergola trained because, after generations