Rhône vintage guides

Côte-Rôtie & Condrieu 2020: report and top-scoring wines

Drink these fairly young and save the 2019s for long-term ageing...

Southern Rhône 2020: full report and top scoring wines

Despite a hot year, wines are fresh and accessible when young with whites particularly exceptional.

Northern Rhône 2020: full report and top-scoring wines

Fresh but slightly less ageworthy wines. Look out for both reds and whites...

Rhône 2020 En Primeur: full vintage report and top-scoring wines

Expert verdict plus the top-scoring bottles...

Walls: Tasting Hermitage 2001 20 years on

Twenty years is a long time to wait, so is it worth it?

Walls: The magic of mature Gigondas

Matt Walls examines seven mature vintages of Gigondas wines and reports on what is drinking well now and what should be kept cellared for a little while longer.

Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2018 in bottle: the top 50 wines

Matt Walls finds an approachable vintage that’s largely drinkable now with a number of delicious wines he'd be happy to have in the cellar.

Rhône 2019: Top 25 white wines

There are some superb wines in this Top 25

Rasteau, Cairanne & Vinsobres 2019: Report and top scoring wines

Lirac & Tavel 2019: Report and top scoring wines

Saint-Joseph 2019: Report and top scoring wines

Condrieu and Château-Grillet 2019: Report and top scoring wines

Gigondas, Vacqueyras & Beaumes de Venise 2019: Report and top scoring wines

Côte-Rôtie 2019: Report and top scoring wines

Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2019: Report and top scoring wines

Cornas 2019: Report and top scoring wines

Hermitage 2019: Report and top scoring wines

Crozes-Hermitage 2019: Report and top scoring wines

Saint-Péray 2019: Report and top scoring wines

Northern Rhône 2019 report plus top scoring wines

There are many that are enjoyable, rich and opulent wines...

Southern Rhône 2019 report plus top scoring wines