French white wine values tasted in 2008

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 2008 (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

Vin de pays des Coteaux de l’Ardèche — Vignerons ardéchois — Sauvignon

4 € — 2007 — a nose of green almond - onctuous, dry but with glycerin, green almond, lively

Muscadet de sèvre et maine sur lie — A.Michel Brégeon

— 2004 — a nose of beeswax, lichee and lime blossom - the palate is intense and drying, with the structure of a Chablis, lichee, lime blossom, lively

alsace wine label Alsace — Audrey et Christian Binner — Saveurs printanières — (sylvaner, muscat et gewürtztraminer)

— Non vintage — onctuous, aromatic, low alcohol, fresh

Muscadet de sèvre et maine — A.Michel Brégeon — (bouteille bourguignonne) — Elevé sur lies en cuve pendant 5 ans

8 € — 2003 — a nose of citrus - minerally, intense, fresh

alsace wine label Alsace — Audrey et Christian Binner — Katzenthal — Riesling

11 € — 2004 — harmonious - a nose showing pebble - velvety, pebble, roasted almond, tiny gaz beads, fresh - pebble, roasted almond

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