Domaine Batard Langelier

The Estate

The Batard-Langelier Estate is a family estate located 30 minutes south-east of Nantes. It extends over 24 hectares of gently sloping vineyards at an altitude of about 60 meters. It is located between two rivers, the Sèvre and Maine, south of the Loire.

The climate is oceanic, the Atlantic ocean being less than 50 km away as the crow flies.

Jérémie Batard represents the 3rd generation of winemaker. He returned to the family estate and since 2017 has been working with his parents Régine and Pascal with the same passion to express all the richness of the Melon de Bourgogne and the soils of the region in his wines.

The estate is fortunate to have vineyards planted on a variety of subsoils: Granite, Gneiss and Gabbro.

Batard Langelier produces wines in the Muscadet Sèvre et Maine appellation, as well as two Crus Château Thébaud and Monnière St Fiacre, a sparkling traditionnal method and an orange wine from melon de Bourgogne.

Domaine Batard Langelier, a terroir-driven range of AOC Muscadet Sèvre et Maine …

The vineyard is composed of 95% Melon de Bourgogne. A few rows of Merlot and Cabernet Franc complete the vineyard and bring a touch of red to the production. The pruning system is the Guyot Nantais, a typical pruning of the region which is based on 3 heads to have each time a cane and 2 spurs.

The soils of the vineyard are quite varied and this is one of the treasures of the domain: sandy-silt, siliceous-clay, soils often coming from metamorphic rocks in decomposition such as Gabbro and Gneiss. The wines are made from the selected parcels of the estate to express all the finesse, minerality and typicity of each of these different terroirs.

The vineyard is managed according to the principles of organic farming, no synthetic treatments are applied in the vineyard.

The vinification is traditional, with light pressing, settling and fermentation in underground glass-tiled cement tanks – typical of the region. The maturation on lees is adapted to the vineyards parcels for varying lengths of time in order to obtain an optimal expression of the different terroirs.

Website of estate

Chateau Thébaud

100% Melon de Bourgogne

Soil : The vines are planted on a draining soil of granitic arena, the mother rock is located at shallow depth (40-50 cm), of granodiorite nature (calc-alkaline granite).

Vinification :
Harvest : hand harvests on 16th of September 2019.
Pneumatic pressing and static settling over 12 hours.
Fermentation with indigenous yeast in underground cement tanks lined with glass tiles, typical of Muscadet.
Ageing on fine lees until November 2021 and bottled in December 2021

Pensées Nocturnes

30% Melon de Bourgogne / 70% Folle blanche

Soil: Melon de Bourgogne and Folle blanche come from different plots but both planted on Gabbro – metamorphic soil.

Vinification :
Both grapes have been vinified separately.
Soft pressing followed by 12 hours decanting.
Fermentation in burried cement vats covered in glass tiles, with temperature control. Ageing on lees in buried cement vats for 7 months.

Prise de mousse :
Tirage for prise de mousse in April and ageing on slat for 12 months.
Disgorgement in July with no dosage.