Domaine Bernard Baudry

Les Granges Chinon Cabernet Franc

8.720 ratings
8.810 pro ratings
Chinon, Touraine, Loire Valley, France
Cabernet Franc
Exotic Spices, Baking Spices, Hard Cheese, Blue Cheese, Chili & Hot Spicy, Pungent Cheese, Potato, White Rice, Herbs, Tomato-Based, Pasta, Mushrooms, Onion, Shallot, Garlic, Salami & Prosciutto, Beef, Soft Cheese, Chicken, Lamb, Turkey, Pork, Duck, Venison
Top Notes For
Shengli Hu

Sweet chestnut honey! Sweet vanilla cherry, cola nut, violet, lavender, purple flowers minty cream, tart red fruits, ash, steely on palate woodsy forest floor. High acid, fine steely tannins.

Sweet chestnut honey! Sweet vanilla cherry, cola nut, violet, lavender, purple flowers minty cream, tart red fruits, ash, steely on palate woodsy forest floor. High acid, fine steely tannins.

Aug 9th, 2024
Chris Stambaugh

Supremely delicious & in a great place, secondary & complex but acid & structure of a youngn'

Supremely delicious & in a great place, secondary & complex but acid & structure of a youngn'

Apr 2nd, 2017
John Skupny - Lang & Reed Wine Company

2010 - yummy - mature and strawberry jam on lightly toasted baguette. Bring me some port rillete.

2010 - yummy - mature and strawberry jam on lightly toasted baguette. Bring me some port rillete.

Nov 20th, 2015
Karl Ziegler

2010 vintage

2010 vintage

May 2nd, 2015
Justin Timsit, MS

Wine Director, The Rittenhouse

8.9

Classic with red cherry, tobacco, dust and green bell pepper

Classic with red cherry, tobacco, dust and green bell pepper

Nov 12th, 2014
Max Kogod

Owner Kogod Wine Merchant

8.6

Difficult to overstate the sheer ridiculousness of value this always offers. #BackUpTheTruckBaudry

Difficult to overstate the sheer ridiculousness of value this always offers. #BackUpTheTruckBaudry

Apr 27th, 2014
Jason Rzutkiewicz

Wine Blogger Jason's Wine Blog

8.3

Some goodness from Chinon. Drinking really well right now...

Some goodness from Chinon. Drinking really well right now...

Apr 2nd, 2013
Jay Latham

Sales & Marketing AI Selections

8.7

My favorite vintage in years. Side comment -the label reminds me of the Antebellum South in a good way.

My favorite vintage in years. Side comment -the label reminds me of the Antebellum South in a good way.

Nov 21st, 2012
Meredith Stegall

Nose is barnyard with light peppers and tobacco, mouth fully integrated earthy tobacco, minor black fruit. Finish is long, components of the mouth + alcohol.

Nose is barnyard with light peppers and tobacco, mouth fully integrated earthy tobacco, minor black fruit. Finish is long, components of the mouth + alcohol.

Jan 9th, 2017
Lindsey Cullins

Not the best

Not the best

Aug 12th, 2012