2019 Domaine Bernard Baudry Chinon Le Clos Guillot
Community Tasting Note
Montesquieu Likes this wine:
93 Points
Friday, September 2, 2022 - This is a very good wine today for the $33/bottle I paid. It's big, rich, and chock full of green pepper and barnyard, both of which I adore. There aren't many red wines I'd pick over it for the price. However, I think it's nowhere near its peak. I'm no expert in aging Chinon, but I predict that this wine blossoms with more time. Scores of 95++ (on my scale) won't surprise me, but they may take 5-15 years. I have 11 more bottles to spread over the years, and I bought the 2020 too. Highly recommended if Loire cab Franc floats your boat.
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Comment posted by fingers:
9/2/2022 6:05:00 PM - Your note is precisely what I hope to read about this wine at this point in time.
Thank you for the perspective.
Cheers!
Comment posted by Montesquieu:
9/2/2022 6:53:00 PM - Thanks, fingers. Their 2017 Domaine wine was a life-affirming experience for me. All six bottles I bought blew my mind. The barnyard and green pepper was so good from the first taste. A second half-case of a different Baudry wasn't quite so good. This one, the 2019 Guillot, has even more to it than the first, but isn't as mindblowing young. I think it will surpass the 2017 Domaine in time. How much time? The stuffing is here for many years, I think. I've bought a number of bottles of Rougeard over the years and opened several. Everyone says "wait", as in decades. My point on this one: for $33, fall in love now. 5-10 years from now, you might even propose, at least if you can one and only one spouse in each price point. (It's rival in the world of <$35 red wine, for me, would be Foillard Cote du Py. For my wife, it would be Ste. Cosme Gigondas.)
Comment posted by fingers:
9/2/2022 8:13:00 PM - Thank you so much for the thoughtful reply.
Refreshing, in today's world!