French wines to buy in Atlanta and Georgia

No wine producer is registered for: Atlanta and Georgia.

This is why the scope has been widened to: the Southern United States.

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 Atlanta and Georgia.

French wine values tasted in 2009

 Muscadet - Marc Ollivier - Domaine de la Pépière - Domaine de la Pépière

2008 - USD 10 - apple skin, minerally - lichee, fruitgrape, starfruit, not dense, fresh

Distributor for South Carolina: Carolina Wine Source

A shop in Naples, Florida, FL 34102: Old Naples Wholesale Wines

 Muscadet de sèvre et maine sur lie - A.Michel Brégeon

2007 - USD 10 - not onctuous, watermelon, intense like the 2007 Briords, lively

A store in Dallas, Texas, TX 75209: Pogo's Wine

 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

Distributor for South Carolina: Carolina Wine Source

A shop in Naples, Florida, FL 34102: Old Naples Wholesale Wines

 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

Distributor for South Carolina: Carolina Wine Source

A shop in Naples, Florida, FL 34102: Old Naples Wholesale Wines

 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

A store in Youngsville, North Carolina, NC 27596: Tar Heel Wine Traders

Distributor for South Carolina: Carolina Wine Source

 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

A store in Youngsville, North Carolina, NC 27596: Tar Heel Wine Traders

Distributor for South Carolina: Carolina Wine Source

 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

A store in Youngsville, North Carolina, NC 27596: Tar Heel Wine Traders

Distributor for South Carolina: Carolina Wine Source

French wine values tasted in 2008

 Vin de pays de l'Ardèche - Le Mazel - Saint-Philippe - (syrah)

2005 - USD 17 - red fruit jelly dominates the nose - onctuous, red fruit jelly, the wine is not drying the palate

A shop in Lexington, Kentucky: Wine + Grocery, 486 West Second St, KY 40507, tel: 859 225 0755

 Muscadet de sèvre et maine sur lie - A.Michel Brégeon

2004 - USD 10 - a nose of beeswax, lichee and lime blossom - the palate is intense and drying, with the structure of a Chablis, lichee, lime blossom, lively

A store in Dallas, Texas, TX 75209: Pogo's Wine

 Muscadet de sèvre et maine - A.Michel Brégeon - (bouteille bourguignonne) - Elevé sur lies en cuve pendant 5 ans

2003 - USD 15 - a nose of citrus - minerally, intense, fresh

A store in Dallas, Texas, TX 75209: Pogo's Wine

French wine values tasted in 2007

 Vin de pays du Jardin de la France - Marc Ollivier - Domaine de la Pépière - Cabernet

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

Distributor for South Carolina: Carolina Wine Source

A shop in Naples, Florida, FL 34102: Old Naples Wholesale Wines

 Vin de pays du Jardin de la France - A.Michel Brégeon - Cabernet

2002 - USD 9.6 - on the nose red fruit and yellow bell pepper dominate - red fruit and red bell pepper, dense, firm

A store in Dallas, Texas, TX 75209: Pogo's Wine

 Gros plant - A.Michel Brégeon

2005 - USD 8.6 - you would not dream of Gros Plant being so bright and pure! - redcurrant, pear - no unctuosity, very intense, redcurrant, small white fruit, minerally, pure, dries the gums and the palates, savory, light, snappy without any stiffness - redcurrant, small white fruit - this one is similar to the Gros Plant 2002 tasted at the same age

A store in Dallas, Texas, TX 75209: Pogo's Wine

 Muscadet de sèvre et maine sur lie - A.Michel Brégeon

2006 - USD 10 - aromatic intensity, lichee - aromatic intensity, light, tiny gas beads, less flavour than Luneau-Papin 2005, freshness

A store in Dallas, Texas, TX 75209: Pogo's Wine

 Muscadet de sèvre et maine sur lie - A.Michel Brégeon

2005 - USD 11 - more settled than the same vintage tasted one year earlier, will improve with every passing year - aromas of peach and citrus zest - onctuous, wider than the Luneau-Papin 2005 and the Brégeon 2006, less aromas than the Luneau-Papin 2005, peach, pear, no beads, fresh

A store in Dallas, Texas, TX 75209: Pogo's Wine

 Muscadet - Marc Ollivier - Domaine de la Pépière - Clos des Briords - Cuvée Vieilles Vignes

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

Distributor for South Carolina: Carolina Wine Source

A shop in Naples, Florida, FL 34102: Old Naples Wholesale Wines

 Muscadet - Marc Ollivier - Domaine de la Pépière - Clos des Cormerais - Cuvée Vieilles Vignes - Vin élevé en fûts de chêne

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

Distributor for South Carolina: Carolina Wine Source

A shop in Naples, Florida, FL 34102: Old Naples Wholesale Wines

 Muscadet de sèvre et maine sur lie - A.Michel Brégeon

2001 - USD 14 - intense aromas of pear, peach, seashell and citrus zest - no gas beads, vinous, peach, pear, hazelnut, intense, fresh - compare this wine with the same bottling tasted at age two and at age five

A store in Dallas, Texas, TX 75209: Pogo's Wine

 Vouvray - François Pinon - Brut 'méthode traditionnelle' - [chenin]

[2004] - USD 14 - modest nose - small gas beads, toasted loaf bread, dry but wide, as snappy as a Champagne

A store in Youngsville, North Carolina, NC 27596: Tar Heel Wine Traders

Distributor for South Carolina: Carolina Wine Source

 Muscadet de sèvre et maine sur lie - Luneau-Papin - Les Pierres blanches

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 shop in Naples, Florida, FL 34102: Old Naples Wholesale Wines

 Vouvray - François Pinon - Sec - [chenin]

2005 - USD 15 - a white fruit dominates the nose - aromatic intensity, pear, wide, dry, minerally, fresh

A store in Youngsville, North Carolina, NC 27596: Tar Heel Wine Traders

Distributor for South Carolina: Carolina Wine Source

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