Domaine Bernard Baudry
Les Grézeaux Chinon Cabernet Franc
Chinon, Touraine, Loire Valley, France
Brilliant magenta. Maybe the most delicious young Chinon (or cab franc for that matter) I’ve ever tasted. Pure varietal character with no compromises— all the freshness, lightness and peppery bite one wants— yet with perfect ripeness. And by that I mean this hovers on that magical edge where the grapes must have been picked at the ideal moment, down to the minute, to produce something not just giving but with all sorts of push and pull. Flirtatious, seductive.
The fruit and flowers are achingly fresh: black raspberries, red and black currants, elderberry, violets, roses, fresh herbs, and an ever so slight cocoa sweetness. Spot on acid and the tannins are handled so deftly that you hardly notice.
I can’t get enough of this.
Brilliant magenta. Maybe the most delicious young Chinon (or cab franc for that matter) I’ve ever tasted. Pure varietal character with no compromises— all the freshness, lightness and peppery bite one wants— yet with perfect ripeness. And by that I mean this hovers on that magical edge where the grapes must have been picked at the ideal moment, down to the minute, to produce something not just giving but with all sorts of push and pull. Flirtatious, seductive.
The fruit and flowers are achingly fresh: black raspberries, red and black currants, elderberry, violets, roses, fresh herbs, and an ever so slight cocoa sweetness. Spot on acid and the tannins are handled so deftly that you hardly notice.
I can’t get enough of this.

Really good balance with soft tannins. The issue is that it was too ripe for me, but if you enjoy fruit have at it.
Really good balance with soft tannins. The issue is that it was too ripe for me, but if you enjoy fruit have at it.
Aug 23rd, 2026lovely wine from Baudry, first time trying this one.
lovely wine from Baudry, first time trying this one.
Sep 26th, 2023
Yeah we fuckin it up. Smell like a blackberry patch in Montana. For the long haul. Man I love cf
Yeah we fuckin it up. Smell like a blackberry patch in Montana. For the long haul. Man I love cf
Mar 24th, 2021
Oh my goodness. Still a bit on the green side. Green pepper, tar, tobacco. Will have to try this in a few years and see how much it has mellowed.
Oh my goodness. Still a bit on the green side. Green pepper, tar, tobacco. Will have to try this in a few years and see how much it has mellowed.
Sep 24th, 2020




