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BEL0622WW
Les Prieres
2022
Loire
Organic Conversion
Wild yeasts
Low Sulphur
Vegan

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The Loire, France's longest river, is home to many much celebrated and quintessential French grapes. From the once ubiquitous-in-the-UK Melon de Bourgogne by the Atlantic coast, to the home of Sauvignon Blanc in Sancerre, via some of the world's best Chenin and crunchy Cabernet Francs, Gamays and Pinots there is quality all around. Being at the northernly limit for winemaking, the wines are hallmarked by their crisp, fresh, crunchy fruit and high acidity, where reds may sometimes struggle to ripen and whites nearly overdeliver on acidity. The 69 appellations that make up the larger region are grouped into smaller sub-regions with predominantly single variety wines leading the way. As you move east the climate changes markedly from maritime to continental as the soils change from flint and limestone to the hard granite of central France.

Jeremie and his wife Claire are third generation winemakers responsible for around 24 hectares of vines (averaging 40 years old) in the Muscadet Sevre et Maine appellation to the SE of Nantes. Found a mere 50km away from the Atlantic the true joy in their wines, and the reason I have taken 4 cuvees from the same one single grape (Melon de Bourgogne), is the variety of soils on which it grows and varying time it spends aging on its lees. Each cuvee is a parcelaire selection to truly express the minerality, finesse and typicity of their soils from; sandy loam, gabbros, clay silicious, gneiss and biotite granite with lees aging ranging from 6 to 24 months. Having travelled the world over, Jeremie and Claire returned inspired by cleaner low intervention farming and in 2014 started the conversion to Organic viticulture.

Tasting note: Direct; young; clean citrus fruit; with notable saltiness; freshness and green fruit on the nose. Touch of lime and gooseberry. Upfront the pallet is a wash of acidity; zingy green fruits with a salty mineral backbone. Lively; well balance alcohol and a lovely refreshing finish.
Winemaking Detail: Hand-harvested from a variety of plots planted on metamorphic rocks. The grapes are lightly pressed and then allowed to settle, followed by fermentation. Fermentation and aging in traditional underground cement tanks, lined with tiles under controlled temperature. The wine is then racked on fine lees with battonage, before being aged on lees for 7 months.
Features Apple Lime Saline Fresh Zesty

Features Apple, Bright, Fresh, Lime, Saline, Zesty,
Tasting note Direct, young, clean citrus fruit, with notable saltiness, freshness and green fruit on the nose. Touch of lime and gooseberry. Upfront the pallet is a wash of acidity, zingy green fruits with a salty mineral backbone. Lively, well balance alcohol and a lovely refreshing finish.
Drink with
Oysters, Shellfish, Whelks,

Wine details

Country France
Region Loire
Producer Batard Langelier
Wine Name Les Prieres
Colour White
Style Fresh & Floral
Vintage 2022
Main Grape Melon de Bourgogne
Other Grapes
Size 75cl
Closure Cork
A.B.V. 0.12
Production 15000
Aging 7 months on lees
Soil Deep soil; Metamorphic rock
Time to drink Now - 2026
Winemaking Detail Hand-harvested from a variety of plots planted on metamorphic rocks. The grapes are lightly pressed and then allowed to settle, followed by fermentation. Fermentation and aging in traditional underground cement tanks, lined with tiles under controlled temperature. The wine is then racked on fine lees with battonage, before being aged on lees for 7 months.

BEL0622WW
Batard Langelier
Les Prieres
2022
Loire
Organic Conversion
Wild yeasts
Low Sulphur
Vegan

The Loire, France's longest river, is home to many much celebrated and quintessential French grapes. From the once ubiquitous-in-the-UK Melon de Bourgogne by the Atlantic coast, to the home of Sauvignon Blanc in Sancerre, via some of the world's best Chenin and crunchy Cabernet Francs, Gamays and Pinots there is quality all around. Being at the northernly limit for winemaking, the wines are hallmarked by their crisp, fresh, crunchy fruit and high acidity, where reds may sometimes struggle to ripen and whites nearly overdeliver on acidity. The 69 appellations that make up the larger region are grouped into smaller sub-regions with predominantly single variety wines leading the way. As you move east the climate changes markedly from maritime to continental as the soils change from flint and limestone to the hard granite of central France.

Jeremie and his wife Claire are third generation winemakers responsible for around 24 hectares of vines (averaging 40 years old) in the Muscadet Sevre et Maine appellation to the SE of Nantes. Found a mere 50km away from the Atlantic the true joy in their wines, and the reason I have taken 4 cuvees from the same one single grape (Melon de Bourgogne), is the variety of soils on which it grows and varying time it spends aging on its lees. Each cuvee is a parcelaire selection to truly express the minerality, finesse and typicity of their soils from; sandy loam, gabbros, clay silicious, gneiss and biotite granite with lees aging ranging from 6 to 24 months. Having travelled the world over, Jeremie and Claire returned inspired by cleaner low intervention farming and in 2014 started the conversion to Organic viticulture.

Tasting note: Direct; young; clean citrus fruit; with notable saltiness; freshness and green fruit on the nose. Touch of lime and gooseberry. Upfront the pallet is a wash of acidity; zingy green fruits with a salty mineral backbone. Lively; well balance alcohol and a lovely refreshing finish.
Winemaking Detail: Hand-harvested from a variety of plots planted on metamorphic rocks. The grapes are lightly pressed and then allowed to settle, followed by fermentation. Fermentation and aging in traditional underground cement tanks, lined with tiles under controlled temperature. The wine is then racked on fine lees with battonage, before being aged on lees for 7 months.
Features Apple Lime Saline Fresh Zesty

Features Apple, Bright, Fresh, Lime, Saline, Zesty,
Tasting note Direct, young, clean citrus fruit, with notable saltiness, freshness and green fruit on the nose. Touch of lime and gooseberry. Upfront the pallet is a wash of acidity, zingy green fruits with a salty mineral backbone. Lively, well balance alcohol and a lovely refreshing finish.
Drink with
Oysters, Shellfish, Whelks,

Wine details

Country France
Region Loire
Producer Batard Langelier
Wine Name Les Prieres
Style Fresh & Floral
Vintage 2022
Main Grape Melon de Bourgogne
Other Grapes
Size 75cl
Closure Cork
A.B.V. 0.12
Production 15000
Aging 7 months on lees
Soil Deep soil; Metamorphic rock
Time to drink Now - 2026
Winemaking Detail Hand-harvested from a variety of plots planted on metamorphic rocks. The grapes are lightly pressed and then allowed to settle, followed by fermentation. Fermentation and aging in traditional underground cement tanks, lined with tiles under controlled temperature. The wine is then racked on fine lees with battonage, before being aged on lees for 7 months.