The 2015 grand vin is a Cabernet-dominant Bordeaux blend from the gravelly soils of Leognan
was reputedly the first Syrah block in the southern Rhône outside Châteauneuf-du-Pape
it is finally beginning to show what the fuss was about
The Sonoma Syrah specialist's appellation-level statement
made here with sheep instead: on a final distillation the meat hangs in the vapor path alongside seasonal fruit
Bernard Baudry, Chinon Rose, 2025 so092625 cellar offer The 2015 grand vin isBernard Baudry is Chinon's greatest domaine, and their pale pink ros is the wine we beg for every year, usually getting a polite "keep dreaming" and a case or two. It's made from Cabernet Franc grown on the gravel , flint , and clay rich banks of the Vienne river, off vines that, while called "young" at the domaine, are around 30 years old. Now run by Bernard's son Mathieu, the estate makes everything from easygoing bistro reds to age worthy serious