Ferraton Pere & Fils Les Grands Muriers, Cornas, France

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Showing a polished, forward and nicely textured style (which isn’t a given in the vintage), the 2014 Cornas les Grands Muriers is an Old World style fruit bomb that delivers plenty of red and black raspberry fruits, as well as floral nuances on the nose and palate. It won’t make old bones, but will be fun to drink on release and over the following 5-7 years.

A blend of negociant holdings, the 2013 Cornas les Grands Muriers is surprisingly elegant and seamless, with lots of smoked herbs, charcoal, tapenade, and currant-styled aromas and flavors. It has a great finish and should drink nicely through 2025.

Readers looking for a ready to go Syrah that has classic northern Rhone style should check out the 2012 Cornas les Grands Muriers. Loaded with pepper, crushed rock, underbrush and cassis, it's soft, upfront, medium-bodied and loaded with charm. Drink it over the coming 6-7 years.

Another medium-bodied, classic example of its terroir, the 2011 Cornas Les Grands Muriers gives up textbook smoke, peppered meat, underbrush and black cherry and currant-styled fruit. Medium to full-bodied, rich and nicely textured, it will drink nicely for upwards of a decade. There are five lieu-dit releases in 2011. Across the board, this is a superb lineup of wines that delivers high quality at all price points. Run by the team at Chapoutier, headed by Pierre-Henri Morel, the wines are made by Damien Brisset. This was a large tasting and I've simply listed the wines in the order we went through them. Within a vintage, the wines are broken up into three categories, the traditional releases, the Lieu-Dit releases, and the selections parcellaires releases. The 2011s are slightly softer and more streamlined than the 2012s. As a whole, they offer charming, supple and more medium-bodied profiles that will reward earlier drinking. Looking at the traditional releases in 2011, these wines show classic, yet approachable and delicious characters. In most cases they represent good value. Importer: A French Paradox, Peoria, IL; tel. (309) 682-8994

The biggest wine in this group is the 2010 Cornas Les Grand Muriers. Aromas of blackberries, charcoal, scorched earth and figs jump from the glass of this full-bodied, fleshy, forward Cornas. Drink it over the next 10-15 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