Vibrant white tasted in 2026

The selected vibrant bottlings have given me much pleasure for the price. I have purchased them again for personal consumption. I would consider doing so even with a 50 percent mark-up. (My criteria are explained here.)

The below wines were tasted in France, in 2026 (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 France [44] — Jérémie Huchet — Chapeau melon blanc — [melon de Bourgogne, sauvignon blanc]

9 € — 2025 — nice and trouble-free: pleasant – very expressive, appetizing, flower, freshly cut hedge, orange zest, nougat – large, tight, salivates, lemony, orange zest, freshly cut hedge, mango, dry, neat, a little steep, fresh

Alsace — Jean Pierre Rietsch – Domaine Rietsch — Tout Blanc (au litre)

14 € — 2025 — pure, intense – white fruit – not velvety, nougat, aromatic, astringent, a little stiff, lively

Muscadet — Marion Pescheux, Manuel Landron – Domaine Complémen’terre — La Croix Moriceau

15 € — 2024 — fullness and purity – white fruit – no velvety but full, lychee, nougat, tiny gas beads, no stiffness, fresh

Muscadet — Jérémie Huchet — Chemin des Prières [roche-mère de granodiorite — issue du granite]

14 € — Non vintage — nougat – pas d’onctuosité, perlant, nougat, léger, frais, l’alcool ne reste pas : ne chauffe pas

Muscadet — Jérémie Huchet — Les Montys Le Parc

17 € — 2024 — illuminating, hazelnut, black locust flower – not velvety, hazelnut, tiny gas beads, a bit stiff, fresh

Alsace — Mireille et Patrick Meyer – Domaine Julien Meyer — Petite fleur – macération – Nature [sans soufre] — Muscat (ottonel)

19 € — 2024 — intense, nougat, raspberry, muscat – a huge aromatic intensity, raspberry, muscat, citrus, fresh

Muscadet — Marion Pescheux, Manuel Landron – Domaine Complémen’terre — Le Mortier Gobin

21 € — 2022 — great purity, great aromatic intensity – hazelnut, grapefruit – no velvety, hazelnut, grapefruit, tiny gas beads, fresh

Pfälzer Landwein [Palatinate], Wein aus Deutschland — Daniel & Jonas Brand – Weingut Brand — Wilder Satz — [Müller Thurgau 38%]

22 € — 2025 —

Crémant d’Alsace [sparkling] — Julien Albertus – Kumpf & Meyer — [élevé sur lattes entre 14 et 30 mois, non filtré, sans sulfite ajouté] — Brut (zéro dosage, millésimé)

19 € — 22/23 — pure, intense – yeast, fine bubbles, fresh

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

24 € — 2022 — yeast, toasted bread – baked apple, brioche, toasted almond, nougat, dry but not stiff, fresh

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