French wines to buy in PA and Pennsylvania

Herebelow are French wines that I recommend and where to buy them in PA and Pennsylvania. 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

<a name=muscadet></a>Muscadet-de-sèvre-et-maine-sur-lie wine labelb Muscadet de sèvre et maine sur lie - A.Michel Brégeon

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

Distributor for New York City, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC: Winebow

 

French wine values tasted in 2008

b 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

Distributor for New York City, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC: Winebow

b 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

Distributor for New York City, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC: Winebow

 

French wine values tasted in 2007

r 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

Distributor for New York City, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC: Winebow

b 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

Distributor for New York City, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC: Winebow

Muscadet-de-sèvre-et-maine-sur-lie wine labelb 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

Distributor for New York City, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC: Winebow

b 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

Distributor for New York City, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC: Winebow

b 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

Distributor for New York City, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC: Winebow

 

French wine values tasted in 2006

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

2002 - USD 9.3 - red fruit, balanced acidity

Distributor for New York City, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC: Winebow

b Gros plant - A.Michel Brégeon

2005 - USD 8.6 - bacon, apple - onctuous, alcohol modest, fresh - apple skin

Distributor for New York City, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC: Winebow

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

2005 - USD 10 - should benefit from ageing - peach, apple, chais, intense - onctuous, peach, dries the palate, fresh, more winey than Pépière - citrus zest

Distributor for New York City, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC: Winebow

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

2001 - USD 14 - a very intense nose akin to a Chablis twice as old : with seashell and hazelnut - very slightly sweet, intense flavours of nectarine, litchi, apple, apricot, and citrus zest, fresh - peach skin

Distributor for New York City, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC: Winebow

 

Price figures are only very rough estimates of the US retail tags, at the date of the tasting.

Wines are selected on personal criteria.

 

You may also read reviews on recommended wines available in New Jersey, New York City, New York metropolitan area, upstate New York, or you may request another location at the bottom of this page.

 
   
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