Domaine Bernard Baudry - Les Grezeaux 2021
Domaine Bernard Baudry is located in Cravant-les-Côteaux, in the Chinon appellation in the Loire Valley. Coming from a family of winegrowers from the village, Bernard Baudry started as a wine advisor at the Tours laboratory after oenological studies in Beaune. This formative experience lasted five years before he decided to set up on his own in 1975 at the head of a small 2 hectare estate. Matthieu, his son, studied in Mâconnais then in Bordeaux. After a year of training in Tasmania then in California, he decided to join the family estate in 2000. The farm now has 32 hectares of vines whose variety of soils (gravel, sand, limestone, silica and clay) makes it possible to produce plot vinification. The vineyard has always been maintained using environmentally friendly methods and has now been cultivated using certified organic farming since 2006.
Les Grezeaux is made from Cabernet Franc grown on stony gravel on clay-siliceous subsoil. The plot is the oldest on the estate, with vines whose average age is 70 years. After the manual harvest, fermentation lasts 15 to 20 days in concrete vats. Aging lasts 18 months in uncoated cement vats .
Grape variety: 100% Cabernet Franc