[TN] '06 Baudry Les Granges

Over the last two nights, with light dinners of salad, bread, cheese and sausage, we opened:

2006 Baudry Chinon 'Les Granges' nose: herbal, leaves, dusty minerals palate: initially, a bit of spiky acidity, juicy red fruit, lightly tannic; after a night in the fridge, much smoother, even richer, almost plummy

Our first Loire red from '06, this early-drinking bottling shows the ripeness of the vintage, yet maintains good focus and balance. It probably will improve with a year or two in the cellar, but it is drinking well even now.

Mark Lipton