Good Deal French Wine Tasting

French wine is good. Nobody argues with that.
However, good French wine has a price to match that reputation, and that price is often beyond the reach.
As much as I believe that wine producers should get paid for their hard work, I believe that the price of wine shouldn't be so expensive that people hesitate to open it with dinner.

The tasting I attended this week was a perfect opportunity to find French wines which were affordable but still possessed the great quality.

The first wine I tried was Alsace.
Cave de Ribeauville.
There were white and rose Cremant d'Alsace.
White had pear. Rose had berry. Both of them were good.
Grand Cru Riesling, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer were fresh, citrus, mineral. They were good of course but Alsace Riesling was amazing for its price.



Anne de Joyeuse is from South of France.

Southern France is known to produce good, affordable wines, and these wines were great example.
Bordeaux varietals were especially good.
They are not a kind of wine to age, but we need wine to open today anyway, right?

Domaine Duclaux Cote-Rotie.
Chante-Cigale Chateauneuf du Pape.
These are not very affordable, but would be great food wine.

My favorite: Domaine Lavau from Rhone.
They were fresh, spicy, and easy to drink.
Not because it was easy to swallow physically, but because the wine was so attractive that I couldn't stop drinking.
Gigondas and Chateauneuf de Pape were especially good.




Bordeaux I tried this day were all good, too.













I'd been searching for impressive Bordeaux which wouldn't break a bank.
This search was becoming an unsuccessful quest, but here, I found them, standing in front of me nonchalantly.

Each wine I tried this day was good, but the best thing I found was that I didn't need to look into unknown countries: I could still find very good deal wines in France.