Côte-Rôtie & Condrieu 2022: Report and top-scoring wines

Beautiful aromas of pure rose, a touch of raspberry and thyme, this is not all black fruits. Lovely flavours, really compelling this year. Tannins are...

Sloe, incense and lavender aromas translate to a powerful, plump and juicy palate with fine tannins, good weight and great concentration. Long and highly impressive.

This is a tannic wine but has great finesse. Highly elegant and fine indeed, with perfect ripeness. Dark and concentrated, and very much a Côte...

Subtle violets on the nose lead to a palate that’s smooth, but not overly full or concentrated. Beautifully fine structure despite the sheer weight of...

A particularly dark, black-fruited La Turque this year, showing liquorice and smoke. Full-bodied, ripe but fresh, the oak is well integrated. Plenty of blackberry skin...

A tasting through the different terroirs in this wine revealed a fresh, intense, highly structured year; not as generous as 2019 or 2020, certainly more...

A richer, darker, fruitier style than a typical vintage of La Côte Brune. Rounded and generous, more about black fruits than flowers this year. Concentrated...

Ripe, classic, harmonious, blackberry-scented nose, with a touch of sloe. Soft, full, mouthfilling and juicy with supple tannins. Very concentrated and balanced, no harshness here....

A full, big, smooth, velvety monster. Extremely tannic but more supple than some of Stéphane Ogier's 2022s, with juicier tannins. Big but elegant with very...

Very attractive aromas of star anise, incense and cedar, all typical for this cuvée. Big, bold, rolling, quite burly on the palate, with muscular tannins,...

Finely spiced, very true to form in its tobacco leaf aromas. Particularly saline this year and detailed, not quite as lush as some 2022s, which...

Extremely spicy, iron filings, graphite and blue steak. Concentrated, huge, dense and brooding. This has a massive tannic structure and it’s dry and savoury, but...

Rich, soft, juicy and velvety. Remarkably high acidity for the vintage. Bold tannins, more structured than most Côte-Rôties in 2022, showing good concentration and ripeness....

Fruity and expressive, with resinous, balsamic touches from the oak – pine needles and cassis. Full-bodied, exceptionally smooth and fulsome on the mid-palate. Great concentration...

Star anise, incense and forest berry fruits, this has detail and vibrancy on the nose. Medium-bodied, with precision and elegance. It's ripe, but not overripe,...

Gently fragrant jasmine and rose, very Côte Blonde in terms of aromatics. Soft, velvety mouthfeel with flavours of blackberry, cassis and more rose. Slightly higher...

Soft impression on the palate, though does have the Viallière elegance and violet aroma. Good concentration, slightly warming alcohol, velvety tannins. Actually quite robust in...

Remarkably soft on the palate for La Landonne, it doesn't have the same austere impact at this stage as a more classic vintage. Tannins are...

Raspberry hints make for a soft and attractive style with mouthfilling fruit. Grippy, quite assertive, good acidity, perfumed and structured. Stéphane Ogier's most northerly, steepest...