Batic Cabernet Franc 2020 Wine Seminar with more than twenty years

with more than twenty years of quiet aging already behind it

now owned by Champagne Louis Roederer

This Chardonnay from a 1917-planted vineyard ferments whole bunch in barrel for 18 months

or a Champagne novice looking to get a guided tour of the bubbly revolution

Batic Cabernet Franc 2020 Wine Seminar with more than twenty yearsThe Batic family has farmed Slovenia's Vipava Valley since 1592, and today they would rather blast hot air through the vines than spray them, building the plants' own immunity instead of reaching for chemicals. This is Demeter certified biodynamic Cabernet Franc from an estate that bottles by the lunar calendar and refuses to work under cloudy skies. The fruit comes largely from a 50 year old clay vineyard, pergola trained because, after generations