TN: '06 basic Chinon from Bernard Baudry
With marinated flank steak, a broccoli/red pepper salad, and a green
salad, the 2006 Baudry Chinon. This is just the base bottling, about
$16. Young but quite tasty, blackberries and black cherries with a
light floral note and good length. Good acidity, firm but not hard
tannins, this should probably age but I enjoyed last night. Plenty big
enough to stand up to rare meat, but handles the peppery spice of the
marinade too. Accidental match, but hard to imagine anything doing
better. A fine wine for the price, B++
Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent
wine, B a good wine, C mediocre. Anything below C means I wouldn't
drink at a party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I offer no
promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.
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