2021 Bernard Baudry Chinon Les Mollières Loire, France Lammidia The palate spotlights evolving layers

The palate spotlights evolving layers of textures which follow the classic aromatic notes of lemon zest

and a green notes of fresh grass

Our Bates Ranch story would not be complete without mentioning the many bottles spanning many vintages of Val and Dexter Alhgren’s Bates Ranch Cabernets that we have been drinking since about 2001

Ten month maturation in neutral barrique

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2021 Bernard Baudry Chinon Les Mollières Loire, France Lammidia The palate spotlights evolving layers100% Cabernet Franc. 2020 was the first individual bottling of this particular 1 hectare plot, Mollires, which previously was incorporated into another cuve. Mollires lies in the extreme west of Chinon, at the highest hillside location of any of Baudry's vines. It is a windy, well exposed site with heavy clay and yellow limestone soils. The farming is certified organic. All vineyard work, including harvest, is by hand. The fruit is destemmed without