Mostly French Wine Tasting

The first tasting of the year was at One Market Restaurant in San Francisco.
The lineup was mostly French, and some Spanish wines.

There was a special guest for the new year!
She was cute and well-mannered (the tasting was held outside the restaurant).

We started with Champagne.
There were two of them I really liked.

Leguillet  Romelot. They are grower/producer.

There were fresh fruits and bubbles were soft and delicate.
Their Blanc de Noirs uses 73% Pinot Meunier.

Fluteau. They too are grower/producer.

Blanc de Noirs, Reserve (80% Pinot Noir, 20% Chardonnay), and Symbiose (50% Pinot Noir 50% Chardonnay) was especially good.
It was fresh and had a hint of medicinal herb.

And some of still wines I liked.

Domaine Bastide Jourdan from Rhone Valley.
Family-run organic winery.
The founder's grandson was there to represent the winery.
I have a weak spot for these sincere family-run business where young generation are proud of their predecessors.

Besides that, wine was good by itself.
Reds had red fruit, flower, and herb. Friendly.
Tweet Night Blanc made from Viognier had good sweetness.





Chateau Lapinesse Sauternes 2014 from Bordeaux.

Sweet but not sticky sweet. Decent.

Domaine Le Bout du Monde Beaune "En Lulune" Clos de la Fontaine 2014
Lemon, peach, flower. Brie cheese and mushroom.
Domaine Le Bout du Monde Saint Romain "Le Combe Bazin" 2014
Herb and salt caramel.

Vegalfaro from Valencia, Spain.
Their vineyards are in a area with thousands of years of wine making history.

Rebel-lia Chardonnay was refreshing and rich at the same time.

Maybe the most memorable wine of this tasting was from Le Jardin d'Edouard, Loire Valley.

Chateau-Thebaud was made from Melon de Bourgogne.
Melon de Bourgogne is high yielding and cold hardy grape which was adopted from Burgundy when many of the vines in Loire were killed during severe winter about 300 years ago.
Refreshing citrus fruit and good length.
Very approachable and drinkable.
With good quality and the affordable price, it is a master piece every day table wine.

I can't post everything here, but most of the wines presented this day were good quality but affordable wines.
Unfortunately, many of them were not imported to U.S. or can be found only at certain places.
I like these wines which are maybe not very complex but decent and enjoyable.
Hope to see at least some of them at stores here sometime soon.