French wines to buy in Tubingen and Stuttgart area

Herebelow are French wines that I recommend and where to buy them in Tubingen and Stuttgart area. 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 2007

 Vin de pays des collines rhodaniennes - Jamet - Syrah

2005 - 7.5 € - I love Syrah with such a varietal character ! - black chocolate, flower, blackcurrant, toasted loafbread - blackcurrant, juicy, much alcohol, balanced - blackcurrant - similar to the Jamet 2004 tasted at the same age

Germany, 70597 Stuttgart-Sonnenberg, Laustrasse 38, Herr Bernd Kreis, tel. +49 711 762 839

French wine values tasted in 2006

 Vin de pays des collines rhodaniennes - Jamet - Syrah

2004 - 7.5 € - varietal: the aromas wonderfully express syrah - red fruit, violet flower - red fruit, violet flower, much less structure that an AOC (Côte-rôtie), juicy, balanced - similar to the 2005 vintage tasted at the same age

Germany, 70597 Stuttgart-Sonnenberg, Laustrasse 38, Herr Bernd Kreis, tel. +49 711 762 839

 Touraine - Clos Roche Blanche - n°2 - Sauvignon

2004 - 6.6 € - onctuous, freshly cut hay, a hint of a little red fruit, fresh

Germany, 72074 Tübingen, Aeulestrasse 6, Weinhaus Hartl

French wine values tasted in 2005

 Touraine - Clos Roche Blanche - n°2 - Sauvignon

2004 - 6 € - needs a day to open up, the intense fruitiness reminds of a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, some flower and a little herbaceousness - aromas of white fruit and freshly cut hay - onctuous, fat but firm, fresh almond, cherry, crisp - (more difficult and less complex than the 2001 bottling)

Germany, 72074 Tübingen, Aeulestrasse 6, Weinhaus Hartl

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

1999 - 10 € - toasted loafbread, coconut - foam, middle-sized beads, refreshing

Germany, 78359 Orsingen, Steinäcker 12, Peter Riegel Weinimport, phone: 77-74-93-13-0

Germany, 79576 Weil am Rhein, Hafenstrasse 30, Delina GMBH

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

2003 - 15 € - 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

Germany, 78359 Orsingen, Steinäcker 12, Peter Riegel Weinimport, phone: 77-74-93-13-0

Germany, 79576 Weil am Rhein, Hafenstrasse 30, Delina GMBH

French wine values tasted in 2003

 Touraine - Clos Roche Blanche - Sauvignon - n°2

2001 - 5.8 € - a great purity - a varietal nose with exotic fruit (starfruit), a minerally note, and a hint of oxidation - the variety also shows in the mouth, grapefruit, zest, pear, apple, plant, almond, very intense, a minerally note, fresh with a straight hint - persistent, sandwich bread

Germany, 72074 Tübingen, Aeulestrasse 6, Weinhaus Hartl

Price figures are for 75 cl. They represent rough estimates of tags in France wine shops, at the date of the tasting.

Wines are selected on personal criteria.

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