Arlequin Wines, San Francisco
Tasted Saturday, August 8, 2009 by drwine2001 with 415 views
Before today, I had only tasted one wine from Feraud-Brunel. Based on the 4 wines in the line up today, it seems to me that the names should be reversed. The wines had much more of a resemblance to the lighter, more elegant wines made by Andre Brunel at Les Cailloux than to the sometimes unruly, powerful wines of Laurence Feraud. What an interesting collaboration this must be! Fascinating contrast between the F-B wines, especially the Chateauneuf, and the 2 vintages of Pegau.
2006 Féraud-Brunel Côtes du Rhône Villages
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Côtes du Rhône Villages
70% Grenache, 30% Syrah. Medium light color. Forward aromas of clove and herbs. Good concentration, lively red fruit with road tar undertone. Very Rhone and excellent value.
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2006 Féraud-Brunel Rasteau
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Rasteau
75% Grenache, 25% Syrah. Lighter and less depth than the Cotes du Rhone. This also possesses a nice aromatic mix of fruit and herbs. Lighter weight, pretty strawberry fruit, and a touch of licorice. Pretty evanescent, though, and dilute on the finish. For the short term. Not as convincing as the preceding wine which was half the price.
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2005 Féraud-Brunel Vacqueyras
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Vacqueyras
75% Grenache, 25% Syrah. Medium color with a fading edge. Two bottles tasted since the first was ever so slightly corked. First was very '05 in showing black fruit, an interesting peppery, herbaceous quality, and dry tannins. The second was also quite tannic, but hot, raisiny, and chocolate flavored. Pick your poison, but either way, the balance was not very appealing in either example.
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2006 Féraud-Brunel Châteauneuf-du-Pape
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
80% Grenache, 12% Mourvedre, 8% who knows what. Very light color, looks like Pinot Noir. Beautiful fragrance with strawberries and smoke. An elegant, clean, Burgundian style of Chateauneuf with good, crisp acidity and not a lot of tannin apparent. Very good now.
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