Bernard Baudry, Chinon Blanc La Croix Boisee, 2017

Name: Bernard Baudry, Chinon Blanc La Croix Boisee, 2017
Brand: Bernard Baudry
SKU: NYC-[AUC]-AUC-Z12042025-121925-BBCBLCB2017-ROW55-BOX 93
Price: 59.99 USD
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White Wine from Loire, France

by Bernard Baudry

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Bernard Baudry runs a multi-generational family estate in Chinon committed to organic farming and traditional methods. Harvests are 100% manual with a 50-person team for sorting. La Croix Boissée Blanc comes from a painfully rare 0.5-hectare parcel in Cravant planted by Bernard in 1994—making this "the greatest white Chinon." The south-exposed slope overlooks the Vienne River with clay-rich soils over white tuffeau limestone and iron. Only 2% of Chinon is white, though historically white Chinon was among the world's most sought wines when Dutch and English merchants developed the market. Winemaking is non-interventionist: native yeast fermentation, aging in 2-year-old or older barriques, no fining or filtration. The 2017 shows sappy pine, wet stones, and delicate florals with layers of fruit, spice, and energetic minerality. Firm body with chalky structure, complex and well-suited to further aging. A rare expression of Chenin Blanc from red wine country.

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Professional Reviews

Robert Parker

RP 91

"The 2017 Chinon Blanc La Croix Boissée displays a pale straw-golden color and a very delicate and elegant bouquet of perfectly ripe yet precise and well-defined fruit flavors intertwined with very fine mineral notes. It is a full-bodied, fresh and lingering mineral Chenin Blanc with stimulating salinity and perfectly ripe, round and intense fruit that also characterizes the long and aromatic finish. This is a classic for Chinon, and it exemplarily combines the power, fruit and elegance with the characteristics of the Croix Boissée hill." -Stephan Reinhardt

Details

Vintage

2017
Size

750ml
Farming Practice

Traditional
Sweetness

Dry

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