2018 Domaine Bernard Baudry Chinon La Croix Boissée

Community Tasting Notes (26) Avg Score: 92.5 points

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  5/6/2024 - dream Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Quite a forward vintage for this wine showing atypically rich red and blue fruits and lots of exciting spice and game notes. Very fresh and lifted despite the ripeness with the classic taut, chalky finish that I love in Baudry's wines. Very little green here and this is so good to drink now with food but will obviously continue to evolve.

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  5/3/2024 - MrOctoberfest Likes this wine:

  Only my 2nd Croix Boissee ever, and this is obviously very young. Significant oak influence pretty much dominates everything right now. Could easily pass for Bordeaux or (gasp!) Napa Cab currently. I’m putting the cork back in and reevaluating tomorrow. Still shows great promise.
  
  After 24 hours this is still very impressive, but not representative of where it will be in 12 years. I love this wine, love this producer and need to stock up every chance I get.
  
  Please don’t do the same as I don’t want prices to rise.

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  4/27/2024 - jerhardt wrote:

  17/18/19 side by side blind. My preference was in that order. 17 was the cleanest and comparatively elegant and red fruited. I got the 18/19 backwards as the latter was bigger, riper, and not so clean. Both freshened up after being open for a day and need lots of time.

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  4/24/2024 - redwhiteandrich Likes this wine: 93 Points

  A big boi for sure. Lots of sweet ripe fruit, very giving upon opening, tannins get chalky as time goes on.

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  3/13/2024 - Julian Marshall Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Much less pong than the 2017, the initial nose was almost clean, but it still improved after a few hours, becoming very persistent and perfumed, full of sweet peas and raspberries. On the palate, it has gone back into its shell compared to the last bottle tried in 2021, but is still very impressive - concentrated and intense red fruits, mostly rose hip and wild strawberry this time. A lovely wine in need of time.

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