French wines to buy in Belgique

Herebelow are French wines that I recommend and where to buy them in Belgique. 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 Belgique area.

French wine values tasted in 2009

 Côtes de provence - Domaine Turenne - rosé (bib cubitainer de 5l)

2008 - 2.8 € - a lot fruit - flower - intense, similar but smoother than the 2005 vintage, citrus, flower, biscuit, no stifness, pure and fresh

Belgique, 1180 Bruxelles, 17 rue Général-Mc-Arthur, La Boîte des pinards, tél. +32 (0) 23 47 23 03, mail

Belgique, 1190 Bruxelles, Chée d'Alsemberg, Brut de Cuve

 Côtes de provence - Domaine Turenne - Cuvée Antoine

2008 - 7 € - onctuous, dense, fruit, much alcohol, fresh

Belgique, 1180 Bruxelles, 17 rue Général-Mc-Arthur, La Boîte des pinards, tél. +32 (0) 23 47 23 03, mail

Belgique, 1190 Bruxelles, Chée d'Alsemberg, Brut de Cuve

 Vouvray - François Pinon - Tradition [demi-sec]

2006 - 8 € - no manipulation - fruit (citrus) - onctuous, with fruit (honeydew melon, peach, fruit of the loom), a hint of chalk, soft (demi-sec), pure, fresh

Belgique, 1160 Bruxelles, 23 B6 av J.Colin, Vinart - Jean-Luc Piron

 Vouvray - François Pinon - Silex Noir [demi-sec]

2007 - 9 € - pear or peach - onctuous, intense, pear or peach, less soft than the 2006 Tradition, fresh and even more lively than Les Trois Argiles

Belgique, 1160 Bruxelles, 23 B6 av J.Colin, Vinart - Jean-Luc Piron

 Vouvray - François Pinon - Les Trois Argiles [demi-sec]

2007 - 9 € - 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

Belgique, 1160 Bruxelles, 23 B6 av J.Colin, Vinart - Jean-Luc Piron

French wine values tasted in 2008

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

2005 - 9 € - red fruit jelly dominates the nose - onctuous, red fruit jelly, the wine is not drying the palate

Belgique, 1180 Bruxelles, 17 rue Général-Mc-Arthur, La Boîte des pinards, tél. +32 (0) 23 47 23 03, mail

Belgique, 1360 Wastines, 7 rue du Faubourg, Run'Art SC, Fruit de la passion, tél. +32 (0) 10 88 92 57

Belgique, 4950 Sourbrodt, 23 route de Botrange, Le Millésime, tél. +32 (0) 80 44 40 76

Belgique, 9880 Aalter, Wijnfolie

 Alsace - Audrey et Christian Binner - pinot noir

2006 - 11 € - Morello cherry dominates the nose - little onctuosity, Morello cherry, a note of fur, light, firm, asks for more!

Belgique, 1390 Grez-Doiceau, True Great Wines

Belgique, 8800 Roeselare, Troca

 Côtes de provence - Domaine Turenne - rosé ("Bag in Box" en poche de 5l) - [l'assemblage diffère dans l'année]

2007 - 3 € -

Belgique, 1180 Bruxelles, 17 rue Général-Mc-Arthur, La Boîte des pinards, tél. +32 (0) 23 47 23 03, mail

Belgique, 1190 Bruxelles, Chée d'Alsemberg, Brut de Cuve

 Alsace - Audrey et Christian Binner - Saveurs printanières - (sylvaner, muscat et gewürtztraminer)

Non vintage - 7.4 € - onctuous, aromatic, low alcohol, fresh

Belgique, 1390 Grez-Doiceau, True Great Wines

Belgique, 8800 Roeselare, Troca

 Alsace - Audrey et Christian Binner - Katzenthal - riesling

2004 - 11 € - harmonious - a nose showing pebble - velvety, pebble, roasted almond, tiny gaz beads, fresh - pebble, roasted almond

Belgique, 1390 Grez-Doiceau, True Great Wines

Belgique, 8800 Roeselare, Troca

French wine values tasted in 2007

 Vin de pays des collines rhodaniennes - Jamet - Syrah

2005 - 7.5 € - I love Syrah with such a varietal character ! - black chocolate, flower, blackcurrant, toasted loafbread - blackcurrant, juicy, much alcohol, balanced - blackcurrant - similar to the Jamet 2004 tasted at the same age

Belgique, 4400 Flemalle, rue des Semailles 23/1, ZA des Cahottes, Thorrout-Ghysens Vins, tél. +32 42 50 77 80

 Côtes de provence - Domaine Turenne - Cuvée Antoine - [50% rolle, 50% petite clairette du var]

2006 - 6.2 € - akin to the Domaine Gavoty Cuvée Clarendon 2001 aged two or the Château de Pourcieux 2001 aged two, two Rolle varietals - the aromas are of flower and fresh almond - velvety, flower, fresh almond, a vegetable note (due to the incomplete maturity of certain grapes), starfruit, fresh, less alcohol than the two Rolle varietals

Belgique, 1180 Bruxelles, 17 rue Général-Mc-Arthur, La Boîte des pinards, tél. +32 (0) 23 47 23 03, mail

Belgique, 1190 Bruxelles, Chée d'Alsemberg, Brut de Cuve

 Pacherenc du vic bilh - Denis Capmartin - Château Barréjat - Moelleux

2005 - 6 € - onctuous from alcohol and residual sugar, dried apricot, lichee, fresh

Belgique, 6040 Jumet, rue Louis Lambert 71A, Duvi Sud-Ouest

 Cheverny - Hervé Villemade - Domaine du Moulin - [60% sauvignon-blanc, 40% chardonnay]

2005 - 7 € - apricot dominates the intense aromas which differ strongly from those of the Domaine du Moulin 2004 - more onctuous than the 2004 vintage, intense, apricot, almond, toffee, fresh

Belgique, 8800 Roeselare, Troca Vins Naturels

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

[2004] - 7 € - modest nose - small gas beads, toasted loaf bread, dry but wide, as snappy as a Champagne

Belgique, 1160 Bruxelles, 23 B6 av J.Colin, Vinart - Jean-Luc Piron

 Vouvray - François Pinon - Sec - [chenin]

2005 - 8 € - a white fruit dominates the nose - aromatic intensity, pear, wide, dry, minerally, fresh

Belgique, 1160 Bruxelles, 23 B6 av J.Colin, Vinart - Jean-Luc Piron

Price figures are for 75 cl. They represent rough estimates of tags in France wine shops, at the date of the tasting.

Wines are selected on personal criteria.

There also are excellent wines with no sulfites in Belgique.

If the results above are too vague or the wine shops too distant from your area, then you may wish to explore a location more specific than Belgique. The following places show recommended wines: Bruxelles, Flandre, Wallonie, or try the wineshop explorer below.