Marie-Lise & Thomas Batardiere are not household names. How could they be? Thomas only farms 3.5 hectares of vines in total! That doesn’t leave much wine to ship to magazines and critics to ask for... Read More

Marie-Lise & Thomas Batardiere are not household names. How could they be? Thomas only farms 3.5 hectares of vines in total! That doesn’t leave much wine to ship to magazines and critics to ask for reviews. 

And they don’t need to. Because while they are resolutely under-the-radar, they are also one of the most whispered about producers in the Loire. Neighbors of Richard Leroy (whose wines have become near-impossible to source in any volume) they take a similarly non-interventionist approach. They farm biodynamically, use very little or no sulfur (this cuvee has none), and make wines of absolute purity.