Ferrand, Chateauneuf Du Pape Vintage:2000 This is terrific

This is terrific

which means they lost some 40% of the crop because of the frost

but the 2010 Rosé is a bit more introverted and needs a bit of time in the cellar to blossom

because the other owner does not declare their wine as En Virondot

layered and slightly honeyed aromas that precede equally ripe full-bodied flavors that are sleekly muscular

Ferrand, Chateauneuf Du Pape Vintage:2000 This is terrificThe nose, with its licorice, cherry, black raspberry, herb and wild strawberry profile is beautiful. On the palate, the wine is rich, full, deep and with darker fruit than expected. Lush and long, with ample, silky, ripe, but not overripe fruit in the finish, this is in its sweet spot.