2021 Bernard Baudry Chinon Les Mollières Loire, France Lammidia old-school Catalan underground fermenter lined

old-school Catalan underground fermenter lined with tile

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

VINEYARD: Vignes de Ratier is a sunny terroir in the village of Morogues where the bedrock lies just centimenters below the surface

Ten month maturation in neutral barrique

The wine was then bottle-aged for 4

2021 Bernard Baudry Chinon Les Mollières Loire, France Lammidia old-school Catalan underground fermenter lined100% 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