Domaine Ste-Anne, Notre Dame des Celettes, Côtes du Rhône Villages 2011
Read Decanter's tasting note for Domaine Ste-Anne, Notre Dame des Celettes, Côtes du Rhône Villages 2011.
Read Decanter's tasting note for Domaine Ste-Anne, Notre Dame des Celettes, Côtes du Rhône Villages 2011.
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Difficult, late vintage, 25% smaller than normal. Those who waited for full ripening have created fresh, mineral, balanced wines for early drinking.
2006 vintage guide for Red Rhone. Finesse and elegance, but with nuance and subtlety - a charming 'gourmand' vintage.
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.
Vintage guide for Red Rhone 2004. Well-balanced wines with good purity of fruit in Southern Rhône. For early drinking.
Vintage guide for Red Rhone 2003. Chunky wines with high but ripe tannins meant for laying down.
Vintage guide for Red Rhone 2002. Some concentration and power in wines from the north but a poor vintage for Southern Rhône.
Vintage guide for Red Rhone 2001. Powerful, juicy wines with concentrated, ripe fruit and silky tannins.
Vintage guide for Red Rhone 2000. Great in the south, less brilliant in the north.
Vintage guide for Red Rhone 1999. Quality overall is very good, though not as exceptional as 1998.
Vintage guide for Red Rhone 1998. The best southern Rhône vintage since 1990. Northern Rhônes are full, punchy and well developed.
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.
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.
Vintage guide for Red Rhone 1995. Outstanding Cote Rotie. Full, tannic northern and southern reds, now starting to soften. Good winter drinking.
Vintage guide for Red Rhone 1994. Good wines emerged from Hermitage, Cornas, and Saint Joseph. The southern Rhone enjoyed its best vintage since 1990.
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.