Batic Cabernet Franc 2020 Wine Seminar Fermented in glass-lined cement and

Fermented in glass-lined cement and aged 12 months in large Slavonian oak—the same extended maceration as their Brunello—this wine opens with herbal aromatics that blow off to reveal woodland berries

now owned by Champagne Louis Roederer

with more than twenty years of quiet aging already behind it

and a mineral-driven finish with bright acidity

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

Batic Cabernet Franc 2020 Wine Seminar Fermented in glass-lined cement andThe 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