French wines to buy in Alexandria and VirginiaHerebelow are French wines that I recommend and where to buy them in Alexandria and Virginia. A retailer that is not listed here can sell the wine ; he/she only has to contact the merchant or the importer. French wine values tasted in 2009
2008 - USD 10 - apple skin, minerally - lichee, fruitgrape, starfruit, not dense, fresh A store in Charlottesville, Virginia: Market St Wine Shop A store in Crozet, Virginia: Greenwood Country Store A store in Charlottesville, Virginia, VA 22901: Wine Warehouse Delivery from Lexington, Virginia, VA 24450: Washington Street Purveyors Distributor for Virginia and Washington, DC: Roanoke Valley Wine Company
2008 - USD 13 - full maturity of grapes - lichee - lichee, not onctuous but round, vibrant and fresh A store in Charlottesville, Virginia: Market St Wine Shop A store in Crozet, Virginia: Greenwood Country Store A store in Charlottesville, Virginia, VA 22901: Wine Warehouse Delivery from Lexington, Virginia, VA 24450: Washington Street Purveyors Distributor for Virginia and Washington, DC: Roanoke Valley Wine Company
2007 - USD 13 - you should keep and age this wine - closed and then even more vibrant than the 2007 Brégeon, dry, minerally and fresh A store in Charlottesville, Virginia: Market St Wine Shop A store in Crozet, Virginia: Greenwood Country Store A store in Charlottesville, Virginia, VA 22901: Wine Warehouse Delivery from Lexington, Virginia, VA 24450: Washington Street Purveyors Distributor for Virginia and Washington, DC: Roanoke Valley Wine Company
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 A shop in Bristol, Virginia, VA 24201: Inari Wines A store in Charlottesville, Virginia, VA 22901: Wine Warehouse Delivery from Lexington, Virginia, VA 24450: Washington Street Purveyors Distributor for Virginia and Washington, DC: Roanoke Valley Wine Company
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 A shop in Bristol, Virginia, VA 24201: Inari Wines A store in Charlottesville, Virginia, VA 22901: Wine Warehouse Delivery from Lexington, Virginia, VA 24450: Washington Street Purveyors Distributor for Virginia and Washington, DC: Roanoke Valley Wine Company
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 A shop in Bristol, Virginia, VA 24201: Inari Wines A store in Charlottesville, Virginia, VA 22901: Wine Warehouse Delivery from Lexington, Virginia, VA 24450: Washington Street Purveyors Distributor for Virginia and Washington, DC: Roanoke Valley Wine Company French wine values tasted in 2007
2005 - USD 9.3 - bell pepper - green bell pepper, fresh, the incomplete grape maturity is similar to that of the Mouton Cadet 2004 which you will prefer if you need wine to impact your palate A store in Charlottesville, Virginia: Market St Wine Shop A store in Crozet, Virginia: Greenwood Country Store A store in Charlottesville, Virginia, VA 22901: Wine Warehouse Delivery from Lexington, Virginia, VA 24450: Washington Street Purveyors Distributor for Virginia and Washington, DC: Roanoke Valley Wine Company
2005 - USD 12 - this wine will only get better, clean as the Briords 2001 tasted at the same age - pear and seashell on the nose - pear, fresh, shows more structure than Cormerais 2003, is not drying as was the same Briords 2005 tasted one year earlier A store in Charlottesville, Virginia: Market St Wine Shop A store in Crozet, Virginia: Greenwood Country Store A store in Charlottesville, Virginia, VA 22901: Wine Warehouse Delivery from Lexington, Virginia, VA 24450: Washington Street Purveyors Distributor for Virginia and Washington, DC: Roanoke Valley Wine Company
2003 - USD 12 - this wine is very fine but should benefit from ageing - fruit, delicate toffee - fruit, delicate toffee, fuller than the Briords 2005, a minerally thread, fresh - hasn't really changed from one summer to the next A store in Charlottesville, Virginia: Market St Wine Shop A store in Crozet, Virginia: Greenwood Country Store A store in Charlottesville, Virginia, VA 22901: Wine Warehouse Delivery from Lexington, Virginia, VA 24450: Washington Street Purveyors Distributor for Virginia and Washington, DC: Roanoke Valley Wine Company
[2004] - USD 14 - modest nose - small gas beads, toasted loaf bread, dry but wide, as snappy as a Champagne A shop in Bristol, Virginia, VA 24201: Inari Wines A store in Charlottesville, Virginia, VA 22901: Wine Warehouse Delivery from Lexington, Virginia, VA 24450: Washington Street Purveyors Distributor for Virginia and Washington, DC: Roanoke Valley Wine Company
2005 - USD 15 - drink it often - the nose shows much typical fruit, with citrus - the palate does not show the velvety texture of the Brégeon 2006, aromas are more intense than in the Brégeon 2005, tiny gas beads, light, refreshing A store in Charlottesville, Virginia, VA 22901: Wine Warehouse Delivery from Lexington, Virginia, VA 24450: Washington Street Purveyors Distributor for Virginia and Washington, DC: Roanoke Valley Wine Company
2005 - USD 15 - a white fruit dominates the nose - aromatic intensity, pear, wide, dry, minerally, fresh A shop in Bristol, Virginia, VA 24201: Inari Wines A store in Charlottesville, Virginia, VA 22901: Wine Warehouse Delivery from Lexington, Virginia, VA 24450: Washington Street Purveyors Distributor for Virginia and Washington, DC: Roanoke Valley Wine Company French wine values tasted in 2006
2005 - USD 10 - a superb match to raw oyster shells - an elegant nose of lime, litchi, and peach - velvety, light but very savory, apricot, redcurrant, brine, a vegetable note, no minerality, tiny gas beads, less structured than Brégeon, less lively yet crisp and fresh - less persistence A store in Charlottesville, Virginia: Market St Wine Shop A store in Crozet, Virginia: Greenwood Country Store A store in Charlottesville, Virginia, VA 22901: Wine Warehouse Delivery from Lexington, Virginia, VA 24450: Washington Street Purveyors Distributor for Virginia and Washington, DC: Roanoke Valley Wine Company
2005 - USD 11 - grapefruit, fresh - grapefruit, the liveliness is drying the mouth, crunchier than the the 2001 vintage tasted at age 2 - grapefruit A store in Charlottesville, Virginia: Market St Wine Shop A store in Crozet, Virginia: Greenwood Country Store A store in Charlottesville, Virginia, VA 22901: Wine Warehouse Delivery from Lexington, Virginia, VA 24450: Washington Street Purveyors Distributor for Virginia and Washington, DC: Roanoke Valley Wine Company
2003 - USD 12 - a weak nose of frozen grapefruit - toffee, intense flavour but light body, fresh - bitter-orange (the balance of fruit and onctuosity is the same as in the 1999 bottling tasted at the same age, the oak treatment is as refined) A store in Charlottesville, Virginia: Market St Wine Shop A store in Crozet, Virginia: Greenwood Country Store A store in Charlottesville, Virginia, VA 22901: Wine Warehouse Delivery from Lexington, Virginia, VA 24450: Washington Street Purveyors Distributor for Virginia and Washington, DC: Roanoke Valley Wine Company
2004 - USD 13 - onctuous, freshly cut hay, a hint of a little red fruit, fresh Delivery from Lexington, Virginia, VA 24450: Washington Street Purveyors Distributor for Virginia and Washington, DC: Roanoke Valley Wine Company
[2004] - USD 14 - does not show the toffee note of the 1996 version - subdued nose - peach, toasted loafbread, less wide than the Chidaine, drying (from acidity), fresh A shop in Bristol, Virginia, VA 24201: Inari Wines A store in Charlottesville, Virginia, VA 22901: Wine Warehouse Delivery from Lexington, Virginia, VA 24450: Washington Street Purveyors Distributor for Virginia and Washington, DC: Roanoke Valley Wine Company
2005 - USD 15 - very natural - citrus, minerally, a hinty of fresh herb - onctuous, very intense, pear, nectarine, wide, minerally, fresh, very pure, more drying than the 2000 A shop in Bristol, Virginia, VA 24201: Inari Wines A store in Charlottesville, Virginia, VA 22901: Wine Warehouse Delivery from Lexington, Virginia, VA 24450: Washington Street Purveyors Distributor for Virginia and Washington, DC: Roanoke Valley Wine Company
2005 - USD 17 - keep it in a remote corner of the cellar - ripe peach - onctuous, peach, sweet, fresh A shop in Bristol, Virginia, VA 24201: Inari Wines A store in Charlottesville, Virginia, VA 22901: Wine Warehouse Delivery from Lexington, Virginia, VA 24450: Washington Street Purveyors Distributor for Virginia and Washington, DC: Roanoke Valley Wine Company
Price figures are only very rough estimates of the US retail tags, at the date of the tasting. Wines are selected on personal criteria.
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