French wines to buy in Dordogne (24)

The following text is a tip.No wine producer is registered for: Dordogne (24).

This is why the scope has been widened to: Aquitaine.

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 2010

o Vin de pays des maures - Domaine Turenne - Aubrégades - [90% cinsault]

NV - 5 € - flower - light (will fit tomatoes rather than meat), slightly stiff, fresh

64200 Biarritz, 6 rue Helder, Le Verre à soif

 

French wine values tasted in 2009

Côtes-de-provence wine labelr Côtes de provence - Domaine Turenne - (Bag in Box en poche de 5l)

2008 - 3.3 € - red fruit dominates the smell - in the mouth : a lot of red fruit (cherry) too but no fruit jelly, the wine is wide and slightly dries the palate, it shows a hint of volatile acidity on opening but stays vinous and balanced for weeks

64200 Biarritz, 6 rue Helder, Le Verre à soif

Côtes-de-provence wine labelo 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

64200 Biarritz, 6 rue Helder, Le Verre à soif

Côtes-de-provence wine labelb Côtes de provence - Domaine Turenne - Cuvée Antoine

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

64200 Biarritz, 6 rue Helder, Le Verre à soif

 

French wine values tasted in 2008

alsace wine labelr 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!

64100 Bayonne, 47 rue Pannecau, La Cave Benat

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

2007 - 3 € -

64200 Biarritz, 6 rue Helder, Le Verre à soif

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

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

64100 Bayonne, 47 rue Pannecau, La Cave Benat

alsace wine labelb 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

64100 Bayonne, 47 rue Pannecau, La Cave Benat

 

French wine values tasted in 2007

Côtes-de-provence wine labelb 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

64200 Biarritz, 6 rue Helder, Le Verre à soif

 

French wine values tasted in 2006

o Vin de pays des maures - Domaine Turenne - Aubrégades - [Cinsault 90%]

2005 - 4 € - a scent of peach skin - dense, mouth-watering, alcohol shows much, fresh

64200 Biarritz, 6 rue Helder, Le Verre à soif

Côtes-de-provence wine labelo Côtes de provence - Domaine Turenne - Camille - [Cinsault 80%]

2005 - 5.7 € - the grape expresses itself finely thanks to a supportive winemaking (as opposed to obtrusive) - dust, carambola (star fruit) - no flower, a lot of fruit (carambola, a hint of redcurrant), much alcohol (wide), fresh

64200 Biarritz, 6 rue Helder, Le Verre à soif

 

If the results above are too vague or the wine shops too distant from your area, then you may wish to explore another area of Aquitaine such as: 64, or you may request any location in the box below.

 
   
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