Domaine des Baumard: Tasting Notes
Florent Baumard fashions a broad portfolio of wines from across a number of different Anjou appellations. In order to try and maintain a sense of order I have divided my tasting notes up within each vintage, beginning first with the dry wines, which usually means Savennières (Clos du Papillon, Clos de Saint Yves, Trie Spéciale) rather than Anjou as I have not tasted the Anjou cuvées very often. Thereafter I continue with the sweeter wines, first the Coteaux du Layon, followed by the Quarts de Chaume. I finish up in each case with other occasional cuvées, including vintage-dated Crémant de Loire.
The vintages presented here range from 2020 back as far as 2001. For more recent vintages, from 2021 and younger, see the preceding page. For wines from the 2000 vintage and older, see the final page. Notes on non-vintage wines are also presented on the final page, after the oldest vintage-dated wines. (6/7/04, updated 16/2/09, 15/3/11, 6/5/11, 21/3/15, 31/8/24)
