I went by the organic wine shop and dropped in on a tasting of wines from Lucas Ferraris the other day. I had already tasted their Viognier but the rest of the line-up was different wines made from Ruche. I had already tried the Ruche DOCG "I Firmata" of another vintage at a previous Wine Fair, but the Opera Prima and the NV Sole dessert wine made from dried grapes are both new to me. The I Firmata was like what I recorded in my notes previously, orangey, fruity and a touch floral.
The Opera Prima is their flagship wine and comes from specially cultivated vines from the Bric d'Bianc vineyard, where the nutrient poor soil restricts yields to produce clusters of small dark berries with concentrated juice.A long slow fermentation in large oak botti was followed by 2 years of maturation in one year old 500L tonneaux and a year in bottle before release. The resultant wine (2012 vintage) was a dark ruby colour with a sweet berry fruity nose. The palate was sweet and savoury in turns with plentiful fruit and touches of vanilla wood. An acid slightly tannic backbone gives support.
AS for the raisined dessert wine, that will have to wait for another entry.
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