A morning with the Maire of Cravant-les-Coteaux

Monsieur le Maire@Château de la Grille

I was privileged to spend this morning with Christophe Baudry, the Maire of Cravant-les-Coteaux and a partner in Baudry-Dutour. We spent the morning visiting all the recent acquisitions of Baudry-Dutour, who are now the largest independent producers in Chinon. We started with a visit to Château de la Grille, which Baudry-Dutheil acquired right at the beginning of this year.

Baudry-Dutour winery@Panzoult

Château de la Grille, Chinon

(Full report to follow – hopefully tomorrow.)

Aynard de Clermont Tonnerre and Isabelle Bacot: Clos du Porteau

Yesterday afternoon I went to Clos du Porteau in Saint-Georges-sur-Cher owned by Aynard de Clermont Tonnerre and Isabelle Bacot. They are particularly interested in Côt, called Malbec in other parts of the world. (Again full report to follow).