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Vibrant white wines tasted in 2019

The selected vibrant bottlings have given me much pleasure for the price. I have purchased them again for personal consumption. Featured values include 7 Alsaces.

The below wines were tasted in France, in 2019 (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 Sèvre et Maine wine labelMuscadet Sèvre et Maine — Marc Ollivier, Rémi Branger, Gwénaëlle Croix - EARL La Pépière — Domaine de la Pépière (AB)

7.5 € — 2018 — joyful - almond, lichee - almond, lichee, a very light body, fresh

Vin de france [Ardèche] — Géraldine et Méryl Croizier - La Vrille et le papillon — Q blanc — Ugni blanc

9 € — 2018 — a great aromatic intensity - nougat - smooth, nougat, white fruit, powerful but hollow, fresh

Vin de France [Cheverny, Loire] — Hervé Villemade — Bovin Blanc (1 litre)

9.5 € — 2018 — nice - vibrant, a little stiff, vivid

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

10 € — 2017 — a huge aromatic intensity - nougat, yeast, bitter - nougat, yeast, broad then hollow, tiny gas beads, bitter, fresh

IGP Gard — Un coin sur terre — Esperanza Blanc

10 € — 2018 —

alsace wine labelAlsace — Julien Albertus - Kumpf et Meyer — Riesling

10 € — 2016 — intense, pink grapefruit - aromatic, pink grapefruit, a little steep, fresh

Alsace — Julien Albertus - Kumpf et Meyer — Riesling

12 € — 2017 — white fruit - little smoothness, white fruit then bitter, thin but fresh

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

12 € — 2018 —

Mousseux de qualité [sparkling, Alsace] — Mireille et Patrick Meyer - Domaine Julien Meyer — Bulles d’Emma

13 € — NV — high purity - toasted brioche - velvety, toasted brioche, fine bubbles, little sugar, fresh

Côtes du jura — Domaine Buronfosse — Marcus & Co [marnes ocres et calcaires] — Chardonnay

14 € — 2018 — great aromatic intensity - toffee, honeysuckle - smooth, toffee, grapefruit, full, fresh

Alsace — Domaine Lindenlaub — Je suis au Jardin — Muscat

14 € — 2017 —

Crémant d’Alsace [sparkling] wine labelCrémant d’Alsace [sparkling] — Domaine Rietsch — Extra Brut

15 € — 15+16 — yeast, toasted bread - baked apple, brioche, toasted almond, nougat, dry but not stiff, fresh

Alsace riesling — Mireille et Patrick Meyer - Domaine Julien Meyer — Grittermatte — Nature [sans soufre]

17 € — 2016 — opened in carafe (not decanted), pure - grapefruit, nougat, volatile acidity - grapefruit, nougat, volatile acidity, fresh - nougat

Pfälzer Landwein [Palatinate], Wein aus Deutschland — Weingut Brand — pur — Pinot blanc [Weißburgunder]

19 € — 2017 — the aromatics are enormously intense - grapefruit zest, bitter, nougat - not onctuous, airy, grapefruit zest, bitter, nougat, tiny gaz beads, fresh

Wein aus Deutschland [Pfalz, Germany] wine labelWein aus Deutschland [Pfalz, Germany] — Weingut Brand — Holy Chapel — Pinot blanc

20 € — 2016 — very pure and intense - zest, lemon pie, bitter - velvety, nougat, lemon pie, bitter, fresh

Crémant [sparkling] — Domaine Buronfosse — Brut — Chardonnay & savagnin

23 € — 2016 — lots of pressure - toast, honeysuckle, grapefruit - fine bubbles, honeysuckle, grapefruit, dry and fresh

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