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Vibrant red wines tasted in 2015

The selected vibrant bottlings have given me much pleasure for the price. I have purchased them again for personal consumption. You may look up the availability of wines if you enter a location name in the search box at the top of the page.

The below wines were tasted in France, in 2015 (between April and December). The tasting notes are listed by increasing prices, with the following format:

Appellation – producer – plot or brand – variety

Approximate price — vintage — general impression – on nose – on palate – after swallowing

Côtes du rhône — SCA les Vignerons d’Estézargues — Cuvée des copains

4 € — 2014 —

Vin-de-pays-du-Jardin-de-la-France wine labelVin de pays du Jardin de la France — Marc Ollivier, Rémi Branger, Gwénaëlle Croix - EARL La Pépière, Domaine de la Pépière — La Pépie — Cabernet franc

4.5 € — 2013 — served a bit cool - green pepper - green pepper

Pays — Marc Ollivier, Rémi Branger, Gwénaëlle Croix - EARL La Pépière, Domaine de la Pépière — La Pépie — Côt

5.4 € — 2014 — serve a bit cool - blackcurrant - blackcurrant, lean but not stiff, firm

Vin de France — Sylvie Ledran, Philippe Maffre - Bois Moisset — Rencontre

6.2 € — 2013 — pleases everybody, lots of fruit - large, thick, vinous, balanced but less than the 2012 vintage

Vin de France — Géraldine et Méryl Croizier - La Vrille et le papillon — Chapeau melon — (merlot de cuve)

7.4 € — 2014 — plum - explosive, plum, pencil lead, packed, drying the mouth, balanced

cheverny wine labelCheverny — Hervé Villemade - Domaine du Moulin — Le litre

7.5 € — 2014 — red fruit - red fruit, light, firm

Vin de France — Sylvie Ledran, Philippe Maffre - Bois Moisset — Brocol

8 € — 2012 — big fruit - black fruit, some volatile acidity, tiny beads of gas, drying the mouth, firm

Vin de France — Hélène et Christophe Comte - Domaine des Vigneaux — Du bout des doigts — Pinot noir

8.2 € — 2014 — cherry - velvety, cherry, full but firm

Vin de France — Hélène et Christophe Comte - Domaine des Vigneaux — Tandem — (grenache à 80%, syrah)

9 € — 2013 —

Vin de France — Sylvie Ledran, Philippe Maffre - Bois Moisset — Les Pradels

9 € — 2014 — blackcurrant, nougat, balanced

vin-de-France wine labelVin de France — Géraldine et Méryl Croizier - La Vrille et le papillon — Idée reçue — (cabernet sauvignon, fin de fermentation en barrique)

9.8 € — 2012 — dense, blackcurrant, roast beef on opening and then nougat, a hint of residual sugar, dries the mouth,balanced

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