Winemaker Notes
Pure and vibrant and ready to go. Filled with ripe red, black and even blue fruits, peppery cooking spices and violets. Medium bodied with integrated ripe tannins.
Blend: 90% Syrah, 10% Mourvèdre
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A well-crafted, textural and well-driven blend or syrah and mourvedre with aromas of dark cherries, currants, roasted meat, peppercorns and some stones. It’s medium-bodied with fine, firm tannins. It is well-built, with a solid frame of tannins coating the palate. Dense with dark berries and loads of spices. Plenty of energy and verve with a focused, long and spicy finish. From organically grown grapes.
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Wine Enthusiast
Beautiful aromas of intense black cherries and green olives harmonize with saffron spice and cedar musk in this highly complex nose. The intense palate is focused and taut, brooding in dark black fruit. Voluminous and persistent mouthcoating tannins linger, leaving hints of blueberry and clove in its lengthy finish.
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Jeb Dunnuck
The 2022 Ventoux Persia is mostly Syrah and was brought up just like the 2023 and mostly in foudre. Red and black fruits, ground pepper, chalky minerality, and loads of spice define the aromatics, and it's beautifully balanced, medium to full-bodied, has supple, polished tannins, and a great finish.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The Syrah-based 2022 Ventoux Persia (it includes 10% Mourvèdre) was aging in a mix of concrete eggs (70%) and new barriques (30%) at the time of my last visit (July 2023). Hints of pencil shavings and crushed stone appear on the nose alongside scents of blueberries and cherries. It's medium to full-bodied, framed by silky tannins and bright acids, showing impressive intensity and balance on the long finish. Barrel Sample: (89-91)
With bold fruit flavors and accents of sweet spice, Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre form the base of the classic Rhône Red Blend, while Carignan, Cinsault and Counoise often come in to play. Though they originated from France’s southern Rhône Valley, with some creative interpretation, Rhône blends have also become popular in other countries. Somm Secret—Putting their own local spin on the Rhône Red Blend, those from Priorat often include Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. In California, it is not uncommon to see Petite Sirah make an appearance.
Stretching across the slopes of the Ventoux mountain in the southeastern region of the Rhône River Valley, Cotes du Ventoux excels in the production of spicy and characterful red blends based on Grenache, Syrah, and other indigenous varieties. The region also produces rich and aromatic whites and rosés.