2016 Cote Rotie Lieu Dit Montmain Rouge Ferraton Père & Fils direct and ripe delivery of

direct and ripe delivery of red-plum and cherry aromas and flavors with a sleek

3% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8

this won't be everyone's first choice—the acidity makes it rather different—but it is pretty fine

the extremely dry soils are drip-irrigated with meltwater from the Andes

brilliant expressions of Grenache in any vintage it’s been produced

2016 Cote Rotie Lieu Dit Montmain Rouge Ferraton Père & Fils direct and ripe delivery ofJeb Dunnuck 92 94 points: From a site just beside Grandes Places (full southern exposure and schist soils), the 2016 Cte Rtie Lieu Dit Montmain offers notes of crme de cassis, black raspberries, liquid rock and crushed flowers. Medium to full bodied, elegant and finesse oriented, with fine yet present tannin, it should be drinkable on release, yet keep for 10 15 years.