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2016 Bernard Baudry Chinon Le Clos Guillot

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March 10, 2024 - $31

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RATINGS

94Wine Enthusiast

...fresh red-berry fruit is all there along with acidity, but the depth and balance of this single-vineyard wine give it such sophistication.

92Wine Spectator

...beautiful harmony between the rustic herbal and mineral elements and ripe dark berry fruit. Medium-bodied and velvety in texture, this glides smoothly across the palate...

92Vinous / IWC

...purple flowers, purple fruit. In the mouth, there’s black cherry and plum and big, wild acidity, almost white-wine-like acidity, and a cool, fresh finish.

91The Wine Advocate

...intensely fruity and floral, very elegant bouquet...fine and crisp tannins and a lovely salty, salivating finish. This silky-textured and very elegant Chinon is juicy and charming but also coolish, clean and fresh.

REGION

France, Loire Valley, Chinon

Touraine AOC is a sub-appellation of the Loire Valley, one of France’s largest and most picturesque wine regions. Located around the city of Tours, the region is known as château country because of the many fairy-tale castles located along the Loire River, its tributaries and plains. Touraine was awarded AOC status in 1939 and it includes 13,000 acres and 70 communes. Red, white and rosé wines can be made in this AOC. Red grapes grown in Touraine are Gamay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Pinot Noir. The white wine grapes grown here are Chenin Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc. Red Touraines are tannic and sometimes fruity. Whites are dry and full-bodied. Wine writer Hugh Johnson notes that the best reds of Touraine “have all the fragrance and charm of Cabernet Franc.”