2007 Bernard Baudry Chinon Cuvee Domaine 12.0%
From 35 year-old vines on both gravel and clay/limestone soils. Less aromatically charming than the Les Granges we had a few days ago, showing sour cherry, bramble and green twigs. Good acidity, puckers the sides of the tongue like salt water, with a slightly sweet edge that was absent from the Granges. While the latter reminded me of bourgogne, this is unmistakably cabernet franc, with that green streak that can be offputting in less capable hands, but which here harmonizes very pleasantly with everything else. With food and air, the aromas become lovelier and lovelier until critical faculties retire and drinking becomes pure pleasure, unhampered by thoughts, like meditation.