Rating 92 2022 Top 50  
Style Red
Variety
Vintage 2021
Appellation
Touraine
Loire Valley
France
ABV 12%
Price $18.00 Value Pick  Buy This Wine
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Review Updated 2022-11-16

Perfect For

Cooking And Sipping, Dinner Parties, Host/Hostess Gifting

Drink If You Like

Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon , Merlot

Bernard Baudry Chinon Les Granges 2021 Review

Bernard Baudry grew up in a winemaking family, so it was almost inevitable. After five years in Burgundy, he returned to the Loire Valley in 1975 to acquire two hectares. Today his son Matthieu, who also studied in Burgundy but also in Australia and California, manages the winery’s 32 hectares — 90 percent of which is Cabernet Franc, Chinon’s signature red wine grape. This bottle shows years of skill and attention to detail with textbook Cab Franc savory notes on the nose like cracked black and pepper and brambles. This often aggressive characteristic is carefully woven into the wine, letting the earthy fruit tones come to the fore. The palate brings aromas of roasted peppers and spiced meat mingling with a medium-deep core of fruit as it opens. A very balanced and very nice wine.

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Bernard Baudry Chinon Les Granges 2021
Bernard Baudry grew up in a winemaking family, so it was almost inevitable. After five years in Burgundy, he returned to the Loire Valley in 1975 to acquire two hectares. Today his son Matthieu, who also studied in Burgundy but also in Australia and California, manages the winery’s 32 hectares — 90 percent of which is Cabernet Franc, Chinon’s signature red wine grape. This bottle shows years of skill and attention to detail with textbook Cab Franc savory notes on the nose like cracked black and pepper and brambles. This often aggressive characteristic is carefully woven into the wine, letting the earthy fruit tones come to the fore. The palate brings aromas of roasted peppers and spiced meat mingling with a medium-deep core of fruit as it opens. A very balanced and very nice wine.

Reviewed On: 11-15-2022
92
POINTS
Bernard Baudry Chinon Les Granges 2021
Bernard Baudry grew up in a winemaking family, so it was almost inevitable. After five years in Burgundy, he returned to the Loire Valley in 1975 to acquire two hectares. Today his son Matthieu, who also studied in Burgundy but also in Australia and California, manages the winery’s 32 hectares — 90 percent of which is Cabernet Franc, Chinon’s signature red wine grape. This bottle shows years of skill and attention to detail with textbook Cab Franc savory notes on the nose like cracked black and pepper and brambles. This often aggressive characteristic is carefully woven into the wine, letting the earthy fruit tones come to the fore. The palate brings aromas of roasted peppers and spiced meat mingling with a medium-deep core of fruit as it opens. A very balanced and very nice wine.

Reviewed On: 11-15-2022