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Top Ventoux wines: Unsung hero of the Rhône
A revolution is underway...
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1993 vintage guide for Red Rhone
Vintage guide for Red Rhone 1993. The reds were for the most part hard and thin, but the vintage was slightly better in the south.
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1994 vintage guide for Red Rhone
Vintage guide for Red Rhone 1994. Good wines emerged from Hermitage, Cornas, and Saint Joseph. The southern Rhone enjoyed its best vintage since 1990.
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1995 vintage guide for Red Rhone
Vintage guide for Red Rhone 1995. Outstanding Cote Rotie. Full, tannic northern and southern reds, now starting to soften. Good winter drinking.
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Game of TRhône Quiz: How well do you know the Côtes du Rhône?
Last night the Decanter team attended the Côtes du Rhône Wines annual quiz. Do you think you can answer the notoriously difficult Côtes du Rhône section?
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1996 vintage guide for Red Rhone
Vintage guide for Red Rhone 1996. Leathery, mineral wines, some lack proper flesh. Good aromas. Difficult ripening the problem. The wines are sound but may not be long-lived.
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1997 vintage guide for Red Rhone
1997 vintage guide for Red Rhone 1997. Acidity was low and even Chateauneuf may not have produced wines for long ageing. Wines are soft, oozing pleasure, jam flavours.
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1998 vintage guide for Red Rhone
Vintage guide for Red Rhone 1998. The best southern Rhône vintage since 1990. Northern Rhônes are full, punchy and well developed.
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1999 vintage guide for Red Rhone
Vintage guide for Red Rhone 1999. Quality overall is very good, though not as exceptional as 1998.
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2000 vintage guide for Red Rhone
Vintage guide for Red Rhone 2000. Great in the south, less brilliant in the north.
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2001 vintage guide for Red Rhone
Vintage guide for Red Rhone 2001. Powerful, juicy wines with concentrated, ripe fruit and silky tannins.
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2002 vintage guide for Red Rhone
Vintage guide for Red Rhone 2002. Some concentration and power in wines from the north but a poor vintage for Southern Rhône.
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2003 vintage guide for Red Rhone
Vintage guide for Red Rhone 2003. Chunky wines with high but ripe tannins meant for laying down.
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2004 vintage guide for Red Rhone
Vintage guide for Red Rhone 2004. Well-balanced wines with good purity of fruit in Southern Rhône. For early drinking.
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2005 vintage guide for Red Rhone
2005 vintage guide for Red Rhone. Classic vintage, with even lesser sites producing stylish, harmonious wines. Best wines have superb fruit and great structure. Huge ageing potential.
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2006 vintage guide for Red Rhone
2006 vintage guide for Red Rhone. Finesse and elegance, but with nuance and subtlety - a charming 'gourmand' vintage.
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2007 vintage guide for Red Rhone
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2008 vintage guide for Red Rhone
Difficult, late vintage, 25% smaller than normal. Those who waited for full ripening have created fresh, mineral, balanced wines for early drinking.
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Cutting-edge northern Rhône
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Thieves steal 1,800 bottles of Cote Rotie wine
A family wine estate in the Cote Rotie appellation of the norhern Rhone has had 1,800 bottles of wine worth tens of thousands of euros stolen from its cellars.
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France’s anti-alcohol lobby forces Rhone wine body to change advert slogan
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