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Vibrant white wines tasted in 2018

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

The below wines were tasted in France, in 2018 (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

Muscadet wine labelMuscadet — Marc Ollivier, Rémi Branger, Gwénaëlle Croix - EARL La Pépière — Domaine de la Pépière (AB)

7.5 € — 2017 — twinkling, almond, lichee - twinkling, almond, lichee, intensity in a very light body, aerial, fresh

Alsace wine labelAlsace — Julien Albertus - Kumpf et Meyer — Y’a plus qu’à — (sylvaner et auxerrois)

9 € — 2016 —

Muscadet wine labelMuscadet — Marc Ollivier, Rémi Branger, Gwénaëlle Croix - EARL La Pépière — Clos des Briords Vieilles vignes

9.2 € — 2017 — lime - lime, fresh

Anjou — Le Pas Saint-Martin — Le Vent dans les saules — Chenin

9.7 € — 2017 —

Alsace — Vincent Stoeffler — (Tradition) Nature [no sulfites] — Riesling

9.8 € — 2016 — intense - very aromatic, harmonious, not wholly pure, fresh

Vin de France — Olivier Lemasson - Les Vins contés — Bois sans soif — [50% chenin 50% menu pineau]

11 € — 2016 — gingerbread, grapefruit - no onctuosity but wideness, linden, lime, juicy, fresh

Vin de France [Minervois] — Domaine Benjamin Taillandier — Blanc

11 € — 2016 —

Arbois — Jérôme Arnoux — Initial

11 € — 2015 —

Muscadet — Frédéric Niger Van Herck - Domaine de l’Ecu — Orthogneiss

11 € — 2015 — really pure - lichee, white fruit, almond - intense, lichee, almond, peach, light, no stiffness, fresh - hazelnut

Alsace — Domaine Lindenlaub — Je suis au Jardin — Muscat

12 € — 2016 —

Cheverny [Loire] wine labelCheverny [Loire] — Hervé Villemade — Domaine du Moulin — [70% sauvignon blanc, 30% chardonnay]

14 € — 2017 — very aromatically intense, very pure - passion fruit, nougat, peach, apricot - passion fruit, peach, apricot, no stiffness, fresh

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