Christian Boulanger has been working with the Labets for 15 years and is part of the family, a third sibling for Charline, Romain and Julien. Christian and his friend Mathieu Allante have been gathering small parcels over the years, patiently waiting for opportunities, leasing, buying, clearing land and recovering abandoned vineyards. Now across their two cellars they produce beautiful biodynamically farmed wines.

From the lieu-dit Patarate in Rotalier, 80yo vines on shallow grey marl over a limestone bedrock. Vinified and aged in wooden foudres for 20 months before being bottled "naked" i.e. without sulphites added – the label depict a certain vision of naturism or nudism in wine, beware mature audience only! Sapidity characterises this bottling with well-integrated VA that make a convincing case for umami in wine.