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Emery Davis[_3_] Emery Davis[_3_] is offline
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Default TN: Several sips of a Sauvignon de St Bris

On 02/06/2010 11:47 AM, Timothy Hartley wrote:
> I think that since it became elevated to AoC (or more correctly now
> AoP status) it can no longer be idnetified by anythign but its
> geographic name. AS you know the French rules do not allow grape
> varieties to be identified as part of the name of an AoP wine.
> which one did you have? They vary very much in style from a good value
> substitute for a lesser Sancerre to beign quite new world. My own
> favourite is Phillipe Defrance‘s version but the Goissot ones, much
> more obvious in style to my mind, are very well written up and are
> certainly interesting.
>


Hi Tim, Dale,

I think this is true. I just bought some from Sorin DeFrance, it is now
simply labled St. Bris.

-E