Vibrant red wines tasted in 2016

The selected vibrant bottlings have given me much pleasure for the price. I have purchased them again for personal consumption. Featured values include 3 reds from Languedoc.

The below wines were tasted in France, in 2016 (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

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

5.4 € — 2015 — blackcurrant, red currant - firm, alert and bouncing

Vin-de-table-français wine label Vin de table français — Domaine Rimbert — Cousin Oscar — (cinsault)

5 € — 2015 — intense - punchy, varietal, balanced

vin-de-pays wine label Vin de pays — Jean-Marie Rimbert - Domaine Rimbert — Bu End — (nature)

8 € — 2015 — an easy natural wine, very aromatic - blackcurrant, red currant - blackcurrant, red currant, a hint of volatile acidity, more aromatic intensity and less body than other bottlings from the same domain, balanced

vin de France [Languedoc] wine label Vin de France [Languedoc] — Jean-François Coutelou - Mas Coutelou — 7 rue de la Pompe

8 € — 2014 —

Vin de France [Languedoc] — Jean-François Coutelou - Mas Coutelou — Sauvé de la citerne

9 € — 2015 —

Vin de table — Domaine Rimbert — Grenachator — [grenache]

9.7 € — 2014 — reminds of a Châteauneuf du Pape - abundant, punchy, for the BBQ, balanced

vin-de-France wine label Vin de France — Géraldine et Méryl Croizier - La Vrille et le papillon — Idée reçue — (cabernet sauvignon)

9.7 € — 2013 — intense - on the nose: roastbeef, blackcurrant, leadpencil - blackcurrant, full and dense, dries the mouth, supple

vin-de-pays des coteaux de l’Ardèche wine label Vin de pays des coteaux de l’Ardèche — Jérôme Jouret — En avant doute — (grenache)

10 € — 2014 —

Ventoux — domaine du Pastre — L’instantnat (sans SO2)

11 € — 2014 — intense - full and dense, dries the mouth, balanced

Vin de France — Christian Ducroux — Patience — [gamay, sans sulfites]

17 € — 2014 —

vin de France [Roussillon] wine label Vin de France [Roussillon] — Véronique Souloy et Anthony Guix - Matin calme — Sans temps

17 € — 2011 —

vin de France wine label Vin de France — Véronique Souloy et Anthony Guix - Matin calme — Sans temps

17 € — 2012 —

Beaune [Burgundy] — Julien Petitjean - Domaine de la Roseraie — Vieilles vignes

22 € — 2012 —

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