Lovely pink, very lightly sweet, berry fruit and balanced acid, with a clean finish and good mousse. At $13 a real value, perfect party starter.

Soft and round with some flabby weight I was bored to death and did not finish the glass, reminded me of box white wine, not bad but not worth the time.

A wine that needs the right food match to excel, in this case something savory and salty. Grilled octopus with sea salt and fava beans comes to mind (had that match in Milan one time). Rich and for me slightly short of acidity, nice weight and honeyed finish.

A friend's favorite match to Tandori fish and various spicy curries. This was a very good vintage, very clean and fresh with peach and pear notes, good acidity and a just off dry finish under 1% RS. Didn't buy but I called my friend and gave him a heads up.

I had this last month with Indian food (it worked nicely) and now in a tasting line up after a Vouray. The positioning after the Vouray, gave it more definition. Still it is a somewhat innocent and a relatively simple Riesling. However it more than makes up for it's modest complexity and varietal character by its very correct clean balance, lovely palette, it's lingering fruit finish and reasonable price ($13). I also think that it may gain in depth with some bottle time.

Unfinished and rustic, I wanted to like this wine but frankly the real Chianti that was next in the tasting line up was so far better and almost the same inexpensive price. There is some Sangiovese character and softness, but the bitter notes in the mid palette and finish needed addressing by a competent winemaker. This wine could be much better.

Awesome inexpensive young Chianti, dark color, sour cherries and spice. Great balance and finish, nice weight in the mouth and at $13 a nice everyday wine. Will age nicely for the mid term.

Pinot Noir in a dark rose style. Okay but it needs more depth and character to be much beyond that, good acidity but modest flavor. For the price there are more interesting wines.

More a bit personality than the Kuentz-Bas that preceded it, a decent, light, entry level Pinot with good balance and finish. However, for $24 I can find far better and more interesting Pinots from Oregon and some California producers.

Light and leafy not a bad vintage but not that good either, it did not inspire me much. Have a good selection of Chinon and other CF's in my cellar, will wait for other producers or maybe a new vintage.

I have several bottles of the previous vintage and this is another lovely production. A situation wine because of its intense flavor and sweetness, great with fruit and the right people.

Although this is non vintage there are different production years. I just finished a large study of vermouths and this was slightly nicer than the previous production ( actually my wine merchant had a bottle open from the previous production so we did a side by side comparison). Lots of sweet spice notes as well as bitter sides.