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Tasting a Geological Map: The New Face of Muscadet at Domaine Batard Langelier

Post published:16 July 2026

Everyone knows Muscadet. Or at least, everyone thinks they do. Pale, sharp, inexpensive and dispatched alongside a dozen oysters before anyone has had time to ask where the wine came from. For decades, that was both Muscadet’s great commercial success and its greatest problem: the region became famous for a style before anyone bothered to look closely at the place.

Domaine Batard Langelier – April 2025

Post published:22 May 2025

The bottling date for the Prières 2024 was set on March 1st, 2025 for Domaine Batard Langelier. Vintage 2024 was a low-yield vintage that suffered from the damp conditions. This vintage produces wines where saline and citrus notes blend with brioche flavors, thanks to the malolactic fermentation that took place this year.

Domaine Batard Langelier

Post published:31 July 2024

2024: A vintage under the rain July 2024Maisdon-sur-SèvreFor Jérémie Batard, who took over the family estate in 2020 after working with his father for several years, each year brings its…

Domaine Batard-Langelier : Return to the vineyard 2023

Post published:25 September 2023

Muscadet, Maisdon sur Sèvre Septembre 2023 At Domaine Batard Langelier, I'm greeted by Jérémie's voice from the back of the cellar. His face is smiling, but tired from the harvest…

Launch of the CRUS at Batard Langelier

Post published:14 January 2022

View of Muscadet Cru Chateau Thébaud's impressive Granite bedrock, upon which Batard Langelier's 50 year old Melon de Bourgogne vines are planted.January 5, 2022Muscadet Sèvre & Maine, LoireIt is always…

Introducing: Pensées Nocturnes, Méthode Traditionnelle from Domaine Batard Langelier!

Post published:4 May 2021

17 March, 2021Maisdon-sur-Sèvre, Muscadet Introducing Pensées Nocturnes: the new wine made by Nantais vigneron Jérémie Batard. The release of this 2019 Traditional Method sparkling blend of Melon de Bourgogne and Folle Blanche…

Return to the Vineyard: 2020 Muscadet Harvest at Domaine Batard Langelier

Post published:8 October 2020

Maisdon sur SèvreOctober 2020 Today, we are visiting Jérémie Batard's Muscadet vineyards, Domaine Batard Langelier, whose family estate covers 27 hectares. Since he came to join his father on the family…

Meet The Winemaker: Jérémie Batard, Muscadet

Post published:11 May 2020

Bonjour Jérémie, where are you from? I'm from the West of France. I was born, I grew up, and I currently live in the Nantes vineyards. At the western end of…

Visiting Batard Langelier: Muscadet Harvest 2019

Post published:22 October 2019

Vintage 2019 in progress... Maison-sur-Sèvre15 October, 2019 There is much to celebrate during this visit to Muscadet - the harvest has finished at the Batard Langelier estate! The estate has…

Domaine Batard Langelier, Muscadet Sèvre et Maine: Vintage 2018 Return to the Vineyard …

Post published:26 July 2018

Return to the Vineyard … Domaine Batard Langelier Muscadet In this winery report you will find: Update on 2018 Vintage New Vineyard Plantings at Domaine Organic soil work in the vineyards Tasting…