French white wine values tasted in 2003

The selected French bottlings have given me much pleasure for the price. I have purchased them again for personal consumption. Featured values include four bottlings from Burgundy and five Muscadets.

This page misses 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 2003 (between April and December).
 

 Muscadet-de-sèvre-et-maine-sur-lie - Domaine de la Pépière - Marc Ollivier - Clos des Briords - Cuvée Vieilles Vignes
2001 - USD 13 - aroma of northern fruit - round on entry, with beads or carbon dioxide, fresh but less snappy than Brégeon 2001 (to be also compared to the 1999 vintage tasted in 2002)

Where to purchase Ollivier wines
 

 Muscadet-de-sèvre-et-maine-sur-lie - A.Michel Brégeon
2001 - USD 13 - more vigorous than Clos des Briords 2001 - lichee and iodine - a palate intense, beaded, lively

Where to purchase Bregeon wines
 

 Muscadet-de-sèvre-et-maine-sur-lie - Marc Ollivier - Domaine de la Pépière - Eden
2000 - USD 14 - a weak nose - on the palate: hazelnut, no taste from grape! velvety, full and easy, fresh but lacking in sharpness (for a Muscadet), stands up straight but has declined (compared to the same vintage tasted one year earlier)

Where to purchase Ollivier wines
 

 Muscadet-de-sèvre-et-maine-sur-lie - A.Michel Brégeon
1996 - USD 14 - more complex than 2000, 2001, or 2002 - shell, lichee, apple, green grapefruit - even more intense than 2000, 2001 and 2002, seashell, lichee, apple, green grapefruit, fresh - long, lime, seashell

Where to purchase Bregeon wines
 

 Touraine - Clos Roche Blanche - Sauvignon - n°2
2001 - USD 15 - a great purity - a varietal nose with exotic fruit (starfruit), a minerally note, and a hint of oxidation - the variety also shows in the mouth, grapefruit, zest, pear, apple, plant, almond, very intense, a minerally note, fresh with a straight hint - persistent, sandwich bread

Where to purchase Clos Roche Blanche wines
 

 Côtes-de-provence - Château de Pourcieux - M. d'Espagnet - [rolle]
2001 - USD 17 - fat, a green note is not a problem, it shows the incomplete ripeness of the grapes, fresh, short
Le Château, 83470 Pourcieux, tél. +33 (0) 4 94 59 78 90
 

 Muscadet-de-sèvre-et-maine-sur-lie - A.Michel Brégeon - Liger d'Or
1997 - USD 17 - a forceful nose, with grapefruit and apple - onctuous, with enormous intensity, the palate reminds of a ten-year-old Chablis, tropical fruit (with a hint of residual sugar), grapefruit, minerally, apple - tropical fruit lingers

Where to purchase Bregeon wines
 

 Sauvignon-de-saint-bris - William Fèvre
2001 - USD 17 - a nose minerally, with peach, watermelon, red fruit, fresh-cut hedge - fruit explodes in the palate, intense, harmonious, minerally, peach, watermelon, grapefruit, lime, dense but short, fresh
 

 Vouvray - François Pinon - Tradition (Demi-Sec) - [chenin]
1993 - USD 21 - the nose minerally with citrus zet - the palate: with apple, onctuous (moelleux), wide, dry (from acidity), mandarin orange - citrus zet (steady but more mineral and less fruity than the same vintage tasted one year earlier)

Where to purchase Pinon wines
 

 Chinon - Bernard Baudry - Croix Boissée [tuffeau blanc] - [chenin]
2001 - USD 31 - grapefruit, herb tea, flower - grapefruit, herb tea, flower, palate-wide but fresh (more so than a Vouvray)

Where to purchase Baudry wines
 
 

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