I found this wine in Oddbins a couple of weeks ago. Oddbins have now just been saved from liquidation and have a good range of wines. The Ventoux rouge shows all of the flavours of a Rhône red wine. It is concentrated and powerful with hints of spice and red fruits on the nose and on the palate. It is complex wine with a long length on the palate. It is made from the Rhône grapes, Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre. It is made using the technique of délestage which is a form of maceration that involves pumping the separated and fermenting wine juice over the original pomace. This technique extracts flavour and the oxygenation softens the tannins. Not that this wine is lacking in tannin structure and I am sure that the wine will mature for many years in the bottle. It is fermented with natural yeast. Vidal Fleury is a very old and well established producer.
This wine was a pleasant surprise; my wife and I drank half of the bottle with some fillet of pork before we sealed it with a vacuum pump. I am expecting the tannins to soften a little more within a couple of days. This is a very good regional wine wine and just like the Stonier Pinot Noir from Victoria state as mentioned before. At around 8 pounds a bottle it represents really good value for money. I recommend this highly.
The wines from the Mont Ventoux area are some of my favourites. The mountain is well worth visiting as it dominates the area. Near here is some of the best scenery and unpolluted territory in France. The hot summer sun , the mistral and good wine and food - what more could you ask for?
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