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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 1 note) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by winetobealive on 2/25/2024 & rated 90 points: Vin structuré mais encore trop jeune. Gagne en équilibre après 36h d’aération. À attendre, ou carafer plutôt, la profondeur des tanins étant moindre que leur puissance. (239 views) |
| By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, Northern Rhône: 2016 and 2017 Reds (Sep 2019) (9/1/2019)
(Ferraton Père & Fils Ermitage Le Méal Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (7/17/2019)
(Ferraton Père & Fils Hermitage Le Méal, Red, France) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, The 2016 and 2017 Northern Rhônes (12/20/2018)
(Ferraton Ermitage Le Meal Red) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, Elegance Returns to the Northern Rhône in 2016 (Jun 2018) (6/18/2018)
(Ferraton Père & Fils Ermitage Le Méal Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, France, Northern Rhône: The Blockbuster 2015s and Elegant 2016s (1/24/2018)
(Ferraton Ermitage Le Meal) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Richard Hemming, MW
JancisRobinson.com (10/17/2017)
(Ferraton Père et Fils, Le Méal Hermitage Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Matt Walls
Decanter, Hermitage Rhone EP 2016 (10/8/2017)
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| Ferraton Père & Fils Producer website
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SOIL
Slightly acid granite on the right bank of the Rhône, on the foothills of the Massif Central.
VINIFICATION
Grapes are destemmed.
Maceration for about 20 days.
Extraction made by pumping over and punching down.
MATURING
In oak barrels and vats for 12 months before bottling.
TASTING
Colour : intense ruby colour..
Nose : small black berries (blackcurrant, blackberry), violet, hints of liquorice.
Palate : soft attack, with aromas of red fruit.
The backbone of the wine is its minerality.
The finish is long and spicy.Syrah Varietal article (Wikipedia) | (Wines Northwest)
Note that some producers in the Northern Rhone distinguish between simply Syrah and "Serine", the latter described as ‘an ancient clone of Syrah, the berries of which are more oval-shaped and less deeply pigmented than Syrah’ by producer Tardieu-Laurent. Le Méal at weinlagen.infoFrance Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comRhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Rhone Valley The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
### Wine Scholar Guild's Rhône valley vintage charts & ratings ###Northern Rhône Guide to the wines and appellations of the Northern Rhone Valley -
The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
Regional History:
Phocaean Greeks established viticulture in the Rhone as far back as 600 BC, but until the 14th century the wines were not seen outside the region. The establishment of the Avignonese Papacy (1305-1377) brought fame to the region's wine-so much so that their Burgundian neighbors to the north banned wines from the Rhone in 1446, a measure that effectively cut off trade with England and other Northern European markets for over 200 years. Stretching southward from Lyon to just south of Avignon, the Rhone produces a wide variety of wines, with the appellations north of Valence producing the least (in volume), and the towns south of Montelimar producing prodigious amounts. As in other regions, the most interesting wines come from small farms. Saint-Joseph, in the northern Rhone, extends for some distance between Condrieu in the north to Saint-Peray in the south. The reds are made from Syrah and the rare whites from Marsanne and Roussanne, and Viognier.
### 2017 vintage ###
"The first red wines already tasted in the Northern Rhône promise a beautiful vintage, with a quality close to the 2015 or even the 2009 vintage" - NEWRHÔNE MILLESIMESHermitage Guide to Hermitage wine Guide to Cote Rotie - Read about the Northern Rhone Valley
• The appellation stretches over 3 communes in the Drôme "département" : Tain-l'Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage and Larnage.
• The soils are a combination of granite with alluvial quaternary delta deposits, and, on the eastern side, Pliocene clay. This diversity explains the numerous different names given to vineyard plots within the appellation : Bessards, Greffieux, Méal, Roucoule, Beaumes, etc.
• The meso-climate provides shelter from the north winds, where the majority of the slopes is well exposed, facing south.
•The vineyards area adds up to 134 hectares/331 acres, with an annual production of 3,635 hectoliters. Authorized maximum yield is 40 hectoliters/hectare (2.3 US tons/acres).
• Grape varieties : Syrah (an addition of up to 15% of Marsanne or Roussanne is allowed).
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