French white wine values tasted in 2004

The selected French bottlings have given me much pleasure for the price. I have purchased them again for personal consumption. Featured values include eight Loire whites.

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 2004 (between April and December).
 

 Côtes-du-rhône - Domaine Roger Perrin - Prestige
2003 - USD 14 - on the palate: fruit, alcohol heat, freshness - the persistence is long, with almond and apricot
route de Châteauneuf, 84100 Orange, tél : +33 (0) 4 90 34 25 64
 

 Muscadet-de-sèvre-et-maine-sur-lie - Marc Ollivier - Domaine de la Pépière - Eden
2000 - USD 14 - no fruit - a weak nose - on the palate: onctuous, tiny beads of gaz on the tongue, hazelnut, fresh but less so that other Muscadets (gained some magnitude since last year)

Where to purchase Ollivier wines
 

 Muscadet-de-sèvre-et-maine-sur-lie - Marc Ollivier - Domaine de la Pépière - Clos des Cormerais - Cuvée Vieilles Vignes - Vin élevé en fûts de chêne
1999 - USD 15 - a finely balanced winemaking - fruit dominates the nose, with a note of toffee - very intense on the palate, velvety, toffee, grapefruit, fresh, pure

Where to purchase Ollivier wines
 

 Muscadet-de-sèvre-et-maine-sur-lie - A.Michel Brégeon - Liger d'Or
1997 - USD 17 - the wine reminds of a 15-year-old Chablis or of a 30-year-old Vouvray Demi-Sec, yet it shows less alcohol - the nose shows grapefruit, apple, mushroom and tropical fruit - onctuous, with an intensity of taste, dries the taste buds, apple

Where to purchase Bregeon wines
 
 

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