Chinon Archives

Bernard Baudry Les Granges Chinon 2020 Wine Review

By Sean Mitchell / September 2, 2021

This wine review is of Bernard Baudry’s “Les Granges” cabernet franc from Chinon in the Loire Valley and the 2020 […]

By Sean Mitchell / December 15, 2020

This wine review is of Marc Brédif’s 2017 Chinon from the Loire Valley. If you enjoy Loire Valley cabernet franc,

This wine is textbook Chinon from the Loire Valley. It has aromas of crisp red raspberries and strawberry, a medium

By Sean Mitchell / August 20, 2017

Bernard Baudry’s “Les Granges” Chinon is a wine I have returned to over the years. The 2015 vintage has aromas

By Sean Mitchell / April 26, 2017

Happily, producers such as Punt Road in the Yarra Valley are starting to produce delicious medium bodied cabernet franc styles

By Sean Mitchell / June 27, 2014

Well, I concede that the name of this wine is the sort of thing that puts some off French wine.

By Sean Mitchell / February 1, 2014

Oddly enough, sometimes it’s the wines I enjoy regularly that I forget to write about. Chinon fills a certain spot

By Sean Mitchell / July 20, 2012

It is a pity that so few Loire red wines make their way to Australia, given the relative paucity of