Wines from Savoie Recently Tasted Part II: PERRET, André et Michel QUENARD, Jean-François QUENARD, Château de RIPAILLE, Domaine SAINT-GERMAIN

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Northern Rhônes Recently Tasted from 2013, 2014, and 2015: Entrefaux/Tardy, Faurie, Faury, Gonon, Graillot, Levet, Marsanne, Paillard/Vigne des Pères, Perret, St-Clair/Basset, Souillard

(Originally published June 2017)

Conventional wisdom is that 2014 is a problem vintage and 2015 is a great vintage in the region. As usual, conventional wisdom misses the true story.

There’s plenty of good 2014 around, although one wants to be careful, as always, in choosing producers. As for 2015, it has a rich style with moderate acidity, but with the wrong producers, those factors can get out of hand and the wines can become unbalanced.

All wines below are red, except as specifically noted otherwise. (Continue reading here.)

Northern Rhônes Recently Tasted (Cornas, Crozes-Hermitage, Saint-Joseph): Balthazar, Y. Chave, Farge, Gripa, Perret, Reynaud, Tunnel/Robert

All wines below are red unless otherwise specified. (Continue reading here.)

Northern Rhône Wines Recently Tasted (Collines Rhodaniennes, Côtes-du-Rhône, Crozes-Hermitage, Saint-Joseph,: Coursodon, Ferraton, Gonon, Jamet (Corine, Jean-PAul & Loïc), Perret

(Originally published 12 July 2018.)

With 2015 and 2016, we have two excellent vintages, with, in general, more freshness in 2016 and more power in 2015. (Continue reading here.)