French Wine Vintage Tables

French wine represents for France a marvellous historical, cultural and economic legacy.

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The European laws classify wines in 2 main groups:

The French Table Wines

• Table Wines


Made with national or European grapes and varietals, they are not submitted to quality rules.
• French Country Wines


These fine French wines generally inherit the name of the region they are produced in.

High-Quality French wine

• The AOC Wines


These wines are made from grapes harvested from special soil. The Bordeaux area (Aquitaine) produces the best example of this type of wine. The wines are produced according to strict production rules (limited production surface, limited production, minimum alcoholic degree, countryside knowledge etc).

French Table Wines

Key:

5 = Exceptional

4 = Very Good

3 = Good

2 = Average

1 = Below Average

"/" = Drink up or pour away !

"+" = greater than.

Year	Red Bordeaux	White Bordeaux	Bordeaux Sauternes	Red Bourgogne	White Bourgogne	Red Loire	Dry white Loire	Alsace	Champagne	Red Rhone	White Rhone	Languedoc-Rousillon
2003	4	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	3	3
2002	+2	2	2	4	4	+2	+4	+3	2	1	2	+1
2001	+3	+2	5	+2	4	+2	+2	3	1	+3	2	4
2000	5	+4	+2	3	+4	+2	3	+3	3	+4	+4	4
1999	3	3	3	4	+4	3	3	3	+2	+4	+4	2
1998	+3	3	+3	+4	+3	+2	2	+3	3	4	+4	+4
1997	3	+2	+4	+3	5	5	5	4	3	4	3	4
1996	+3	+3	+4	5	5	4	4	4	4	+2	3	2
1995	4	4	+4	4	+4	4	4	+4	5	+4	4	+4
1994	+3	4	3	3	3	2	+2	3	+3	+3	3	4
1993	3	+3	1	4	+2	4	3	4	+2	+2	3	+4
1992	+2	+3	+1	+3	3	+3	3	+3	3	+3	3	+1
1991	+1	2	+2	2	1	1	1	+1	2	+2	3	+4
1990	+4	5	+4	5	+4	5	5	5	5	+4	4	4
1989	5	4	5	+4	4	5	5	5	5	+4	5	4
1988	+3	3	5	+4	+3	3	4	+4	+4	4	4	4
1987	3	2	1	3	/	/	/	/	1	+2	/	+1
1986	4	4	+4	2	/	/	3	/	+3	+3	/	/
1985	4	4	3	+3	4	4	+4	4	5	+4	/	/

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