Name of wine: L’indomptable
Producer: Laura David
Country / region: France / Montlouis-sur-Loire (Loire Valley)
Grape variety: chenin blanc
Vintage: 2018
Price / place purchased: 21.20 € / Lavinia
Category: France
Champagne Jacquesson – Cuvée n° 745 Extra Brut
Wine name: Cuvée n° 745 Extra Brut
Producer: Champagne Jacquesson (Chiquet family)
Country / region: France / Champagne
Grape variety: purportedly 57% chardonnay, 22% pinot meunier, 21% pinot noir
Vintage: non-vintage (2017 harvest; disgorgement in January 2022)
Price / place purchased: 62,00 € / Millésime, Mâcon
Lise et Bertrand Jousset – Bubulle 2018
Name of wine: Bubulle
Producer: Lise et Bertrand Jousset
Country / region: France / Montlouis-sur-Loire (Loire Valley)
Grape variety: chenin blanc
Vintage: 2018
Price / place purchased: 21.50 € / Lavinia
2nd tasting: François Schmitt – Riesling Grand Cru Pfingstberg 2016
Name of wine: Riesling Grand Cru Pfingstberg
Producer: François Schmitt
Country / region: France / Alsace
Grape variety: riesling
Vintage: 2016
Price / place purchased: 18.50 € / from the producer in October 2020
Benjamin Serer – Vouvray Sec 2020
Name of wine: Vouvray Sec
Producer: Benjamin Serer
Country / region: France / Vouvray (Loire Valley)
Grape variety: chenin blanc
Vintage: 2020
Price / place purchased: 16.20 € / Lavinia
Bret Brothers – Bret Nat’ 2021
Wine name: Bret Nat’
Producer: Bret Brothers
Country / region: France / Mâconnais (Burgundy)
Grape variety: chardonnay
Vintage: 2021 (disgorged May 9, 2022)
Place purchased: from the producer in October 2022
Champagne Moussé Fils – L’Or d’Eugène Perpetuelle Blanc de Noirs Brut
Wine name: L’Or d’Eugène Perpetuelle Blanc de Noirs Brut
Producer: Champagne Moussé Fils
Country / region: France / Champagne
Grape variety: 80% pinot meunier, 20% pinot noir
Vintage: non-vintage (perpetual 2003/2019; bottled in April 2020, disgorged in August 2021)
Price / place purchased: unknown (gift)
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