Name of wine: Cuvée Initiale
Producer: Domaine La Gemière
Country / region: France / Sancerre (Loire Valley)
Grape variety: pinot noir
Vintage: 2015
Price / place purchased: 16.90 € / Inter Caves Annemasse
Category: France
Cellier d’Eole – Momentum Solare Sélections Parcellaires 2016
Wine name: Momentum Solare Sélections Parcellaires
Producer: Cellier d’Eole
Country / region: France / Côtes Catalanes (Languedoc-Roussillon)
Grape variety: syrah, grenache, alicante bouschet
Vintage: 2016
Price / place purchased: 8.50 CHF / Denner Geneva
2nd tasting: Domaine Fougeray de Beauclair – “Les Saint-Jacques” Marsannay 2013
Wine name: “Les Saint-Jacques” Marsannay
Producer: Domaine Fougeray de Beauclair
Country / region: France / Marsannay, Côte de Nuits (Burgundy)
Grape variety: pinot noir
Vintage: 2013
Price / place purchased: 24.80 € / from the producer at a wine fair in Annemasse in 2016
Mouton Cadet – Sauvignon Blanc 2016
Wine name: Sauvignon Blanc
Producer: Mouton Cadet
Country / region: France / Bordeaux
Grape variety: sauvignon blanc
Vintage: 2016
Price / place purchased: 9.10 €
Champagne Guy Charbaut – Millésime 2006 Brut Premier Cru
Wine name: Millésime 2006 Brut Premier Cru
Producer: Guy Charbaut
Country / region: France / Mareuil-sur-Ay
Grape variety: 60% pinot noir, 40% chardonnay
Vintage: 2006
Price / place purchased: 29.60 € / from the producer in June 2018
Champagne Jacquesson – Cuvée n° 735 Dégorgement Tardif Extra-Brut
Wine name: Cuvée n° 735 Dégorgement Tardif Extra-Brut
Producer: Champagne Jacquesson (Chiquet family)
Country / region: France / Côte des Blancs & Vallée de la Marne
Grape variety: 47% chardonnay, 33% pinot noir, 20% pinot meunier
Vintage: non-vintage (2007 harvest; disgorgement in 2015)
Price / place purchased: unknown (gift)
Château Sigalas Rabaud – Lieutenant de Sigalas 2016
Name of wine: Lieutenant de Sigalas
Producer: Château Sigalas Rabaud
Country / region: France / Bommes (Sauternes, Bordeaux)
Grape variety: 83% sémillon, 17% sauvignon blanc
Vintage: 2016
Price / place purchased: 19.00 € / from the producer in June 2018
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