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Bernard Baudry
Bernard Baudry usually comes out once a year but lucky us, there is more to go around than expected; a rarity these days in the fine wine world. Few Loire producers can master both a red and a white and do in such way to both engulf and capture the attention of wine aficionados but also make a style of wine that provides relative sanctity and easiness to people who just want something delicious.
Here's the story for those unaware:
While Domaine Bernard Baudry is a relatively young Chinon estate, it is certainly one of the stars of the appellation. Bernard began in 1975 with 2 hectares in Cravant-lès-Coteaux and proceeded to build it to its current 32 hectares—90% of which is Cabernet Franc plus 10% Chenin Blanc—slowly but surely. Though Bernard has retired and allowed his son Matthieu, who began working at his side in 2000, to assume the lead role, together they continue to make wines which set the standard in Chinon. They are utterly committed to capturing the purest possible expression of their varied terroirs via their Cabernet Franc wines (as well as two Chenins).
The estate has been certified organic since 2006 but has been farmed without chemicals and with homemade compost and with active working of the soils for much longer than that. The fruit is all from the estate, is hand-harvested, destemmed, moved only by gravity; fermented with indigenous yeasts in cement tank; aged in a mix of cement tank and used barriques; never punched down; touched with very little sulfur; and bottled without filtration. Their wines are noted for exquisite precision, concentration and texture and are unquestionably among the finest and most expressive of the Chinon appellation.
2021 Bernard Baudry Chinon Blanc
Newsletter Price: $29.99
Aromas of white fruits and spring flowers along with melon and citrus. The palate is complex and exciting, with lots of quince and pear, then quickly getting drier and racy–– showcasing its natural acidy.
2021 Bernard Baudry Chinon Les Granges
Newsletter Price: $23.99
Organic, unfined, unfiltered, naturally fermented. Crushed raspberry and herbs with a deep core of blackberry, signature Cab Franc botanical greenery, and musky earth. 100% Cabernet Franc.. The Granges vines are an 8-hectare alluvial site along the Vienne River in Cravant, very near the winery, planted in 1985 and 1988 and farmed organically like the rest of the estate. The soil is all sand and pebbles, with little to no clay, so it drains well and yields a light, fresh style of Chinon. The fruit is hand-harvested, destemmed and moved by gravity into unlined cement vats. Fermentation with native yeasts and without sulfur or temperature control lasts from two weeks to two months. The wine is aged nine to ten months in cement before being bottled without filtration. It is the first red of any vintage to be released.
2020 Bernard Baudry Chinon GrezeauxNewsletter Price: $33.99Organic, unfined, unfiltered, naturally fermented. Crushed raspberry and herbs with a deep core of blackberry, signature Cab Franc botanical greenery, and musky earth. 100% Cabernet Franc. Close to the town of Chinon, Clos Guillot is a hillside vineyard with S-SW exposure, near the top of the hill, with clay soils rich in yellow tuffeau (the soft local limestone) and iron. The vines were planted between 1993 and 2000 and are certified organic like all of the Baudry vineyards. The fruit is hand-harvested, destemmed and moved by gravity into cement vats. Fermentation with native yeasts and without sulfur or temperature control lasts around two weeks. The
wine is then aged in 2-5-year-old barrique for 1 year, followed by 9 months in cement tank. It is bottled without filtration two years after the harvest.
2020 Bernard Baudry Chinon Clos GuillotNewsletter Price: $39.99
100% Cabernet Franc. Close to the town of Chinon, Clos Guillot is a hillside vineyard with south-southwest exposure, near the top of the hill, with clay soils rich in yellow tuffeau (the soft local limestone) and iron. The vines were planted between 1993 and 2000. The farming is certified-organic. All vineyard work, including harvest, is by hand. The fruit is destemmed without crushing and moved by gravity into unlined cement vats. Fermentation is spontaneous with native yeasts and without sulfur or temperature control; maceration lasts around two weeks with a daily pumpover and no punchdowns. The wine is aged for a year in 2-5-year-old barrique and for a year in cement tank. It is bottled without filtration two years after the harvest. Sulfur usage is minimal.
2019 Bernard Baudry Chinon Croix Boissee Rouge
Newsletter Price: $57.99
100% Cabernet Franc. Croix Boissée is in Cravant, near the winery, on a south-exposed slope overlooking the Vienne River. The Baudry parcels total 3.1 hectares of low-yielding vines, ranging from 15 to 40 years old, on clay soils rich in white tuffeau (soft limestone) and iron. The farming is certified-organic. All vineyard work, including harvest, is by hand. The fruit is destemmed without crushing and moved by gravity into unlined cement vats. Fermentation is spontaneous with native yeasts and without sulfur or temperature control; maceration lasts up to 3 weeks with occasional pumpovers and no punchdowns. The wine is then aged in 1-3-year-old barriques for 2 years and bottled without filtration. Sulfur usage is minimal.
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