2024 Thomas Batardiere Chenin Blanc 'Le Cocus' VDF, Loire, France Domaine Leroy wet early summer before a

wet early summer before a dry

just below 1er Cru Bousselot

Vinification: Some whole cluster inclusion and a percentage of the fruit pressed immediately

10 months elevage

Terroir: A blend of 2 parcels with deep clay soils

2024 Thomas Batardiere Chenin Blanc 'Le Cocus' VDF, Loire, France Domaine Leroy wet early summer before aCertified 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