2011 Crozes-Ermitage, Le Grand Courtil, Domaine Ferraton

2011 Crozes-Ermitage, Le Grand Courtil, Domaine Ferraton

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2011 Crozes-Ermitage, Le Grand Courtil, Domaine Ferraton

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The Grand Courtil demonstrates brilliantly how Crozes-Hermitage and a proportion of new oak (30 % in this case) can work together. We do not always buy this particular wine but when it works, as here, it works exceptionally well. Black olives and tapenade share the honours with ripe, expressive fruit.
Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer

Ferraton is owned by Chapoutier, but run as an autonomous entity. For a long time it seemed to underperform, almost as if shocked in the headlights of the energetic charisma of its benefactor. The potential of the vineyards, some of which are located on the very best sites on the Hill of Hermitage, has never been disputed. Now, with Bordelais winemaker Damien Brisset firmly in control, one begins to see, at last, the realisation of potential. I am pleased to have ‘stuck with’ them over the years, as the maturing vintages seldom fail to please and the quality of the current vintage gets better and better.

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Wine Advocate91-93/100
The three most spectacular wines in Ferraton’s 2011 portfolio include the 2011 Crozes-Ermitage Le Grand Courtil, which displays plenty of chocolaty espresso notes intermixed with creme de cassis, blackberries, charcoal and a hint of truffles. The complex aromatics are followed by a full-bodied, supple textured, front end-loaded, plump, fleshy red that is hard to resist. This 2011 should drink beautifully when released in 2013, and age nicely for a decade. 

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.
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #204, Dec 2012
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Robert Parker91-93/100
The three most spectacular wines in Ferraton’s 2011 portfolio include the 2011 Crozes-Ermitage Le Grand Courtil, which displays plenty of chocolaty espresso notes intermixed with creme de cassis, blackberries, charcoal and a hint of truffles. The complex aromatics are followed by a full-bodied, supple textured, front end-loaded, plump, fleshy red that is hard to resist. This 2011 should drink beautifully when released in 2013, and age nicely for a decade. 

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.
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #204, Dec 2012
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About this WINE

Syrah/Shiraz

Syrah/Shiraz

A noble black grape variety grown particularly in the Northern Rhône where it produces the great red wines of Hermitage, Cote Rôtie and Cornas, and in Australia where it produces wines of startling depth and intensity. Reasonably low yields are a crucial factor for quality as is picking at optimum ripeness. Its heartland, Hermitage and Côte Rôtie, consists of 270 hectares of steeply terraced vineyards producing wines that brim with pepper, spices, tar and black treacle when young. After 5-10 years they become smooth and velvety with pronounced fruit characteristics of damsons, raspberries, blackcurrants and loganberries.

It is now grown extensively in the Southern Rhône where it is blended with Grenache and Mourvèdre to produce the great red wines of Châteauneuf du Pape and Gigondas amongst others. Its spiritual home in Australia is the Barossa Valley, where there are plantings dating as far back as 1860. Australian Shiraz tends to be sweeter than its Northern Rhône counterpart and the best examples are redolent of new leather, dark chocolate, liquorice, and prunes and display a blackcurrant lusciousness.

South African producers such as Eben Sadie are now producing world- class Shiraz wines that represent astonishing value for money.

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