Baudoin, Francois Chidaine

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From 15-year-old vines on clays and white chalk, the 2019 Vin de France Baudoin has to be marketed as such because it is cultivated and harvested in Vouvray yet bottled in Montlouis (welcome to the 21st century). Bright, intensely aromatic yet refined and with delicate yellow-fleshed fruit aromas on the limestone-grounded nose, this is a delicate, pure and fresh, highly tensioned but also lush and perfectly balanced and juicy Chenin Blanc with fine tannin grip, sustainable salinity and remarkable finesse. This is too young to be served today, but this is a highly promising Chenin with the concentration that a wine needs for long aging capacity. Tasted in March 2021