2018 Domaine Bernard Baudry Chinon La Croix Boissée

Community Tasting Notes (24) Avg Score: 92.5 points

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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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  11/17/2023 - alpha_ori Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Oh, man -- I don't drink enough old world wine. I can't even begin to describe this nose. Wet spiced ginger cake, drunken cherries, balsamic syrup. On the palate, acids dominate the rich flavors. Balsamic flavors continue, mixing with richer cherry flavors and just the bare ascetic hint. There's some fine tannin still present, and overall it just seems like there's a lot of room for development. If there's a flaw, it's that it drinks a bit hot. 14.1 is surely common where I'm from, but it might inhibit the perception of some of the complex flavors that this wine definitely possesses. I'm going to save my remaining bottle for another 4 or 5 and try it again.

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  5/7/2023 - Claret & CdP Gang Likes this wine: 93 Points

  A crowd pleaser this beauty is, slow oxed for 2 hours, dark maroon red, black fruits, ripe plums, blackberries, medium to full bodied, complex, v young still
  93+

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