With dinner tonight we had a bottle of La Vieille Ferme 2004 Cotes Du Ventoux. I really liked this wine. It’s been a while since I bought it, and I feel sure I only paid $4.99 or so but when I looked it up at www.Wine.com it was $7.99, maybe I’m wrong, maybe it was more, my memory is going, that’s for sure.
Anyway, I love this wine for the price. It a very, very, very deep red, garnet red. The aroma is all blackberries and black pepper. The taste, very spicy, again black pepper and blackberry fruit. Soft tannins, very smooth taste, full-body. A lovely wine.
I wish they would do something with their website, it’s all fancy and my computer just doesn’t like it. However, I was able to get the media info from the site and from the importer’s site. Here’s a compilation of what they say.
Area of production:
This full-bodied and fruity wine comes from vines grown high on the slopes of Mount Ventoux, one of the best vineyards in the Rhône Valley.
Grape varieties:
Grenache 50%, Syrah 20%, Carignan 15%, Cinsault 15%
Vinification:
Nearly all the grapes are lightly crushed but not destalked and are vinified in cement vats containing between 150 and 300 hectoliters. Classic long fermentation.
Maturing:
Meticulously selected and blended by the Perrin family, who also produce one of
France’s most acclaimed wines: Château de Beaucastel. The wine is kept in both
vats and large oak barrels for ten months and then bottled in July after fining and sheet filtration.
Tasting Notes:
This blend of Grenache, Syrah, Carignan and Cinsault grapes has produced a
typical Rhône Valley style; full of fruit and spice aromas, it has soft tannins and
good body.
Appearance : deep cherry red.
Nose : ripe fruit, rich and spicy.
Palate : good solid red wine with pleasant tannins.
Serving suggestions:
Serve at 17°C/62°F. To accompany most foods or to be drunk on its own, this is a delicious wine for easy drinking.
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