2003 Domaine Bernard Baudry Chinon La Croix Boissée

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 89.3 points

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  9/10/2023 - 5laton wrote:

  Not pruney or raisined but quite dark-fruited with a sensation of grittiness to the fruit (not from sediment). Some tobacco family notes but they're pushed to the brown/dried end of the spectrum, not a trace of anything green here (alas). Soft tannins that enhance the mouthfeel but are no longer gripping or astringent. Hard to judge where this unusual vintage of Croix Boissée goes from here; it feels perhaps just slightly past peak, but will likely keep cruising for a long time and could surprise. I enjoyed this and was glad to experience it, but definitely okay that it was my only bottle; cooler vintage Grez is more my jam.

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  4/1/2019 - LW31 Likes this wine:

  Remarkable freshness and energy for very warm year. A success because they picked the fruit a bit later than others to insure that it was fully ripe and because of the limestone it wasn’t overly stressed unlike other cuvées. On the dark fruit spectrum, a bit of mushroom. After being open for an hour starts to show a touch of prune and to flatten out.

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  12/7/2018 - coremill wrote: 91 Points

  Another very good, clean bottle. Similar to my previous note.

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  8/29/2018 - Raage Likes this wine: 92 Points

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  Malgré son millésime caniculaire, il est resté très chinon, très CF de garde, alliant maturité et fraicheur! Le nez très net, poivronnant, sur la fraise, les épices, le sous-bois et la mousse de chêne, évoque indéniablement plus Chinon que 2003: une gageure! Aucune trace de fatigue sur cette bouteille, il est dynamique, il a du peps et de la carrure!

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  7/4/2018 - coremill wrote: 90 Points

  Totally clean, no Brett. Really shows the ripeness of the hot year, with its rich dark fruit and soft tannins and only a hint of green. There's good depth to the fruit overlying some niece earthy bite and a dark woodsiness. This is much more Bordeaux than Chinon in style, with less pyraziney funk, but I quite like it. Held up well over two days.

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