Domaine Bernard Baudry

La Croix Boissée Chinon Cabernet Franc

9.28 ratings
9.23 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
Alder Yarrow

Wine Blogger Vinography

9.3

Incredibly earthy right out of the gate with dark cherry fruit and dried herbs, quite savory and dusty and all the more beautiful for it. Dried sage and river mud linger in the finish with the scent of blackberries.

Incredibly earthy right out of the gate with dark cherry fruit and dried herbs, quite savory and dusty and all the more beautiful for it. Dried sage and river mud linger in the finish with the scent of blackberries.

Mar 28th, 2021
Chris MacLean

Pretty special already. For lovers of both hedonistic fruit and hedonistic chalkiness!

Pretty special already. For lovers of both hedonistic fruit and hedonistic chalkiness!

Oct 2nd, 2019
Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

8.9

Tasting group. My 3rd, group 5th. Wood, cherries, plums. Horse manure (blew off).

Tasting group. My 3rd, group 5th. Wood, cherries, plums. Horse manure (blew off).

Jan 22nd, 2019
Alisha Fontanella Regan

Loving the complexity and lots of flavors. Brick red in color, pretty vibrant still. Strong aromas. Like leather and black fruit. Medium high tannin. Medium acidity. Medium body. Tastes like a bit of leather or smoke but good fruit to balance that out. Medium long finish. I’m not a huge fan of the leather smoke notes but appreciate it for what it is and enjoying the complexity of flavors! I personally have to be in mood for this one but it’s a good one!

Loving the complexity and lots of flavors. Brick red in color, pretty vibrant still. Strong aromas. Like leather and black fruit. Medium high tannin. Medium acidity. Medium body. Tastes like a bit of leather or smoke but good fruit to balance that out. Medium long finish. I’m not a huge fan of the leather smoke notes but appreciate it for what it is and enjoying the complexity of flavors! I personally have to be in mood for this one but it’s a good one!

Nov 21st, 2020
Cristiano Humberto Naves de Freitas Azevedo

Allways a pleasure

Jun 19th, 2020
Drew Cordes

First day was OK, some leather, tobacco, pomegranate. Soft tannins. Tasted a bit generic. Opened up and grew more complex the second day. Nose additionally showed tar, anise and spice, hints of blackberry. Palate confirmed, with some lovely mushroom on the finish. A little weak on the attack.

First day was OK, some leather, tobacco, pomegranate. Soft tannins. Tasted a bit generic. Opened up and grew more complex the second day. Nose additionally showed tar, anise and spice, hints of blackberry. Palate confirmed, with some lovely mushroom on the finish. A little weak on the attack.

May 24th, 2018
Itai Arkin

Itai had this 4 years ago

Itai had this 4 years ago

Mar 31st, 2020
Thomas BOURVEAU

Thomas had this 5 years ago

Thomas had this 5 years ago

Mar 10th, 2019
Carla Hine

Carla had this 5 years ago

Carla had this 5 years ago

Feb 17th, 2019