Bernard Baudry, Chinon "La Croix Boissee", 2022 SO030524_Loire with saline minerality and a

with saline minerality and a gentle waxy note that nods to its Loire cousins

marked by warm and consistent weather

20% Grenache Blanc

It’s a bottle that punches far above its weight—delivering the elegance and texture of Champagne

The tannins are still present but velvety

Bernard Baudry, Chinon "La Croix Boissee", 2022 SO030524_Loire with saline minerality and aBernard Baudry's flagship Chinon, from a single parcel of 60 year old vines on clay limestone slopes. While Les Grzeaux (also in our selection) shows elegance, La Croix Boisse delivers powerthis is Cabernet Franc built for aging. The clay soils here create wines of depth and structure rarely seen in the Loire. Fermented with indigenous yeasts, aged 18 months in barrel. Dark fruit, tobacco leaf, iron, and an almost Mdoc like tannic architecture. Give