2006 Domaine de Ferrand Côtes du Rhône Cuvée Antique Vieilles Vignes

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 87 points

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  9/3/2011 - prism wrote: 90 Points

  This richly fruited CDR is in a perfect spot now, having gained body and complexity over the past year. Great with lamburgers; really a pleasure to drink, and at $17 an excellent QPR.

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  7/19/2010 - graphite wrote: 85 Points

  Cherries, baked plums, and brown sugar. Comes off as somewhat stewed, and ends with alcoholic heat. Not much tannin. Hard to see this improving, and seems to be on the decline.

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  6/26/2010 - prism wrote: 89 Points

  Excellent iteration of CDR. Not very complex but, as khmark7 has written, precise. Paired nicely with lamburgers after a one-hour breathe; I think running this through a vinturi would remove any inherent dimensionality and so would not recommend using it on this wine. Found no sour note in this wine: it is drinking very well right now and I wouldn't mind getting more, as , at $17, it is a very good QPR.

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  3/9/2009 - khmark7 wrote: 90 Points

  Lovely nose with a bit of air. Some smoke, soy sauce and sharp red fruits. Medium bodied, and I thought best without food. More precision than power.

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  1/10/2009 - grafstrb wrote: 81 Points

  -- popped and poured through a Vinturi --
  -- tasted non-blind over 2 days --
  
  NOSE: plum; raspberry syrup; some slight minerality; tight and seemingly not very complex.
  
  BODY: superfine particulate matter suspended in the wine; garnet color of medium depth; medium bodied.
  
  TASTE: flat -- very one note: sour plum; some boring minerality; not complex; tastes like there's no Syrah in the cepage, rather just a bunch of underripe Grenache; big hole at back of mid-palate; totally uninspiring ... waste of $17. 3 separate tasters (myself included) thought this wine was not flawed, so I don't think that was an issue here.
  
  B: 50, 5, 9, 12, 5 = 81

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