Name of wine: Riesling Sur Le Fil
Producer: Jeff Carrel
Country / region: France / Pays d’Hérault (Languedoc)
Grape variety: riesling
Vintage: 2023
Price / place purchased: 12.00 € / Vins Etonnants
Category: Languedoc-Roussillon
2nd tasting: Mas de Daumas Gassac – Blanc 2017
Name of wine: Blanc
Producer: Mas de Daumas Gassac (V. Guibert de la Vaissière)
Country / region: France / St Guilhem-le-Désert – Cité d’Aniane (Languedoc)
Grape variety: 33% petit manseng, 21% viognier, 20% chardonnay, 12% chenin, 14% other rare varieties
Vintage: 2017
Price / place purchased: 22.00 € en primeur / from the producer in 2017
Mas Mellet – La Macération des Salines 2023
Name of wine: La Macération des Salines
Producer: Mas Mellet
Country / region: France / Vin de France (Gard, Languedoc)
Grape variety: 25% roussanne, 25% vermentino, 25% grenache blanc, 25% viognier
Vintage: 2023
Price / place purchased: 17.90 € / Vins Etonnants
Arnaud Combier – En Parallèle Riesling 2022
Name of wine: En Parallèle Riesling
Producer: Arnaud Combier
Country / region: France / Pays d’Hérault (Languedoc)
Grape variety: riesling
Vintage: 2022
Price / place purchased: 12.90 € / Vins Etonnants
Maxime Magnon – Métisse 2023
Name of wine: Métisse
Producer: Maxime Magnon
Country / region: France / Corbières (Languedoc-Roussillon)
Grape variety: purportedly a blend of 40% grenache noir, 40% cinsault, 10% carignan & 10% syrah
Vintage: 2023
Price / place purchased: 22.00 € / Vins Etonnants
Mas Mellet – Les Salines 2023
Name of wine: Les Salines
Producer: Mas Mellet
Country / region: France / Vin de France (Gard, Languedoc)
Grape variety: carignan
Vintage: 2023
Price / place purchased: 17.90 € / Vins Etonnants
Mas Mellet – La Soif des Salines 2023
Name of wine: La Soif des Salines
Producer: Mas Mellet
Country / region: France / Vin de France (Gard, Languedoc)
Grape variety: 50% aramon, 50% cinsault
Vintage: 2023
Price / place purchased: 13.90 € / Vins Etonnants