Ferraton Pere & Fils Crozes-Hermitage La Matiniere 2018
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Jeb Dunnuck
Beautiful notes of spiced red and black fruits, incense, graphite, and mint emerge from the 2018 Crozes-Hermitage La Matinière, which is supple and seamless on the palate, with beautiful tannins. I love the balance here, and this forward, charming, sexy Crozes shows the style of the vintage perfectly.
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Pure, racy, sleek version, with bitter cherry and red currant fruit lined with chalky tannins and backed by savory and white pepper notes on the finish. Drink now through 2027. 7,500 cases made, 2,000 cases imported.
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Toasted brioche, vanilla and dill accent lip-smacking blackberry and black-currant flavors in this fruity but brightly balanced red. Concentrated in fruit but anchored by a zesty spine of acidity and soft, furry tannins, the juicy, fruit-forward red is likely to show best now through 2028.
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Maison Ferraton Pere & Fils brings together a fraternity of winemakers in a quest for excellence of precious and generous wines. The resulting wines are considered as being unique witnesses to the land and climate from which they originate.
Marked by an unmistakable deep purple hue and savory aromatics, Syrah makes an intense, powerful and often age-worthy red. Native to the Northern Rhône, Syrah achieves its maximum potential in the steep village of Hermitage and plays an important component in the Red Rhône Blends of the south, adding color and structure to Grenache and Mourvèdre. Syrah is the most widely planted grape of Australia and is important in California and Washington. Sommelier Secret—Such a synergy these three create together, the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre trio often takes on the shorthand term, “GSM.”
Crozes-Hermitage is Northern Rhone’s largest appellation, surrounding the steep granite faces of Hermitage to its north and south. Here the rolling vineyards are less extreme and its soils, rich in clay-limestone and alluvial matter, produce Syrahs that range from fruity and charming to lush and seductive. The Syrahs of Crozes-Hermitage have more mass than those from St. Joseph but are less intense than those from Hermitage. While many are intended for early consumption, some of the best Syrahs from Crozes-Hermitage will age beautifully for 5-10 years.
Up to 15% of white grapes may theoretically be added to red Crozes at the time of fermentation but whether this is done or not depends on the decision of the winemaker. The best Crozes-Hermitage Syrahs will be fleshy with black fruit (currant, blackberry and black cherry) and bay leaf qualities, notes of tar and stone, and a well-concentrated finish of smooth tannins.
About a tenth of the wine produced in Crozes-Hermitage is white, primarily composed of Marsanne supplemented by smaller amounts of Roussanne.