French wines to buy in Sarasota and Florida

Herebelow are French wines that I recommend and where to buy them in Sarasota and Florida. 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

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

2008 - USD 10 - apple skin, minerally - lichee, fruitgrape, starfruit, not dense, fresh

A shop in Naples, Florida, FL 34102: Old Naples Wholesale Wines

 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 shop in Naples, Florida, FL 34102: Old Naples Wholesale Wines

 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 shop in Naples, Florida, FL 34102: Old Naples Wholesale Wines

French wine values tasted in 2007

 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 shop in Naples, Florida, FL 34102: Old Naples Wholesale Wines

 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 shop in Naples, Florida, FL 34102: Old Naples Wholesale Wines

 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

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 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 shop in Naples, Florida, FL 34102: Old Naples Wholesale Wines

French wine values tasted in 2006

 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 shop in Naples, Florida, FL 34102: Old Naples Wholesale Wines

 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 shop in Naples, Florida, FL 34102: Old Naples Wholesale Wines

 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 shop in Naples, Florida, FL 34102: Old Naples Wholesale Wines

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

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 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

A shop in Naples, Florida, FL 34102: Old Naples Wholesale Wines

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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