2015 Ferraton Père & Fils Côtes du Rhône Samorëns

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 87.3 points

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  10/30/2020 - rhg Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Fruit forward, very primary. Strawberries, blueberries. Medium high acidity and tannins. Brambly berries. Pine resin for sure. Interesting and good for the price.

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  9/30/2017 - isaacjamesbaker wrote: 88 Points

  End of September Samples Tasting: Bold purple color. Nose of tart black cherries, red currants, smoky herbs, spicy pepper and violets. Full-bodied with some surprising grip to the tannins, medium-low acidity. Tangy black currants and red cherries with notes of charred herbs, cedar, mint, pine resin. Super fun stuff that has some interesting complexity for a wine at this price point.

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  5/4/2017 - forceberry wrote: 87 Points

  Very dark and deep, only barely translucent black cherry color with a subtle, youthful blueish hue. Very youthful, aromatic and almost explosive nose with lots of youthful, fruit-driven aromas like strawberries, juicy plummy fruits, some blueberries and a hint of peppery Syrah spice. The wine is dry, spicy and very youthful on the palate with somewhat inky character and quite primary flavors of fresh, brambly berries, ripe blackberries, some peppery spice, a little bit of stony minerality and a touch of something vaguely lactic or reminding me of carbonic maceration. The acidity feels moderately high but the modest tannins feel very mellow. The finish is inky, fruit-forward and quite primary with medium-long flavors of blueberries, ripe blackberries, some peppery spice, a little bit of strawberry and a hint of mineral brightness.
  
  A nice, fresh and positively simple Côtes du Rhône that feels very primary and just too young - it's quite hard to pinpoint what gives the wine its excessively youthful character, be it its really fruit-forward nature or those notes that might be either hints of carbonic maceration, some primary fermentation esters or hints of MLF. Structure-wise the wine doesn't need any age, but flavor-wise I'd love to see the wine reminding me more of Côtes du Rhône than a Nouveau wine. Overall the wine is good with nice, bright and fruit-forward nature, but I'd wait a bit more for the wine to get its game better together. Good value at 12,95€.

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