April 2016 - French Wines under £10

The challenge - to find decent french wine for less than a tenner a bottle. Well, with a little cheating, we managed it. All from local supermarkets & wine stores.

Sparkling
Cremant de Jura – £7.50, Aldi

White
Muscadet. Chateau de Tourmaline, Sur Lie – £6.49 Majestic
Picpoul de Pinet – Mark. £6.00 Tesco's Finest
Gewurztraminer (Languedoc!) – £9.89, Laithwaites

Red
St Chinian Red - Terrasses de Maylene – £8.49 Majestic
Vin de Pays de L’Herault – Carignan, Paul Mas – £8.99 Majestic
Les Gravieres Crozes-Hermitage 2014 – £9.98 Waitrose*
* Was 25% off, and then 5% more for 6 bottles - normally over £13...

Dessert
Muscat de St.Jean de Minervois – £6 per 1/2 bottle, Sainsburys

Cremant de Jura - one of many Cremants you can get, and a snip at £7.50 if you want some fizz, but without breaking the bank
Muscadet - that old traditional standby, we dont see much of these days, but at £6.50, definitely a bargain, and well worth trying.
Picpoul de Pinet, something of a new kid on the block, and a bit trendy - nothing too fancy, but definitely a good glugger.
A Gewurz from the languedoc - I'm a big fan of Alsace gewurz, but this didn't match up - a noble effort nevertheless.
St Chinian Red - A good sound wine
Paul Mas Carignan - a single varietal Carignan? Very worth drinking.
Les Gravieres Crozes-Hermitage - A touch dissappointing, at £13 would be overpriced.
Muscat de St.Jean de Minervois - A Vin Doux Naturelle. OK it was over £10 the full bottle, but thats the thing with dessert wines, they aren't cheap.






All in all we had 38 people show up, and a very good night was had..