The southern slopes of the Mont Ventoux (1912 metres/ 5736 feet), 25 km/40 miles to the east of Orange. The vineyards lie around the towns of Mazan, Moimoiron, Villes sur Auzon, Puymeras and Saint-Didier, where the average height above sea level is 300 metres/1000 feet.
This varies according to altitude but consists for the most part of deposits left around the base of the chalky Mont Ventoux by the seas of the Tertiary period. Red Mediterranean soils blend with chalk debris and round stones.
Grenache 50%, Syrah 20%, Carignan 15% and 15% Cinsault.
This is adapted to suit each wine, grape variety and producer. Nearly all the grapes are lightly crushed and fermented in cement vats of 150 and 300 hectolitres. The fermentation is classic and extended.
The wine is kept in both vats and large oak barrels for ten months, then bottled in July.
Appearance : deep cherry red.
Nose : ripe fruit, rich and spicy.
Palate : good solid red wine with pleasant tannins.
17°C/62°F to accompany a wide range of dishes, or to be drunk on its own.
Rouge 2006 - BEST VALUES - 87 points Wine Spectator Magazine June 15 2008 Juicy, with a range of dark cherry and currant fruit layered with briar and tar notes on the medium-weight finish.
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Rouge 2006 - Robert Parker: 87 points The 2006 red wine, a blend of 50% Grenache with the rest Carignan and Syrah, the 2006 La Vieille Ferme Cotes du Ventoux exhibits nice grapy and berry fruit in an uncomplicated, medium-bodied style with some pepper, herb, and spice.
'This is a wine for those who want great quality and delicious drinking...'
Robert M. Parker : The wine advocate
'Buy it in magnum for parties'
The new york times
'A pleasure to taste something you know that's good... This is a great and excellent value'
Decanter
'La Vieille Ferme is producing exhuberant and delicious wines.'
