2010 Ferraton Père & Fils Hermitage Blanc Les Miaux
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Bright gold. Pungent, highly perfumed bouquet evokes peach, poached pear, tangerine and white flowers; this smells quite a bit like a Condrieu. Broad, palate-staining pit fruit flavors are enlivened by spice and mineral qualities and pick up a suave honeyed nuance with air. Notes of iodine and toasted grain come up on the long, sappy, focused finish, which features a bright citrus quality. Wild stuff, and complex enough to drink now.
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The 2010 Hermitage Le Miaux blanc (mostly Marsanne with a small quantity of Roussanne) exhibits notes of rose water, hazelnuts, creme brulee, quince and white currants. This medium to full-bodied, impressively endowed white wine should drink nicely for a decade or more. If the turn around in quality of the Paul Jaboulet-Aine wines is the biggest good news story of qualitative improvement in the northern Rhone, what Michel Chapoutier has accomplished with Ferraton is a close second. This is definitely a name to be taken seriously, as Chapoutier has expanded the portfolio and continues to upgrade the quality across the board. Ferraton’s 2009s and 2010s are the finest wines made to date. There appears to be three levels of quality now being produced, beginning with the generic bottlings, to the single vineyard (or lieu-dit) offerings, followed by the top of the line, more expensive, limited production efforts called selections parcellaires. Importer: A French Paradox, Peoria, IL; tel. (309) 682-8994