Bernard Baudry Chinon Le Domaine 2024

Bernard Baudry's Chinon Le Domaine 2024 is a dry Cabernet Franc from the Loire Valley. The delicate aromas are perfumed, with cherry, raspberry, blackberry, black currant, and cranberry; also, wild herbs, subtle pyrazine, wet earth, leather and spice filter through the nose. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied and lively, with fine and structured tannin. The fruit and earthy characteristics on the nose also interweave through the breadth of the palate. The limestone subsoil of Chinon provides refreshing minerality that intertwines with the vibrant acidity along the finish. The grapes were fermented in cement vats for 15 days.The wine aged for 15 months in unlined cement tanks and old wood vats.

Food Pairing: roasted chicken, charcuterie, cassoulet, beef bourguignon, lentil soup, pasta and bean salads, tomato tarts, stuffed peppers, grilled garden vegetables, grilled leg of lamp, mild antipasti, braised beef.