French wines to buy in Montreal and Québec

Herebelow are French wines that I recommend and where to buy them in Montreal and Québec. 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 2009

 Fleurie - Geneviève et Jean-Claude Chanudet - Domaine J. Chamonard - La Madone - [gamay]

2005 - USD 20 - aromas of black cherry and roast beef - ripe black cherry and roast beef, flower, does not dry tongue or palate, firm

Canada, Québec, oenopole

French wine values tasted in 2007

 Morgon - Geneviève et Jean-Claude Chanudet - Domaine J. Chamonard - [gamay]

2005 - USD 18 - intense blackcurrant, a note of roastbeef, candied fruit - onctuous, intense blackcurrant, a note of roastbeef, there is no banana but the candied fruit typical of a wine that has not encountered sulfites, easy but firm - drink this year and in ten years!

Canada, Québec, oenopole

French wine values tasted in 2005

 Vouvray - Domaine Huet - [crémant, 'méthode traditionnelle'] - Sec - Brut

1999 - USD 18 - toasted loafbread, coconut - foam, middle-sized beads, refreshing

Canada, Québec, Société des Alcools du Québec

 Vouvray - Domaine Huet - Le Haut Lieu - Demi-Sec

2003 - USD 25 - like peeling a fresh almond, nectarine - onctuous, like peeling a fresh almond, nectarine, soft, fresh but less so than other vintages from Huet or Pinon, less structure

Canada, Québec, Société des Alcools du Québec

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)

Canada, Québec, Société des Alcools du Québec

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

Canada, Québec, Société des Alcools du Québec

 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

Canada, Québec, Société des Alcools du Québec

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

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

Canada, Québec, Société des Alcools du Québec

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 Montreal, Quebec 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.