Tasting on Friday, 19th July at Domaine Bernard Baudry, Cravant les coteaux

Tasting as every year at the Domaine Baudry, this time with Mathieu Baudry: Tasting over 2 hours of the 2017 vintage with some older stuff at the end.

A first look on 2018, which is a monster vintage in Chinon in view of the concentration and power.

• 2018 Domaine Bernard Baudry Chinon Les Granges

  France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Chinon

  Extremly rich entry of the range, sour cherries, strawberries, dense, far above the usual level in terms of power and density.

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2017 is a sunny, quite rich year, with very pleasant wines, which will not need long years to be ready for consumption. Pleasant wine in line perhaps with 2009.

• 2017 Domaine Bernard Baudry Chinon Les Grézeaux

  France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Chinon

  From the valley, just 200m away from the domaine: meaty, tannins, bell Pepper and smokey.

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• 2017 Domaine Bernard Baudry Chinon Le Clos Guillot 91 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Chinon

  From the assembly tank: red and black fruit, a certain saltiness, tannins, excellent.

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• 2017 Domaine Bernard Baudry Chinon La Croix Boissée 92 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Chinon

  From the barrel: red and black fruit, salty, excellent volume, more refined compared to the Clos Guillot, will be bottled in March 2020.

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• 2017 Domaine Bernard Baudry Chinon Le Domaine 89 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Chinon

  wines from the plateau above the valley: leather, spices, limestone and some smokey notes

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The pure class of la Croix Boissée is obvious, effortless ageing, the typicity of the terroir is visible in each vintage.

• 2016 Domaine Bernard Baudry Chinon La Croix Boissée 92 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Chinon

  black fruit, full, dense and a lot of power, the typical saltyness of the terroir is here, this is a wine for long cellaring.

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• 2012 Domaine Bernard Baudry Chinon La Croix Boissée 91 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Chinon

  tasted after the 2017 wines: very dense, starts to open, mainly black fruit and salt.

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• 1995 Domaine Bernard Baudry Chinon La Croix Boissée 92 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Chinon

  At the end of the tasting, Matthieu opened a 1995 Croix Boissée: this is the first vintage where this terroir has been separated in its own cuvée: very elegant, could even be a Burgundy wine, it is in a splendid shape.

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Thanks a lot to Mathieu and Bernard Baudry for their great hospitality.