tasted in France, in 2009 (between April and December).
Vin de pays d'Oc - Domaine des Lièvres - Chardonnay
2008 - USD 7.4 - not interesting but technically well made, little aromas (a note of grapefruit) - the nose is weak - the palate shows a hint of residual sugar but remains fresh
Alsace - Schaetzel - Edelzwicker 100 cl
2006 - USD 9.3 -

Muscadet - Marc Ollivier - Domaine de la Pépière - Domaine de la Pépière
2008 - USD 10 - apple skin, minerally - lichee, fruitgrape, starfruit, not dense, fresh

Muscadet de sèvre et maine sur lie - A.Michel Brégeon
2007 - USD 10 - not onctuous, watermelon, intense like the 2007 Briords, lively

Muscadet - Marc Ollivier - Domaine de la Pépière - Les gras moutons
2008 - USD 13 - full maturity of grapes - lichee - lichee, not onctuous but round, vibrant and fresh
Muscadet - Marc Ollivier - Domaine de la Pépière - Clos des Briords - Cuvée Vieilles Vignes
2007 - USD 13 - you should keep and age this wine - closed and then even more vibrant than the 2007 Brégeon, dry, minerally and fresh

Côtes de provence - Domaine Turenne - Cuvée Antoine
2008 - USD 14 - onctuous, dense, fruit, much alcohol, fresh
Côtes de provence - Domaine du Cagueloup - Cuvée Minette - [50% clairette, 50% ugni blanc]
2008 - USD 14 - flower, honey, starfruit - onctuous from alcohol but not from residual sugar, nectarine, apricot, pear, finger biscuit, fresh - starfruit
Table - Sylvain Saux - Pechigo - La Mothe
2008 - USD 14 - finger biscuit, nougat - finger biscuit, nougat, wide but dry, fresh

Vouvray - François Pinon - Tradition [demi-sec]
2006 - USD 15 - no manipulation - fruit (citrus) - onctuous, with fruit (honeydew melon, peach, fruit of the loom), a hint of chalk, soft (demi-sec), pure, fresh
Vouvray - François Pinon - Silex Noir [demi-sec]
2007 - USD 17 - pear or peach - onctuous, intense, pear or peach, less soft than the 2006 Tradition, fresh and even more lively than Les Trois Argiles
Vouvray - François Pinon - Les Trois Argiles [demi-sec]
2007 - USD 17 - similar to Silex Noir but much more mineral - fruit of the loom, a note of white fruit, a hint of chalk - onctuous, fruit of the loom, a hint of chalk, soft (demi-sec), less intense than Silex Noir, with more body, fresh but no as vivid
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