2016 La Ferme du Mont "Vendange" Châteauneuf-du-Pape
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Wine Advocate
Reviewed August 2018Stéphane Vedeau's entry-level CdP is the 2016 Chateauneuf du Pape Vendange. It's about 80% Grenache and boasts classic regional notes of lavender and rosemary layered over strawberry and raspberry fruit. It's full-bodied and supple, yet it remains fresh, buttressed by hints of orange zest on the long, silky finish. Already approachable, it should drink well for a decade or more. Tasted twice, with consistent notes. (JC)
Professional Reviews
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Jeb Dunnuck
Leading off the 2016s from barrel, the 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vendange is a ripe, hedonistic barrel sample that's overflowing with fruit and texture. Plums, licorice, violets, and hints of asphalt all emerge from this uber-ripe, full-bodied beauty that doesn’t pull any punches. A blend of 80% Grenache and 10% each of Mourvèdre and Syrah, aged mostly in concrete (there’s a small amount in old barrels), it should certainly be an outstanding wine that’s going to shine for 10-15 years.
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Vinous
Limpid ruby-red. Highly perfumed aromas of cherry, raspberry and smoky minerals are complemented by a suggestion of ganja. Shows good clarity and lift on the palate, offering ripe red fruit, spicecake and lavender flavors that become sweeter with air. At once rich and lively, with dusty tannins coming in late and adding grip to a long, floral-accented finish. (JR)
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Jancis Robinson
Succulent raspberry fruit, fantastic definition and freshness. Light tannic grip, smooth texture, plenty of ripeness on the persistence. Soft, supple, approachable, enjoyable. 17/20 points. (RH)
Staff Reviews
KM
Stephane's style of winemaking shows best in the Vendange. Working with minimal intervention, he is expressing the purity of the fruit in his wines. The warm gravelly soils give richer and riper profiles the Chateauneuf wines and they are evident here but it's the underlying acidity that give the wine lift and freshness that is sometimes at odds with more opulently extracted styles. This is just right though, showing gorgeous cherry compote and violet tones. Imminently appealing but worthy of a short stay in the cellar.
Notes
La Ferme du Mont is the passion project of Stephane Vedeau who cultivates some 50 hectares of grapes in various spots throughout the southern Rhone. All vines are cultivated without the use of pesticides and chemicals. Each site is meant to be the truest reflection of the terroir and the grapes they produce. The Vendanges is a mix of 80% Grenache, 10% Syrah and 10% Mourvedre from the sandy and gravelly soils of Chateauneuf-du-Pape. The wine spends about 12 months in a mix of tank (90%) and oak barrels (about 10%).
Details
| Origin | Chateauneuf du Pape, Rhone, France |
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| Type/Varietal | Rhone Blends |
| Alcohol Content | 14% |
| SKU | 1376645 |