French wines to buy in Great Falls, Washington suburb

Herebelow are French wines that I recommend and where to buy them in Great Falls, Washington suburb. 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 Great Falls, Washington suburb area.

 

French wine values tasted in 2009

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

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

Muscadet wine labelb 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

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

b 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

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

<a name=pinon></a>Vouvray wine labelb 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 Potomac, Maryland: Beltway Fine Wines, 11325 Seven Locks Road, MD 20854, Tel: 410-668-8884

A store in Laurel, Maryland: Corridor Fine Wine and Spirits, 3321 Laurel-Fort Meade Road, MD 20724, Tel: 301-617-8507

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

b 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 Potomac, Maryland: Beltway Fine Wines, 11325 Seven Locks Road, MD 20854, Tel: 410-668-8884

A store in Laurel, Maryland: Corridor Fine Wine and Spirits, 3321 Laurel-Fort Meade Road, MD 20724, Tel: 301-617-8507

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

b 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 Potomac, Maryland: Beltway Fine Wines, 11325 Seven Locks Road, MD 20854, Tel: 410-668-8884

A store in Laurel, Maryland: Corridor Fine Wine and Spirits, 3321 Laurel-Fort Meade Road, MD 20724, Tel: 301-617-8507

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

r 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

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

Muscadet wine labelb 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

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

b 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

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

b 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 Potomac, Maryland: Beltway Fine Wines, 11325 Seven Locks Road, MD 20854, Tel: 410-668-8884

A store in Laurel, Maryland: Corridor Fine Wine and Spirits, 3321 Laurel-Fort Meade Road, MD 20724, Tel: 301-617-8507

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

b 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 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

Vouvray wine labelb Vouvray - François Pinon - Sec - [chenin]

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

A store in Potomac, Maryland: Beltway Fine Wines, 11325 Seven Locks Road, MD 20854, Tel: 410-668-8884

A store in Laurel, Maryland: Corridor Fine Wine and Spirits, 3321 Laurel-Fort Meade Road, MD 20724, Tel: 301-617-8507

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

Muscadet-de-sèvre-et-maine-sur-lie wine labelb Muscadet de sèvre et maine sur lie - Marc Ollivier - Domaine de la Pépière - Domaine de la Pépière

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

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

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

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

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

Touraine wine labelb Touraine - Clos Roche Blanche - n°2 - Sauvignon

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

b Vouvray - François Pinon - Brut 'méthode traditionnelle' - [Chenin]

[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 store in Potomac, Maryland: Beltway Fine Wines, 11325 Seven Locks Road, MD 20854, Tel: 410-668-8884

A store in Laurel, Maryland: Corridor Fine Wine and Spirits, 3321 Laurel-Fort Meade Road, MD 20724, Tel: 301-617-8507

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

Vouvray wine labelb Vouvray - François Pinon - Sec - [Chenin]

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 store in Potomac, Maryland: Beltway Fine Wines, 11325 Seven Locks Road, MD 20854, Tel: 410-668-8884

A store in Laurel, Maryland: Corridor Fine Wine and Spirits, 3321 Laurel-Fort Meade Road, MD 20724, Tel: 301-617-8507

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

Vouvray wine labelb Vouvray - François Pinon - Tradition - [Chenin]

2005 - USD 17 - keep it in a remote corner of the cellar - ripe peach - onctuous, peach, sweet, fresh

A store in Potomac, Maryland: Beltway Fine Wines, 11325 Seven Locks Road, MD 20854, Tel: 410-668-8884

A store in Laurel, Maryland: Corridor Fine Wine and Spirits, 3321 Laurel-Fort Meade Road, MD 20724, Tel: 301-617-8507

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.

 

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 Washington suburb. The following places show recommended wines: Maryland, Virginia, or you may type a ZIP code in the box below.

 
   
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