Name of wine: Crémant d’Alsace Brut Zéro
Producer: Domaine Valentin Zusslin
Country / region: France / Alsace
Grape variety: purportedly pinot auxerrois
Vintage: 2020 (disgorged February 7, 2024)
Price / place purchased: 23.00 € / Vins Etonnants
Category: White / Blanc
Vignoble de l’Ecu – Granite 2023
Name of wine: Granite
Producer: Vignoble de l’Ecu
Country / region: France / Vin de France (Loire Valley)
Grape variety: melon B
Vintage: 2023
Price / place purchased: 20.40 € / Lavinia
2nd tasting: Pierre & Antonin – Pét-Nat Vivant 2024
Name of wine: Pét-Nat Vivant
Producer: Pierre & Antonin
Country / region: France / Languedoc Roussillon (Vin de France)
Grape variety: souvignier gris
Vintage: 2024
Price / place purchased: 14.90 € / Vinatis
Château Rayas – Château de Fonsalette Réserve Blanc 2011
Name of wine: Château de Fonsalette Réserve Blanc
Producer: Château Rayas
Country / region: France / Côtes du Rhône (Rhône)
Grape variety: 87% grenache blanc, 8% clairette, 5% marsanne
Vintage: 2011
Price / place purchased: unknown (gift)
Peter Jakob Kühn – Quarzit Riesling 2023
Name of wine: Quarzit Riesling trocken
Producer: Peter Jakob Kühn
Country / region: Germany / Rheingau
Grape variety: riesling
Vintage: 2023
Price / place purchased: 28.00 € / iDealWine
Domaine Les Grandes Vignes – La Varenne du Poirier 2022
Name of wine: La Varenne du Poirier
Producer: Domaine Les Grandes Vignes (Famille Vaillant)
Country / region: France / Vin de France (Loire Valley)
Grape variety: chenin blanc
Vintage: 2022
Price / place purchased: 19.00 € / Demain Les Vins
Champagne Egly-Ouriet – Grand Cru Extra-Brut (base 2020)
Wine name: Grand Cru Extra Brut
Producer: Champagne Egly-Ouriet
Country / region: France / Champagne
Grape variety: pinot noir, chardonnay
Vintage: non-vintage (base from 2020 harvest, disgorged in September 2025, 50 months on lees)
Place purchased: Duvernay, Annemasse
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