There is even more happening with the 2010 Cotes du Rhone-Villages Le Ponnant, which comes from the Coudoulet area that borders Chateauneuf du Pape. It possesses a dense ruby/purple color as well as plenty of kirsch, garrigue, pepper, crushed rock and spring flower characteristics. Fresh and lively, it is somewhat atypical for a Cotes du Rhone in its elegance and finesse. Enjoy it over the next 5-6 years.
This estate has essentially come out of nowhere under the guidance of the ambitious, talented and still young proprietor and winemaker, Stephane Vedeau. His 2007s (which I rated very highly) are still infants in terms of development, but remain exceptionally promising. He followed the 2007s with outstanding 2009s and 2010s, with the latter year close to equaling his 2007s. The 2010s enjoy the same natural winemaking (an undefinable term but in this case only microscopic amounts of SO2 are used after malolactic, and none at bottling, and the wines are bottled with neither fining nor filtration).
Importer: Peter Weygandt, Weygandt-Metzler, Unionville, PA; tel. (610) 486-0800
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