Bernard Baudry Le Domaine Chinon 2023 godello Andre Bondar and Selina Kelly

Andre Bondar and Selina Kelly in 2012

give it 5-7 years

some peach

and all are crowd-pleasing and food-friendly wines

collected and chilled before being put to barrel (about 50% new French oak)

Bernard Baudry Le Domaine Chinon 2023 godello Andre Bondar and Selina KellyOrganic. 100% Cabernet Franc. Le Domaine hails from Baudrys high sited vines, which lie on a plateau above Chinons premire cte. The lions share of the fruit comes from vines with an average age of around 35 years, planted on sandy, limestone rich soils, while 20 30% is drawn from slightly younger vines on gravelly soils. The principal vineyard here is evocatively named Cimetire aux Chiens, which translates as dog cemetery (probably a reference to the