Ferrand 2020 CDR "Cuvée Antique"

(Arrives 10/29) The Ferrand "Cuvee Antique Vieilles Vignes" has been one of our favorite Cotes du Rhone for many years, providing the complexity and depth of good Chateauneuf-du-Pape at a bargain price. The 2020 is particularly outstanding. Mostly Grenache from 80 to 90 year-old vines, the 2020 shows a "dark red robe; the bouquet has capacity, an aroma of ripe plum fruit, with a little nuttiness in the background. There’s more to come, variety and opening on the agenda. The palate runs with habitual fullness, gives a pleasing surge of ample red-berry, raspberry flavour, good, ripe tannins in the wheel. The fruit of old vines here has played the top role in giving it a proper foundation, and it’s a leading 2020 Côtes, true and genuine, a real wine of terroir." - drinkrhone