Chinon Rosé

2022
France
Loire

100% Cabernet Franc. The fruit for the rosé comes from estate parcels of flinty alluvial soils mainly. The vines are on the younger side.The farming is certified-organic. All vineyard work, including harvest, is by hand. The whole clusters are gently pressed into unlined cement vats. Fermentation is spontaneous with native yeasts and without sulfur or temperature control; it lasts until the wine is dry (under 2 grams of residual sugar). The wine is aged on its fine lees in tank, goes through malolactic fermentation and is bottled in the spring with a very gentle filtration and minimal sulfur.

 

90 points
"The 2022 Chinon “le Rosé” from Domaine Baudry is quite a pale salmon color in this vintage. It is fermented in cement vats with native yeasts and raised in stainless steel tank. The wine is beautifully precise and citric on the nose this year, with the bouquet hopping from the glass in a mix of tangerine, a touch of white cherry, a lovely base of soil tones, rose petals, white lilies and a hint of white pepper in the upper register. On the palate the wine is vibrant, full-bodied and elegant in profile, with a fine core of fruit, zesty acids, lovely balance and a long, focused and complex finish. Good juice. 2023-2028. "
John Gilman,
View From The Cellar
September 2023

SKU/Code: 
DB0431-22
Product Line: 
Wine
Rosé
Varietal: 
Cabernet Franc
Farming Type: 
Organic