A sleeper of the vintage as well as an excellent value, the 2010 Cotes du Rhone-Villages Plan de Dieu is a tank-aged Grenache offering notes of licorice, garrigue, pepper, strawberries and black cherries. Medium to full-bodied and ripe, it can be enjoyed over the next several years.
The quality of Ferraton’s wines has been increasing with nearly every new vintage thanks to the efforts of Michel Chapoutier and his number one assistant, P.H. Morel, who has the responsibilities for these wines. I have included a few Southern Rhones that were not reviewed in Issue #203. Some of the 2011 white wines are in bottle, but the more serious cuvees are still in barrel. Ferraton produced four lieu-dit offerings in 2011, which I tasted with Michel Chapoutier and Pierre-Henri Morel.
Importer: A French Paradox, Peoria, IL; tel. (309) 682-8994
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