05/29/2024
New Producer | Thatcher’s Imports
Louis Billard, Burgundy, France
We have been dropping some teasers, but it’s almost time for the first release of to make its way to California.
We first met Louis last year in his cellar in La Rochepot. We tasted through his 2022’s and instantly felt the magic, and emotion, his wines showcase.
With the 2022s soon landing on our shores, Louis proudly releases his first vintage under his own label, producing his own wines from the cellars he for so long called home. He’s worked with top growers across several appellations, both in the Cote de Beaune and Cote de Nuits, looking for the fruit and wines that inspire him, including several vineyards his family long worked with.
Louis spent both the 2018 and 2019 vintages at the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, forming the basis from which he would yield his own winemaking methods. In the spirit of diversification, Louis spent the 2020 vintage alongside Eric Roumier at Chambolle-Musigny’s Domaine G. Roumier; that was followed by spending 2021 in South Africa at Newton Johnson, and 2022 at By Farr in Australia. In other words, he’s learned from the absolute greatest in 3 different continents.
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