Baron de Badassière Viognier 2025
£10.45
The wine
From clay-limestone terraces above the Étang de Thau, this is Viognier in a fresh, modern guise: unoaked, with no malolactic, to keep it bright and pure.
Fragrant and rounded, it offers almond and honey on the nose with guava and apricot on the palate, balanced by a refreshing, dry finish. An easy, aromatic white to enjoy young. Lovely as an aperitif or with roast chicken, lighter fish and gently spiced dishes. Serve well chilled.
The producer
Baron de Badassière
View all Baron de Badassière winesBaron de Badassière comes from the sun-drenched Languedoc coast, where the vineyards look out over the Étang de Thau, the great lagoon that lends these wines their freshness. The name belongs to an old vineyard once owned by a flamboyant eighteenth-century baron, rumoured to be the illegitimate son of Louis XV.
Made at the respected Cave de Pomérols, in the heart of Picpoul de Pinet country, the wines are crafted with a deliberately light hand: little or no skin contact, no malolactic, no oak. The aim is purity, letting each grape variety speak clearly.
From the crisp, saline Picpoul that is the cellar’s speciality to a fragrant Viognier and a bright, peppery Carignan, these are fresh, modern, food-friendly wines. Mediterranean sunshine and sea breezes, beautifully caught.






