French wines to buy in Antilles

Herebelow are French wines that I recommend and where to buy them in Antilles. A retailer that is not listed here can sell the wine ; he/she only has to contact the merchant or the importer. You could ask for wine shipment to and delivery in the Antilles area.

French wine values tasted in 2010

 Côtes du rhône - Paul Jaboulet Aîné - Parallèle 45

2008 - USD 11 - white fruit - onctuous, white fruit, fresh

Antilles, Barbados wine stores, Wine World

Bermuda importer: Gosling's

Antilles, Guadeloupe, 97122 Baie-Mahault, Immeuble Diamant Ferdinand Fores, Ets Jacques Nouy, phone: 05 90 38 08 33

Antilles, Puerto Rico importer: Carretera 165, Guaynabo, Plaza Provision Company, phone: +1 787 781 20 71

Antilles, Saint-Barthélémy, La Cave du Port franc

Antilles, USVI importer, 12-14 Estate, Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, West Indies Corp. phone: +1 (340) 774- 2350

French wine values tasted in 2003

 Chinon - Bernard Baudry - Croix Boissée [tuffeau blanc] - [chenin]

2001 - USD 24 - grapefruit, herb tea, flower - grapefruit, herb tea, flower, palate-wide but fresh (more so than a Vouvray)

Antilles, 97133 Saint-Barthélémy, St Jean, Villa Créole n°32, Domaines et Châteaux Saint Barth

French wine values tasted in 2002

 Chinon - Bernard Baudry - Cuvée du Domaine - [cabernet franc]

2000 - USD 15 - a nose of ripe fruit, blackcurrant - a palate fruity (like a fruit juice, not like a concentrate), fresh, less fat than same-year Granges or Grézeaux, more elegant, dense, balanced, dries the palate - ripe fruit, jam, sticks on the teeth

Antilles, 97133 Saint-Barthélémy, St Jean, Villa Créole n°32, Domaines et Châteaux Saint Barth

 Chinon - Bernard Baudry - Croix Boissée - [cabernet franc]

2001 - USD 24 - little red and black fruits - ripe fruit, a powerful structure yet very fresh (acidity is at 4,15 g/l) - black fruit, very long

Antilles, 97133 Saint-Barthélémy, St Jean, Villa Créole n°32, Domaines et Châteaux Saint Barth

 Chinon - Bernard Baudry - Croix Boissée - [cabernet franc]

2000 - USD 24 - aging potential - toffee, fruit - very fruity, firm tannins, chewy, limestone, gravel - long

Antilles, 97133 Saint-Barthélémy, St Jean, Villa Créole n°32, Domaines et Châteaux Saint Barth

Price figures are only very rough estimates of the US retail tags, at the date of the tasting.

Wines are selected on personal criteria.

Other recommended wines may be available in Antilles but their distribution channels are not referenced yet. Please enhance this tool by e-mailing the coordinates of another shop that offers one of the latest French red wine values.