Vibrant red wines tasted in 2017

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 2017 (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

Cahors — Clos Siguier — (Jeunes vignes)

6 € — 2014 — no fuss - dust, sulphites - healthy, solid, balanced

Vin de table [Languedoc] — Jean-François Coutelou - Mas Coutelou

6.6 € — Non vintage — - punchy, tiny gas beads, balanced

Vin de France — Marc Ollivier, Rémi Branger, Gwénaëlle Croix - EARL La Pépière — Granit

7 € — 2014 — pure - barrel, firm

Vin de France — Jean-François Coutelou - Mas Coutelou — 5SO simple — (cinsault)

8 € — 2016 — raspberry - intense, raspberry, tiny gas beads, balanced

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

8.3 € — 2015 — intense, plum - punchy: holds pizza, plum, ample but balanced

vin de France [Languedoc] wine label Vin de France [Languedoc] — Jean-François Coutelou - Mas Coutelou — Le Vin des amis

9.3 € — 2015 — tobacco - plenty, Grenache or Italian-like, tiny gas beads, balanced, holds pizza or merguez

Vin de France — Hélène et Christophe Comte - Domaine des Vigneaux — Grain… cheux — (grenache)

10 € — 2015 —

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

10 € — 2014 —

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 € — 2016 — fresh and intense, black fruit - black fruit, much alcohol, balanced

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