July 5, 2021 - Sunflower colour; hayseed; fat, mid-weight, fading.
June 5, 2021 - This seems to have really settled into a great place in the almost 2 years since my last bottle. Beautiful light to medium golden yellow color. Nose is slightly chalky with a dominant melange of orchard fruit. Nice acidity but not tart. Rounded and flavorful with an apple, pear and crushed limestone profile. Chewy texture and long finish. Needs a little air (30-45 minutes) for the fullness to come through. Should be good easily through its 10th birthday, perhaps longer.
July 29, 2020 - Hélas, le vin est méchamment oxydé. Cela n'empêche pas de le boire, mais le plaisir qu'il aurait pu procurer n'est pas au rendez-vous. Vraiment dommage, car il y avait du vin et une belle concentration. C'est un vin à boire jeune je pense (il y a longtemps B Baudry m'avait dit qu'il lui laissait faire la malo, à l'inverse de la plupart de Vouvray).
June 14, 2020 - I do so love this wine. It has such a long trajectory, but yet is so hard to lay down since it is so good at every age. And this would be my last bottle of this vintage. Poured blind for Phoebe and Deneen, PMB thought it was a Chardonnay, but DDB nailed it, guess it was a Chenin Blanc from Loire. Golden yellow color that then delivers a bright and engaging nose of lymon, fig, chalk and sprite melon. The fruit on the attack segues into chalk and mineral on the finish. From attack to finish, the mouthfeel is full. This is a wine that I never tire of; so balanced and so complete. 13.5% alc. With pork chop porcetta. Highly Recommended.
April 4, 2020 - Same impression as with the last one 2 months ago: mainly apple, some citrus, white pepper and saltiness, middle density and length. Very pleasant as aperitif. This one was my last one of 2015, drink it up.
February 29, 2020 - This one is a good one: mainly apple, some lemon, with the usual saltiness, some white pepper, dense and rich, middle length.
February 7, 2020 - Quintessentially Chenin Blanc on the nose with ripe apple, wool, jasmine and a faint herbal note and even more faint popcorn note. On the palate relatively voluminous yet markedly focused and tense. Bone dry and most savory, there is no sense of sweetness or overt ripeness to be found here. It is wonderfully tangy and just a tad bit austere despite its textural richness. With good grip on the finish, this does not come off as massively acidic yet I would call it quite structured. Clearly a baby still, but I just love its singular, salty style. Authentic and unadulterated, as Baudry wines always are.
January 31, 2020 - Deep yellow, quite advanced, pure apple taste, nice salinity, but borderline to oxidation. I do not know why, but as good Baudry makes the reds, as borderline his whites are. At least 1 of 3 bottles are more advanced as they should be.
September 29, 2019 - Advanced colour; rather crude, rough hewn pine, whiff of salinity; blunt, blocky, overstated; plain, lacks verve, bitter snap. It’s a good wine but lacks the appeal of less warm vintages. One for medium term, at best.
September 7, 2019 - Developed very positively over two nights.
A light honey-colour. Nose of pear, apple, apricot and and unripe melon. Much more pronounced on second day plus additional pleasant note of struck flint.
Palate held more cooked versions of the above fruit plus sweet lemon. Mineral note turning salty in a medium-length finish.
Quite a fat wine in the mouth. There is acidity but it is well-cloaked by the body.
All in all, a wine which was underwhelming on first opening, but which after 24 hours developed into an appealing, harmonious one, consistent on the eye, in its feel, taste and nose.