French red wine values tasted in 2009

The selected French bottlings have given me much pleasure for the price. I have purchased them again for personal consumption. Featured values include 3 Languedoc reds and 4 Rhones.

This page skips the tasting notes of the wines that are not imported into the USA. The complete page of french wine values can be found here.
 

The below wines were tasted in France, in 2009 (between April and December).
 

 Vdp - Domaine Sainte-Léocadie - (bib cubitainer de 5l)

2007 (et pas une autre année) - USD 5.6 - it makes you tremble if you have drunk too much of it - a lot of fruit, dense but easy to drink, impactful but the balance is food friendly

 Vin de pays d'oc - Intervins - Mis en bouteille à F-11000 - Cabernet sauvignon

2008 - USD 6.6 - the nose is varietal (with red pepper) - the fruit is scrambled, the structure is standard : it dries the mouth a bit, the alcohol is moderate, the balance is frank

Ed, filiale de Carrefour

 Vin de pays des Coteaux de l'Ardèche - Vignerons ardéchois - Cuvée Modestine - gamay

2007 - USD 8.3 - a nose of ripe black cherry - ripe black cherry on the palate too, the fruit may be dirty on account of grape mold manipulation, a firm balance

 Beaujolais nouveau - Georges Duboeuf

2009 - USD 8.4 - decent mass product - red fruit - banana, a little stiff, refreshing

 Pays d'Oc - Marc et Jérôme Vic - Le Petit Pont - Réserve

2007 - USD 9.3 -

06140 Tourrettes-sur-Loup, 8 r Bourgade, Cave de Tourrettes, tél : 04 93 24 10 12

 Côtes du rhône - SCA les Vignerons d'Estézargues - Domaine de Pierredon

2008 - USD 10 -

 Côtes du rhône - SCA les Vignerons d'Estézargues - Les grandes vignes - (cinsault)

2007 - USD 12 - aromas of red fruit - red fruit, goes away fast (short), balanced

 Côtes du rhône villages signargues - SCA les Vignerons d'Estézargues - Domaine de Pierredon

2008 - USD 14 - red fruit - red fruit, less alcohol than Genestas, firm

 Côtes du rhône villages - SCA les Vignerons d'Estézargues - Domaine Les Genestas

2008 - USD 12 -

 Fleurie - Geneviève et Jean-Claude Chanudet - Domaine J. Chamonard - La Madone - [gamay]

2005 - USD 21 - aromas of black cherry and roast beef - ripe black cherry and roast beef, flower, does not dry tongue or palate, firm

When choosing wines, remember to buy according to your needs.