French wine, any followers?

[NFG]

Hi,

 

I have for many years followed the Medoc, Loire, Burgundy & Southern Rhone. The great wines are expensive, however next to every grande Chateau in France, lies a clutch of smaller domains making wine that punches well above its weight or a chap who has a few lines of the same vines, a pressoir & makes it in his shed.

 

Pomerol & Lalande de Pomerol for example, so we try & discover a bargain, 'nearly as good as' or re-discover old friends, which I will post here.

 

Last week it was Lirac from the southern Rhone, Lirac is a village & appellation just 15Km from Chateauneuf de Pape & for 9 euros we had a bottle of beautifully elegant Rhone half the price of the Chateauneuf - so bought two more bottles. Vacqueyras & Gigondas are similar.

 

This weeks bottle was Sancerre from the Loire, its Domaine Auchere from Jean Jaques Auchere, absolutely beautiful and a bit less then Pouilly Fumé. His brother makes an almost identical wine from the same vines but cant call it Sancerre as its outside the appellation region - thats probably next weeks.

 

Enjoy

 

N

[Stu3k]

Please how can i buy in UK ?

[s.varty]

Hi,

 

I have for many years followed the Medoc, Loire, Burgundy & Southern Rhone. The great wines are expensive, however next to every grande Chateau in France, lies a clutch of smaller domains making wine that punches well above its weight or a chap who has a few lines of the same vines, a pressoir & makes it in his shed.

 

Pomerol & Lalande de Pomerol for example, so we try & discover a bargain, 'nearly as good as' or re-discover old friends, which I will post here.

 

Last week it was Lirac from the southern Rhone, Lirac is a village & appellation just 15Km from Chateauneuf de Pape & for 9 euros we had a bottle of beautifully elegant Rhone half the price of the Chateauneuf - so bought two more bottles. Vacqueyras & Gigondas are similar.

 

bottle was Sancerre from the Loire, its Domaine Auchere from Jean Jaques Auchere, absolutely beautiful and a bit less then Pouilly Fumé. His brother makes an almost identical wine from the same vines but cant call it Sancerre as its outside the appellation region - thats probably next weeks.

 

Enjoy

 

N

 

do you realise your living in paradise? love a chabliss or a burgandy

[NFG]

Please how can i buy in UK ?

 

Not sure, I think you have to search via t'internet but regret prices may be a little more in UK

 

N

[NFG]

do you realise your living in paradise? love a chabliss or a burgandy

 

Hi,

 

Yes, I do consider ourselves very fortunate, were south of the Loire & about 2 hrs from Bordeaux. The cheap everyday drinkable vin de table is about 1.50 a litre, but now & again we try & find something really good & of exceptional value as our local caves are very good.

 

Perhaps this thread may convince a few that France is still worth a visit & despite what some people think, the French particularly Vendeans are very friendly.

 

& should any Arbtalkers holiday in the Vendee, you'll be welcome for a visit a nos cave for a glass or two.

 

N

[Chris at eden]

Hi,

 

Yes, I do consider ourselves very fortunate, were south of the Loire & about 2 hrs from Bordeaux. The cheap everyday drinkable vin de table is about 1.50 a litre, but now & again we try & find something really good & of exceptional value as our local caves are very good.

 

Perhaps this thread may convince a few that France is still worth a visit & despite what some people think, the French particularly Vendeans are very friendly.

 

& should any Arbtalkers holiday in the Vendee, you'll be welcome for a visit a nos cave for a glass or two.

 

N

 

You are bang on mate, France is a fantastic place to visit especially as you can drive there. I don't know why it is not that popular with the Brits.

[Hodge]

You are bang on mate, France is a fantastic place to visit especially as you can drive there. I don't know why it is not that popular with the Brits.

 

 

Maybe because people seem to have a love hate thing going on with the French. Personally I have been many times to different places and never had any issues.

 

 

Hodge

[normandylumberjack]

You are bang on mate, France is a fantastic place to visit especially as you can drive there. I don't know why it is not that popular with the Brits.

 

Plenty of Brits around here, too many:sneaky2:

 

Im not in wine country, its all apple related here. But I do love the wine and as nfg says, you can pick up a drinkable table wine for under 2 euros, but the real treat is when you try something with a decent vintage. I'm no expert, but we get given a lot of very nice wine from our Parisian clients, and the difference is amazing!

 

A tip I picked up when buying in a super market is look at what the french are buying/not a lot left on the shelf, they know their wine!

[NFG]

Plenty of Brits around here, too many:sneaky2:

 

Im not in wine country, its all apple related here. But I do love the wine and as nfg says, you can pick up a drinkable table wine for under 2 euros, but the real treat is when you try something with a decent vintage. I'm no expert, but we get given a lot of very nice wine from our Parisian clients, and the difference is amazing!

 

A tip I picked up when buying in a super market is look at what the French are buying/not a lot left on the shelf, they know their wine!

 

Hi

 

Same here, too many living in 'expat enclaves', although we're fairly well integrated now.

 

Agreed, always good to see what the French are buying, or look for medal winning ones - there are a few web sites that discuss vintage years & a good vintage will be better & also improve after a few years.

 

You're certainly doing something right if they give you good wine, well done!

 

N

[ballibeg]

Visan!