Ferraton Pere & Fils, Le Grand Courtil, Crozes-Hermitage, Rhône, 2010

Tasting: Crozes-Hermitage 2010

Dense black cherry nose, some oak evident. Rich, suave, full-bodied, concentrated, tannic without seeming extracted, moderate acidity so not very lifted, but compact and weighty. Quite long.

Tasting: Crozes-Hermitage 2010

Forthright rather oaky nose; palate is an exercise in dissimulation, with the carpenter hitherto successfully hiding the talents of the vigneron.

Tasting: Crozes-Hermitage 2010

Mottled dark red; sweet, plump, spice noted air, charcoal, acetate hint. Palate drinks now, not a long horizon wine, a bit tarty, but OK. Black fruit pastille aftertaste. Bit empty finale. Ordinary. Oak traces at end.