The wine aged beautifully showing Chinon typicity. Nose with ripe fruit and some tertiaire tones. Great palate showing nice balance but with kich of acidity which makes it very fresh and alive. Quite some years ahead but great now.
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3 hour double decant and this revealed dark, brooding aromas of blackberry, forest floor and mushroom that led to a fresh, burst of blackberry and green pepper flavors that finished with a chalky minerality. 94+
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this took a little air to blow off some sulfurous stink, but it came together beautifully. I have no idea what the previous taster was talking about, as this is gorgeous and has a great acid core. Black and blue fruit encounter copious leafy, earthy and umami accents, this is not so obviously juicy and ripe, but it has a great interplay of elements, and it is balanced enough to be worth following for at least a few more years. It may be at its peak, but it is so far from tired. Decant this for a few hours. We decanted it right away, and it needed time in the glass to open up and dispel its initial stink.
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Plum in color and plum on the nose and palate, but the dominate traits are the sandalwood, cranberry, raspberry and tobo smoke. Smoke and cinnamon on the finish as well. A balanced, mid-weight wine that leaves you squeezing the bottle to get every drop. Some slight sediment. 13.5% alc. With blue cheeses. 06.17.22. Recommended, leaning toward Highly Recommended.
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Near opaque, ruby rim; bouquet bursts from the glass, 'cool' cosseted, red fruits, showy but not overstated; lots of friendly tannins & plenty of seductive red fruits, refreshing acidity. Drinking very well but with all the elements to age gracefully.
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Ostensibly first meeting of Diploma tasting group (E & M's in the rocks, Sydney): Bretty bum burpy stink, pencil shavings, red currant and berries - a little raspberry, slight spices. Juicy medium plus intensity acidity, talc textured tannins, red berry, medium plus length, bit of stink on the finish. Really lovely. One of those "why don't I have this in my cellar" moments.
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A very serious & backward, but also a seriously good Chinon, just not nearly ready! Medium weight body, with incredible, intensely mineral multilayered flavours. The tannins are still pretty tough & mouth puckering, even on the second day (and some time in a wide decanter), although the fruit and the perfume that managed to work their way through were gorgeous, esp. on the second evening. Need to find me some more bottles of this and cellar them properly! I think this needs a good 4 or 5 more years in bottle to begin to unwind, but when it does it's going to be fantastic, and very long lived. 2026 - 2050+
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2014 Domaine Bernard Baudry Chinon La Croix Boissée was complex, finely textured and mineral-driven. The developing Loire Breton was clear and medium ruby in colour with traces of fine sediments. It took two hours of gentle in-bottle aeration to open up impressive aromatics of farmyard, liqourice and crushed rocks, accompanied by redcurrant, violet and tobacco leaf.
The mouthfeel was dry and medium-bodied, with medium level of finely grained tannin and high level of fresh acidity. Flavours of earth, forest berries, mint, graphite and Pu'er black tea lingered in a persistent, mineral-driven finish. The minerality and structure of this cuvée outclassed the Le Clos Guillot sibling from the same producer. While it is a pleasure to enjoy at the moment, it can be aged comfortably for another decade.
According to the winery website, the vines were cultivated on a south-facing slope composed of sandy clay over white limestone. The juice was fermented for twenty days in oak vats, followed by twenty four months of ageing in used oak barrels. It was bottled unfiltered.
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Mainly black berries, some black cherries, there is also red fruit (pomegranate), plums, the usual salinity, powerful and concentrated stuff, which is accessible. For me the best Cab Franc I know outside of Bordeaux rive droite.
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The fact that nobody called this Cab Franc, quite frankly, is an embarrassment. This has everything you read about from the Loire. A little poop, tobacco leaf, bell pepper, and I even got a bite of jalapeño.
Blind I thought I was getting redwood and oak spice/pepper. ugh
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Bookclub--Wines Tasted Blind: First of two that I bought back in 2017. Poured blind, I arrayed this in the same flight as two CA Syrahs, putting this Baudry at the front of the flight. My intent was to get a non-Syrah wine that still had the effusive aromatics to make the guys think. It worked. Some called aged Cab, another Grenache. And I think the two Syrahs forced them off their gut instinct to think about the wine on its own rather than the peers it was arrayed with, as no one called Cab Franc. Yet, the wine showed as I expected, with tobacco leaf and some bell pepper. One guy at the table called Brett on the wine, although I didn't really sense it as the wine showed pretty clean to me. Juicy, expansive palate, dark red fruits with good tang and medium weight. This showed well.
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Chinon cabernet franc harmony. That's what I think of when I smell and taste this wine. Still incredibly youthful, but giving so much pleasure. Drink it or stash it away, you will not be disappointed either way. Green pepper, violet, tobacco on the nose. Compact and dense at the first approach on the palate, giving away to clean and gentle tannins, dark fruits with pronounced acidity to cleanse the palate after every taste. Long and supple finish.
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This is the epitome of what Cabernet franc should taste like. A gorgeous nose of tobacco, green pepper, and a whiff of violet. Dark fruits on the palate, mouth coating tannins, moderate acidity, and the promise of a long life. The wine is still in a beautiful primary state. I have three bottles left, I wish I had more.
Wow nose on opening with a big burst of tobacco and some green pepper. Palate does not quite live up to the promise of the nose but has very nice balance and poise. I think this will be a cracker in a few more years.
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Bright, pronounced ruby; fresh dark fruits, warm leather, flourishing bouquet; primary fruit wrapped around smooth tannins; refreshing acidity; supple finish. Harmonious. Very long, all the elements to age well.
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Really pretty. Black fruits,minor bell pepper, spice, leather. The palate still needs time to soften on the back end. Love the acidity and lack of weight in mid.
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Nose of blackberries, on the palate green pepper and black fruit (blackberries and black cherries), the usual salinity of the terroir along with earthy notes, dense and concentrated, impressive stuff which needs some further years.
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Deep cranberry in color with cranberry mimicked on the nose and palate. The acidity seems to overtake the tannins. The ‘12 version of this provided more enjoyment. Sandalwood with smoke and flint on the finish. Fine sediment coats the “down” side of the bottle from neck to punt. 13% alc. With (beef) London broil. Recommended.
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Third Coast Soif (Chicago, IL): One of the outstanding wines of the day for me. Shows a lot of complexity and manages to strike a good balance between black fruit and green pepper. Love the touch of minerality and earthiness here as well.
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Lovely showing at at this young age. Elegant, medium bodied, energetic expression of Cab franc. Quite primary so would give this at least another 3-4 years development but should age nicely for another decade.
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After a long day at work and a hot travel in the suburban train I needed som comfort in the shape of a bottle of Baudry. Way to young to pnp. Decanted for 60 min. A very nice CF to become. Green in everything from nose to finish. Harsh tannins today. Young! I believe this will gain a point every year from now on to the end of the case. Nice to have 5 left. Next bottle in one year. 91++
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Brilliant wine. This is just outstanding Cab Franc, powerful, polished, and already rather complex, and I imagine this will develop into something really amazing with time. I need to buy a lot more of this.
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Sunday at Salil's: A gorgeous and entirely too young cab franc. Double decanted and served 90 minutes later. Red fruits alongside some Loire funk (not brett), and a touch of vanilla. Hold.
Gorgeous wine. Signature cab franc smokiness on the nose. Nice fresh acidity. Fine tannins give this structure to frame the medium body. Good length and persistence.
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Visit at Domaine Baudry: Tasted from barrel. Cherry, some chocolate, fresh vanilla from the wood not yet integrated. More serious, and mature than the previous wines. Effortless acidity. The grezeaux is young son, the Clos guillot the wife and Croix boissee the patriarch of the house. Superb finesse, some chalkiness, fantastic stuffing. This will be a very good Croix Boissee.
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4/14/2024 - MJReb wrote: 92 Points
Mostly in the red fruit spectrum: cherries, also plums, good structure, now well together, harmonious and elegant.
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3/22/2024 - Kriz wrote: 91 Points
The wine aged beautifully showing Chinon typicity. Nose with ripe fruit and some tertiaire tones. Great palate showing nice balance but with kich of acidity which makes it very fresh and alive. Quite some years ahead but great now.
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3/16/2024 - Donjcorleone Likes this wine: 94 Points
3 hour double decant and this revealed dark, brooding aromas of blackberry, forest floor and mushroom that led to a fresh, burst of blackberry and green pepper flavors that finished with a chalky minerality. 94+
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2/7/2024 - Villon wrote: 92 Points
Très bon, style délicat.
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7/17/2023 - MJReb wrote: 91 Points
Short notice: again a good bottle, still on the young side, with dark red fruit, plums and good structure.
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6/8/2023 - MJReb wrote: 91 Points
Mix of (mainly)black and red fruit, earthy and saline notes. Dense concentration and good length.
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2/12/2023 - Villon wrote: 91 Points
Typé cab franc, il mnque un peu de matière et d'allonge pour justifier son statut d'élite, 91
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1/15/2023 - viniferatu Likes this wine:
la Gloire de la Loire...
this took a little air to blow off some sulfurous stink, but it came together beautifully. I have no idea what the previous taster was talking about, as this is gorgeous and has a great acid core. Black and blue fruit encounter copious leafy, earthy and umami accents, this is not so obviously juicy and ripe, but it has a great interplay of elements, and it is balanced enough to be worth following for at least a few more years. It may be at its peak, but it is so far from tired. Decant this for a few hours. We decanted it right away, and it needed time in the glass to open up and dispel its initial stink.
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11/21/2022 - Cazoterica wrote:
Waited too long on this one. Weak fruit, no acidity left.
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6/17/2022 - timewithwine Likes this wine:
Plum in color and plum on the nose and palate, but the dominate traits are the sandalwood, cranberry, raspberry and tobo smoke. Smoke and cinnamon on the finish as well. A balanced, mid-weight wine that leaves you squeezing the bottle to get every drop. Some slight sediment. 13.5% alc. With blue cheeses. 06.17.22. Recommended, leaning toward Highly Recommended.
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5/17/2022 - chbeaumont wrote: 94 Points
Near opaque, ruby rim; bouquet bursts from the glass, 'cool' cosseted, red fruits, showy but not overstated; lots of friendly tannins & plenty of seductive red fruits, refreshing acidity. Drinking very well but with all the elements to age gracefully.
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4/14/2022 - MJReb wrote: 91 Points
Graphite, a mix of black and red fruit, high salinity, less open compared to the last one a year ago, great potential but patience.
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3/21/2022 - chatters wrote:
Ostensibly first meeting of Diploma tasting group (E & M's in the rocks, Sydney): Bretty bum burpy stink, pencil shavings, red currant and berries - a little raspberry, slight spices. Juicy medium plus intensity acidity, talc textured tannins, red berry, medium plus length, bit of stink on the finish. Really lovely. One of those "why don't I have this in my cellar" moments.
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3/5/2022 - Guillaume-en-égypte Likes this wine:
A very serious & backward, but also a seriously good Chinon, just not nearly ready! Medium weight body, with incredible, intensely mineral multilayered flavours. The tannins are still pretty tough & mouth puckering, even on the second day (and some time in a wide decanter), although the fruit and the perfume that managed to work their way through were gorgeous, esp. on the second evening. Need to find me some more bottles of this and cellar them properly! I think this needs a good 4 or 5 more years in bottle to begin to unwind, but when it does it's going to be fantastic, and very long lived. 2026 - 2050+
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6/27/2021 - apple1813 Likes this wine: 93 Points
2014 Domaine Bernard Baudry Chinon La Croix Boissée was complex, finely textured and mineral-driven. The developing Loire Breton was clear and medium ruby in colour with traces of fine sediments. It took two hours of gentle in-bottle aeration to open up impressive aromatics of farmyard, liqourice and crushed rocks, accompanied by redcurrant, violet and tobacco leaf.
The mouthfeel was dry and medium-bodied, with medium level of finely grained tannin and high level of fresh acidity. Flavours of earth, forest berries, mint, graphite and Pu'er black tea lingered in a persistent, mineral-driven finish. The minerality and structure of this cuvée outclassed the Le Clos Guillot sibling from the same producer. While it is a pleasure to enjoy at the moment, it can be aged comfortably for another decade.
According to the winery website, the vines were cultivated on a south-facing slope composed of sandy clay over white limestone. The juice was fermented for twenty days in oak vats, followed by twenty four months of ageing in used oak barrels. It was bottled unfiltered.
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6/9/2021 - MJReb wrote: 92 Points
Mainly black berries, some black cherries, there is also red fruit (pomegranate), plums, the usual salinity, powerful and concentrated stuff, which is accessible. For me the best Cab Franc I know outside of Bordeaux rive droite.
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4/23/2021 - brigcampbell wrote:
Book Club - Reunited (Steve's Place): Blind: my initial take was California Cab with some age. I stayed with it to my demise.
The fact that nobody called this Cab Franc, quite frankly, is an embarrassment. This has everything you read about from the Loire. A little poop, tobacco leaf, bell pepper, and I even got a bite of jalapeño.
Blind I thought I was getting redwood and oak spice/pepper. ugh
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4/22/2021 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Bookclub--Wines Tasted Blind: First of two that I bought back in 2017. Poured blind, I arrayed this in the same flight as two CA Syrahs, putting this Baudry at the front of the flight. My intent was to get a non-Syrah wine that still had the effusive aromatics to make the guys think. It worked. Some called aged Cab, another Grenache. And I think the two Syrahs forced them off their gut instinct to think about the wine on its own rather than the peers it was arrayed with, as no one called Cab Franc. Yet, the wine showed as I expected, with tobacco leaf and some bell pepper. One guy at the table called Brett on the wine, although I didn't really sense it as the wine showed pretty clean to me. Juicy, expansive palate, dark red fruits with good tang and medium weight. This showed well.
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2/15/2021 - Vas19 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Deep, dark cab franc. Still young but the quality is there.
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1/3/2021 - ienl Likes this wine: 91 Points
Chinon cabernet franc harmony. That's what I think of when I smell and taste this wine. Still incredibly youthful, but giving so much pleasure. Drink it or stash it away, you will not be disappointed either way. Green pepper, violet, tobacco on the nose. Compact and dense at the first approach on the palate, giving away to clean and gentle tannins, dark fruits with pronounced acidity to cleanse the palate after every taste. Long and supple finish.
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11/17/2020 - Saxman1984 wrote:
This is the epitome of what Cabernet franc should taste like. A gorgeous nose of tobacco, green pepper, and a whiff of violet. Dark fruits on the palate, mouth coating tannins, moderate acidity, and the promise of a long life. The wine is still in a beautiful primary state. I have three bottles left, I wish I had more.
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4/5/2020 - murkybird Likes this wine: 92 Points
Wow nose on opening with a big burst of tobacco and some green pepper. Palate does not quite live up to the promise of the nose but has very nice balance and poise. I think this will be a cracker in a few more years.
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3/9/2020 - chbeaumont wrote: 92 Points
Consistent to previous bottle. (A little brett / cleaned up overnight & held up well).
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9/29/2019 - chbeaumont wrote: 93 Points
Bright, pronounced ruby; fresh dark fruits, warm leather, flourishing bouquet; primary fruit wrapped around smooth tannins; refreshing acidity; supple finish. Harmonious. Very long, all the elements to age well.
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9/8/2019 - I1bearup wrote: 91 Points
Really pretty. Black fruits,minor bell pepper, spice, leather. The palate still needs time to soften on the back end. Love the acidity and lack of weight in mid.
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6/2/2019 - soon.wine Likes this wine: 89 Points
Still primary, fruit forward with green notes.
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5/29/2019 - MJReb wrote: 91 Points
Nose of blackberries, on the palate green pepper and black fruit (blackberries and black cherries), the usual salinity of the terroir along with earthy notes, dense and concentrated, impressive stuff which needs some further years.
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4/26/2019 - timewithwine wrote:
Deep cranberry in color with cranberry mimicked on the nose and palate. The acidity seems to overtake the tannins. The ‘12 version of this provided more enjoyment. Sandalwood with smoke and flint on the finish. Fine sediment coats the “down” side of the bottle from neck to punt. 13% alc. With (beef) London broil. Recommended.
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3/24/2019 - acyso wrote:
Third Coast Soif (Chicago, IL): One of the outstanding wines of the day for me. Shows a lot of complexity and manages to strike a good balance between black fruit and green pepper. Love the touch of minerality and earthiness here as well.
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12/11/2018 - pren wrote: 90 Points
闻,黑水果,deep. 口中,有点polished, 但是很有层次。有点涩度。很好。
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12/11/2018 - LW31 Likes this wine:
Lovely showing at at this young age. Elegant, medium bodied, energetic expression of Cab franc. Quite primary so would give this at least another 3-4 years development but should age nicely for another decade.
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5/7/2018 - petterkalle Likes this wine: 91 Points
After a long day at work and a hot travel in the suburban train I needed som comfort in the shape of a bottle of Baudry. Way to young to pnp. Decanted for 60 min. A very nice CF to become. Green in everything from nose to finish. Harsh tannins today. Young! I believe this will gain a point every year from now on to the end of the case. Nice to have 5 left. Next bottle in one year. 91++
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2/11/2018 - salil wrote: 93 Points
Brilliant wine. This is just outstanding Cab Franc, powerful, polished, and already rather complex, and I imagine this will develop into something really amazing with time. I need to buy a lot more of this.
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2/11/2018 - prof b wrote: 93 Points
Sunday at Salil's: A gorgeous and entirely too young cab franc. Double decanted and served 90 minutes later. Red fruits alongside some Loire funk (not brett), and a touch of vanilla. Hold.
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10/28/2017 - Keith Levenberg wrote: flawed
Corked.
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10/20/2017 - MauriceE wrote:
Very good. Young, a lot of potential here.
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9/18/2017 - nywine68 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Gorgeous wine. Signature cab franc smokiness on the nose. Nice fresh acidity. Fine tannins give this structure to frame the medium body. Good length and persistence.
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5/17/2016 - Pierre-Yves wrote:
Visit at Domaine Baudry: Tasted from barrel.
Cherry, some chocolate, fresh vanilla from the wood not yet integrated. More serious, and mature than the previous wines. Effortless acidity. The grezeaux is young son, the Clos guillot the wife and Croix boissee the patriarch of the house.
Superb finesse, some chalkiness, fantastic stuffing. This will be a very good Croix Boissee.
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