French wines to buy in Las Vegas and Nevada

Herebelow are French wines that I recommend and where to buy them in Las Vegas and Nevada. 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 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)

Las Vegas, Nevada, 4050 West Sunset Road, NV 89118: Vin Sauvage

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

Las Vegas, Nevada, 4050 West Sunset Road, NV 89118: Vin Sauvage

 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

Las Vegas, Nevada, 4050 West Sunset Road, NV 89118: Vin Sauvage

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

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

Las Vegas, Nevada, 4050 West Sunset Road, NV 89118: Vin Sauvage

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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