Romain Petiteau La Tourlaudiere

Muscadet has long been dismissed as a simple, inexpensive white made for oysters and little else. Romain Petiteau has spent the past decade proving that view wrong, farming his 21-hectare family estate with the care and ambition of someone who knows exactly what these schist and gneiss soils are capable of producing.

The Petiteau family has farmed in the village of La Tourlaudiere, between Vallet and La Chapelle-Heulin, since the 17th century. Romain's father Roland formally established the estate in 1976, and his mother Jeanine joined in 1982, gradually assembling the parcels that now make up the domaine. Romain began working on the estate in 2006, initially drawn more to forestry management than viticulture. He discovered, through careful tasting, that he had a natural aptitude for understanding wine, and in 2015 he officially took over leadership of the domaine. Since then he has converted the entire operation to organic viticulture, achieving certification in 2021, and has pushed toward increasingly natural winemaking, reducing sulfur additions and allowing indigenous yeasts to work without systematic intervention.

More on how they farm and work in the cellar in our Romain Petiteau La Tourlaudiere producer profile.

Albatar Cabernet Franc 2018 by Romain Petiteau from La Tourlaudiere, a natural red wine from France

Romain Petiteau La Tourlaudiere Albatar Cabernet Franc 2018

Romain Petiteau La Tourlaudiere

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