Chinon
Chinon
Bernard Baudry 2016 Chinon Rosé
French Rosé
$34.99
Direct pressing gives the Cabernet Franc a pale pink colour. The dry rosé shows white-fruit character. Fruit comes from several gravel plots and young Cabernet Franc vines on hillside sites. Grapes are harvested by hand before direct pressing and fermentation in unlined cement vats. Fermentation continues until residual sugar falls below two grams per litre.
Domaine Bernard Baudry 2020 Chinon Les Granges
French Red
$36.99
Cabernet Franc from gravel-and-sand terraces offers dark berries, cassis, tree bark and cigar smoke. The palate is bright and tangy, with moderate tannins, grip and a long finish. The grapes are harvested by hand and fermented for fifteen days in cement. Maturation lasts seven to ten months in cement tanks. The vines were planted between the mid- and late nineteen-eighties, and the vineyard is certified organic.
Domaine Bernard Baudry 2013 Le Domaine Chinon
French Red
$37.99
Raspberry and redcurrant meet subtle mineral notes. The palate carries the same fruit with acidity and discreet tannins. Cabernet Franc comes from soils composed of seventy percent gravel and thirty percent slope clay. The vines average thirty to thirty-five years old. Grapes were harvested by hand, fermentation was slow in cement tanks, and maturation lasted twelve months in older barrels and wooden vats. The wine was bottled in autumn.
Maison Audebert et Fils 2018 Chinon Les Hautes Vignes
French Red
$37.99
Cabernet Franc forms this dry red from Chinon. The family estate has worked from Bourgueil since the first half of the nineteenth century and now tends more than forty hectares across Bourgueil, Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil and Chinon. Its vineyards span sand, gravel, siliceous clay, chalky clay and tuffeau. The wines reflect a single-variety approach centred on Cabernet Franc and the character of each vintage.
Domaine Bernard Baudry 2009 Chinon La Croix Boissée
French Red
$41.49
Dark pomegranate and black-cherry character appear with black pepper, rose petals and other floral notes. The wine is mineral and intensely structured, with ripe tannins and a long finish marked by acidity. Fruit comes from a steep, south-facing site covered in chalk with little topsoil. Cabernet Franc was fermented in wooden vats for twenty to thirty days and matured in oak for as long as eighteen months.
Domaine de Noiré 2024 Soif de Tendresse Chinon
French Red
$42.99
Cabernet Franc from 25- to 30-year-old vines grows on clay-siliceous plateaus. The organically certified fruit is hand harvested after grass cover, debudding and early leaf removal. A 48-hour cold maceration precedes five days of alcoholic fermentation at 20–22°C. Dark ruby colour and fresh red fruit accompany a tender, round and pulpy profile, with discreet tannins and a fresh finish.
Bernard Baudry 2018 Chinon Blanc Le Domaine
French White
$44.99
Chenin provides the base for this Loire white. Bright straw with a watery hue, it offers Jonathan apple, pear, honeysuckle, quince and light spicy musk. The palate brings ripe pear and baked apple with good weight and a soft, rich texture. Further quince and spice are present. The finish is dry and fresh, with a medium-to-long spicy aftertaste.
Domaine Béatrice et Pascal Lambert 2022 Les Perruches Chinon
French Red
$46.99
Deep purple in colour, the wine offers black-fruit liqueur, pepper, fern and graphite. Red and black fruit appear with a vegetal, spicy note, fine tannins, freshness and a delicate finish. Cabernet Franc provides the full composition. The vines grow on clay and flint soils across the Chinon plateau, and the vineyard is worked organically and biodynamically. Alcohol is thirteen percent.
Château de Coulaine 2019 Chinon Bonnaventure
French Red
$38.99
Very ripe red fruit and spice lead into a round, ample palate. Cabernet Franc brings concentration without losing definition, while pleasant tannins give the wine a composed, gently structured shape. A saline note threads through the fruit and adds savoury contrast to the generous core. The finish remains full and balanced, carrying ripe red fruit, spice and that subtle saline edge with measured persistence.
Domaine Bernard Baudry 2020 Chinon Le Domaine Magnum
French Red
$91.99
Vivid raspberry and redcurrant lead, with violet, graphite and a subtle leafy note adding classic Cabernet Franc character. The palate is fresh and buoyant, balancing juicy fruit with fine tannins and a savoury mineral finish. The magnum format suits a shared table with roast chicken, grilled lamb, charcuterie or lentils.