Bernard and Matthieu Baudry (Domaine Bernard Baudry, Cravant-les-Coteaux, AC Chinon)

Quick trip to Chinon on Monday afternoon  to taste some 2009s. First visit was to Domaine Bernard Baudry where Matthieu has now taken over from his father, Bernard who is now officially retired although in fact he is still very much involved.

Matthieu Baudry

Details of wines and tasting notes to be added.

2009 Coutures, Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil, Frédéric Mabileau

Certainly Frédéric Mabileau's 2009 Coutures from 40-year-old vines and aged in oak for some nine months was the favourite red of the evening.

Part of the tasting sheet

Just checkin!

Wines tasted:

Aperitif

2009 Touraine Sauvignon Vincent Roussely

White:
2009 Quincy, Domaine des Ballandors, Jean Tatin and Chantal Wilk

2009 Anjou Blanc, Château de la Roulerie, Philippe Germain

2009 Savennières Clos de Coulaine, Claude Papin

Red:
2009 La Cerisaie, Anjou Rouge, Domaine de la Bergerie, Yves Guegniard,

2009 Saumur Champigny, Domaine des Roches Neuves

2009 Domaine de la Perrières, Chinon, Baudry- Dutour

2009 Les Coutures, Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil, Frédéric Mabileau

More to add later today...

Picking machine in Quincy 2008

Here is a slightly expanded version of my post in early June on the Quincy wines tasted at Sancerre:

'Last Thursday afternoon I started my tasting of 2009 whites from Pouilly-Fumé, Quincy and Sancerre with 15 from Quincy. This was the most homogeneous flight with many of them having the typical grassy and citric characteristics of Loire Sauvignon Blanc. Although none showed great complexity, equally there were none that were just too big and fat, lacking freshness as was the case with some of the Sancerre whites.

Of the 15 wines tasted my very clear favourite wine was the concentrated, grassy 2009 from Jean-Michel Sorbe with attractive minerality and acidity – a fine bottle. Other wines well noted were Villalin from Domaine Villalin – I preferred this cuvée to their Tradition, Philippe Portier and Vincent Siret-Courtaud. I also noted Tradition from Domaine Trotereau and Haute Victoire from Domaine Bourgeois.