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 Valley whites.

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 2004 (between April and December).
 

 Côtes du rhône - Domaine Roger Perrin - Prestige

2003 - USD 11 - on the palate: fruit, alcohol heat, freshness - the persistence is long, with almond and apricot

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 Muscadet de sèvre et maine sur lie - Marc Ollivier - Domaine de la Pépière - Eden

2000 - USD 12 - 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)

 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 12 - a finely balanced winemaking - fruit dominates the nose, with a note of toffee - very intense on the palate, velvety, toffee, grapefruit, fresh, pure

 Muscadet de sèvre et maine sur lie - A.Michel Brégeon - Liger d'Or

1997 - USD 14 - 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

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