On Feb 28, 4:15�am, Emery Davis > wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:36:08 -0500
>
> Mark Lipton > wrote:
> > DaleW wrote:
>
> > > Whoddathunk, both of drinking Baudry at same time. This sounds more
> > > serious, and just as tasty. Thanks
>
> > Did you have a Baudry Chinon? �I must've missed it.
>
> Santiago and I tasted both Les Granges and La Croix Boisee recently with
> the Baudry family. �I didn't get any barnyard from les Granges, although I
> concur about the green notes. �The proof is I bought the latter but not
> the former, although the prices were, um, somewhat less inflated.
>
> I think la Croix Boisee will really benefit from 5 years or so in the cellar.
> We had a bottle not too long ago but it never opened up.
>
> As great minds apparently think of Chinon concurrently, we had a
> 2005 Le Ligre 2 nights ago, bought to drink while the Lamberts and Baudrys
> rest. �The 2nd bottle I've tried, the first a completely closed book, this one
> opened into a warm, round Chinon with lots of backbone. �A pleasure.
>
> (Salil, a 2005 Chinon that was thin may have some more serious problems.
> You might want to try another.)
>
> -E
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Agree that thin is unusual for 2005 (unless one is used to say Pride
Cab Franc)

The barnyard was light on the '04 Les Granges, and I didn't actually
mind the greenness- more herbal Cab francness than unripeness to me.

Le Ligre is a new one to me.