2006 B. Baudry Chinon "Les Granges" **

We've been drinking Baudry's wines pretty steadily since I was introduced to his wines in the early spring of last year with a 2005 "Le Clos Guillot" ** a rich and unctuous wine. It was probably March and still chilly out and a good time to open a Chinon. NYC had the first faint flutters of bloom just over the pervasive smell of garbage juice. Mmmm...garbage juice...If you've never had the pleasure of experiencing fresh pools of garbage juice on a Wednesday morning in TriBeCa, well, you haven't really lived now, have you? But I digress.















After attending our friend's play at the Bubble Lounge last night we stepped across the street for dinner at Cercle Rouge. I ordered this 2006 Bernard Baudry Chinon "Les Granges" ** split over Kumumato oysters and duck breasts. I've had this wine twice now. From Baudry's younger selection of wines (10-15 years) this is not as thick or mouth-filling as "Les Grézeaux" - a selection from old vines - or "Le Clos Guillot" - but it is still pretty strong stuff, and probably we drank it too young still. Mostly blackberry and black currant with underlying earthy cabernet francness and a smoky texture in the mouth. A Chinon for the cellar.

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