"The single vineyard Chinon “les Mollières” was first bottled on its own by Matthieu Baudry in the 2020 vintage. This is a higher altitude vineyard on the western end of the appellation, with the soils a mix of yellow limestone and clay. The wine is fermented with indigenous yeasts and raised in cement vats for fifteen months. The 2021 les Mollières tips the scales at a svelte 12.5 percent octane in this vintage and offers up a superb bouquet of cassis, dark berries, tree bark, cigar smoke, juniper berries and a lovely base of soil tones. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and quite elegant in profile, with an excellent core of black fruit, impressive soil signature, finegrained tannins and a long, focused and impeccably balanced finish. This is an outstanding bottle of young Chinon and a superb new addition to the lineup chez Baudry. 2028-2065+. "