2007 Baudry Croix Boissée 13.0%

[Yixin]

The blanc is where it's at.

 

[Unknown]

originally posted by Yixin:
The blanc is where it's at.

It's amazing how much I appreciated the 09 considering the octane level.

 

[Ian Fitzsimmons]

Does Baudry combine his Grezeaux foudres (or whatever container they use) before bottling? My take on the bottle we opened is consistently different from what I read.

 

[Unknown]

Well, not quite lunatic .... but i think we all agreed that it was a beautiful bottle of wine.

this.

fb.

 

[Yixin]

originally posted by .sasha:

originally posted by Yixin:
The blanc is where it's at.

It's amazing how much I appreciated the 09 considering the octane level.

High alcohol, RS, what's not to like? Just some new American oak and it'll be great.

 

[MLipton]

originally posted by SFJoe:

originally posted by Jay Miller:
'96 and '97 Grezeaux seemed to age pretty well

As did the '89.

I mention only the '09. Which is delicious. I originally planned to age a case, but now I think I will cut that in half because I think there is more fruit than structure.

But we all know that wine ages on its fruit, no?

Mark Lipton

 

[Florida Jim]

originally posted by MLipton:
But we all know that wine ages on its fruit, no?

Not trying to be flip but, "we all know wine ages" . . . from that point on, it gets a little sketchy.
Best, Jim

 

[Unknown]

originally posted by MLipton:

originally posted by SFJoe:

originally posted by Jay Miller:
'96 and '97 Grezeaux seemed to age pretty well

As did the '89.

I mention only the '09. Which is delicious. I originally planned to age a case, but now I think I will cut that in half because I think there is more fruit than structure.

But we all know that wine ages on its fruit, no?

Mark Lipton

you sound like a man who knows how to testify now.

But jokes aside, I did learn a couple of lessons with red Burgundy in particular, where I overestimated ageing ability ( or at least the start of window of drinkability ), having placed too much weight on structure, while overlooking fruit density

 

[Keith Levenberg]

originally posted by Tom Glasgow:

originally posted by Salil Benegal:
So if CB's there to be aged and G's for the shorter term, when do we drink the Franc de Pied?

Soonish per the absent Monkey. I'd caution that a bottle last Sunday didn't impress, much to my chagrin.

At Levi's Freedom Pie dinner, the best of the Baudry franc de pieds was the oldest.

 

[Oswaldo Costa]

originally posted by .sasha:
The only Baudry wine in recent memory I've had disagreements with was 2007 Croix Boissee. Quite woody on release, the same a year later. Mathieu thinks it will integrate, and there have been some encouraging reports here over the past year, no ?
I would give it time, it may turn into a Dujac.
The other 2007 are superb; Clos Guillot was enchanting a couple of months ago.

The last Croix Boissée I opened, several months ago, was too boisé, but one opened last night had finally fulfilled Mathieu's prediction.

 

[Oswaldo Costa]

originally posted by .sasha:
The only Baudry wine in recent memory I've had disagreements with was 2007 Croix Boissee. Quite woody on release, the same a year later. Mathieu thinks it will integrate, and there have been some encouraging reports here over the past year, no ?
I would give it time, it may turn into a Dujac.
The other 2007 are superb; Clos Guillot was enchanting a couple of months ago.

The last Croix Boissée I opened, several months ago, was too boisé, but one opened last night had finally fulfilled Mathieu's prediction. Though it was far from stellar, a new dawn dawns for the remaining stash.