Bernard Baudry, Chinon "La Croix Boissee", 2022 vintage-favorites Leroux spent fifteen years running

Leroux spent fifteen years running Domaine Comte Armand before launching his own house in 2007

3-5 day cold soak

and it shows Foillard's signature at its most charming and drinkable: silky

and cool salinity

Domaine Coche-Dury’s 2021 Auxey-Duresses Rouge offers a beautifully balanced expression of Pinot Noir

Bernard Baudry, Chinon "La Croix Boissee", 2022 vintage-favorites Leroux spent fifteen years runningBernard 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