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2003 Jean Thevenet Domaine Emilian Gillet Vire-Clesse $$$ (Burgundy)
Color: Medium gold
Nose: Powerful with pear, lemon, minerals
Taste: Rich with pear, apple, minerals, and very refreshing
Finish: Not heavy oak with rich fruits and minerals
Evaluation: Perfect for Chardonnay lovers who don't like oak 91 points
2003 Chateau La Louviere Pessac Leognan White Bordeaux (Bordeaux) $$
Color: Light gold
Nose: Rich with floral, mineral, and pear
Taste: Floral, mineral, pear, and peach
Finish: Medium and pleasant
Evaluation: Nice, inexpensive White Bordeaux 90 points
2004 Domaine Droughin de Vaudon Chablis (Burgundy) $$
Color: Light yellow
Nose: Pear, apple, mineral
Taste: A light wine with pear, apple, mild oak
Finish: Medium with pear, apple, mineral
Evaluation: Not the powerhouse oaked wines of the US 86 points
2004 Louis Jadot Macon-Lugny Chardonnay (Burgundy)$
Color: Light yellow
Nose: Musty, mineral
Taste: Mineral and crisp acidity
Finish: Medium with mineral and a hint of citrus
Evaluation: A simple Chardonnay that will work with appetizers prior to dinner. 84 points
2004 Louis Jadot Pouilly-Fuisse (Burgundy) $$$
Color: clear
Nose: Musty with mineral
Taste: Mineral with some fruit
Finish: Crisp with mainly a mineral finish
Evaluation: One dimensional wine. 82 points
2004 Roger Lassarat Pouilly-Fuisse Grand Vin De Bourgongne $$$ (Chardonnay)
Color: light gold
Nose: Oak, lemon, must, pear, apple
Taste: Pear, apple, oak, vanilla, lemon, little tannic
Finish: Smooth wine with pear, apple, oak, lemon
Evaluation: Well made Burgundy Style Chardonnay. 88 points
2004 Mommessin Pouilly- Fuisse $$(Chardonnay)
Color: Clear
Nose: Floral, minerals
Taste: Mineral, tropical fruit
Finish: Nice fruit
Evaluation: Simple wine that is well made 87 points
2004 Verget Chassagne Montrachet Pimont (Chardonnay) $$$
Color: Light yellow
Nose: Musty, mineral
Taste: Musty, mineral, citrus fruits
Finish: Short with mineral and citrus
Evaluation: Not a powerhouse Chardonnay but enjoyable. Little pricey. 87 points
2004 Verget "La Roche" Pouilly-Fuisse (Burgundy) $$
Color: Medium yellow
Nose: Pear, apple, mineral
Taste: Clean with apple and pear
Finish: Light with a medium finish
Evaluation: Simple wine 82 points
2005 Chateau de la Roulerie Chaume (Loire) $$$$
Color: Light
Nose: Apricot, mineral
Taste: Heavy mineral, apricot, tea
Finish: Concentrated with mineral, tea, apricot on this medium finish
Evaluation: Solid wine 88 points
2005 Chateau Suau Barsac (Sauternes) $$
Color: Golden hue
Nose: Mineral, floral and pear
Taste: Sweet with honey, apple and floral
Finish: Crisp with apple and mineral
Evaluation: Solid. 86 points
2005 Domaine de Povy $
Color: Light, Clear
Nose: Light floral
Taste: Mineral and fruit
Finish: Short but refreshing
Evaluation: Nice light wine which would be served before
dinner with cheese, fruit, etc. 84 points
2005 Hippolyte Reverdy Sancerre $$
Color: Light
Nose: Fruity
Taste: Tropical, mineral, mild sweetness
Finish: Medium with nice fruits on the finish
Evaluation: Not all mineral but nice fruit components. 86 points
2005 Lafage Centenaire Blanc $$
Color: Light
Nose: Floral
Taste: Floral, spice
Finish: Floral, spice, pepper
Evaluation: A well made wine with some bite. 84 points
2005 Richard Bourgeois Sancerre (Loire Region) $$
Color: Clear
Nose: Mineral and flint
Taste: Mineral, little floral note and dry
Finish: Short with mineral
Evaluation: A well made dry wine that would drink well alone or with seafood. 87 points
Available at the Excelsior Vintage
2005 Trimbach Alsace Riesling (Alsace) $$
Color: Light gold
Nose: Mineral and pear
Taste: Mineral more specifically quartz
Finish: Medium with a mineral note dominating
Evaluation: So simple but really good. Again why tasting notes don't always do a wine justice. 84 points
2005 Domaine Zind Humbrecht Alsace Gewürztraminer
$$
Color: Dark yellow
Nose: Intense with floral and honey suckles
Taste: Sour, petroleum, bitter, floral notes
Finish: Bitter and sour with floral and petroleum
Evaluation: Had the intensity but not for everyone 84 points
2006 Fournier Pere & Fils Loire Sauvignon Blanc $$
Color: Light gold
Nose: Tropical fruit, mineral
Taste: Tropical fruit, mineral, orange
Finish: Medium with good acidity
Evaluation: Well made for the money 87 points
2006 Louis Jadot Macon Lugny (Chardonnay/Burgundy) $
Color: Light gold Nose: Mineral and weak
Taste: Bitter and acidic too a poor degree
Finish: Out of balance
Evaluation: Poor wine. 77 points
2006 Cave Des Producteurs De Vouvray Les Fosses d'Hareng Vouvray (Loire) $$
Color: Light gold
Nose: Floral, mineral
Taste: Little sweet with mineral, floral and melon
Finish: Medium
Evaluation: Good producer 86 points
2006 Paul Zinck vin d'Alsace Riesling (Alsace) $$
Color: Medium gold
Nose: Mineral
Taste: Mineral and floral
Finish: Light
Evaluation: Simple wine 83 points
2006 Zind Humbrecht Alsace Riesling (Alsace) $$$
Color: Medium yellow
Nose: Floral, mineral, pear
Taste: Touch of sweetness with mainly bitter profile. Floral, pear, apple, mineral
Finish: Intense with mineral, apple, floral and good acidity on this medium finish
Evaluation: Nice overall wine but certainly a different style then German Riesling 89 points
2006 Zind Humbrecht Turckheim Herrenweg Alsace Riesling (Alsace) $$$$
Color: Dark yellow
Nose: Wow with floral, orange peel, spice, honey suckles
Taste: Floral, orange peel, spice, floral, honey suckles all perfectly balanced
Finish: Super concentrated wine with a powerful kick on this long finish
Evaluation: The best white to date from France 94 points
2007 Chateau Bonnet Entre-Deux-Mers (Bordeaux) $$
Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Muscadelle
Color: Medium gold
Nose: Mineral, peach, floral
Taste: Crisp acidity with floral, minerals, peach, limes
Finish: Short with an intense up front component
Evaluation: Solid intro to dry White Bordeaux 86 points
2007 Cave Des Vignerons De Saumur Chenin Blanc (Loire) $
Color: Light gold
Nose: Peach, floral
Taste: Peach, lime, mineral
Finish: Good acidity
Evaluation: 86 points