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Northern Rhône
The northern Rhône is home to the likes of Hermitage, Côte-Rôtie, Cornas and Condrieu.
Hermitage famously allows producers to blend up to 20% Viognier with Syrah, producing some of the world’s most sought-after wines.
Condrieu is a temple to Viognier grown on steep hillsides, where the warmth of the summer is countered by the cooling mistral winds to produce rich, ripe white wines.
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Which are our 100-point wines? Credit: I. Glory / Alamy Stock Photo Best French wines: 100 point scores
Top-scoring wines from Champagne to the Rhône...
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St-Joseph is where the best value can be found. Credit: age fotostock / Alamy Stock Photo Best value Rhône 2017 wines
Matt Walls finds value in the Rhône...
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Vines in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Credit: Matt Walls / Decanter Rhône 2017: Full en primeur report
What to buy from the 2017 vintage...
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Vines in Crozes-Hermitage. Credit: Matt Walls / Decanter Northern Rhône 2017 report: 'A vintage for the cellar'
From all the key appellations...
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The top scoring wines from Rhône 2017 Credit: Malcolm Park food and drink / Alamy Stock Photo Best Rhône 2017 wines: The top scorers
Scoring 96 points and above...
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Domaine les Alexandrins, a new name to know. Credit: Maison & Domaine Les Alexandrins Anson: How Nicolas Jaboulet started again in the Rhône
Plus exclusive tasting notes on the top wines...
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Decanting wine can improve its character. Credit: Bon Appetit / Alamy
Credit: Bon Appetit / AlamyFrom the archive: When should you decant wine? An expert taste test
An in-depth report from our archive...
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A pioneer for the Cornas region. Credit: Per Karlsson - BKWine.com / Alamy Stock Photo Cornas pioneer Pierre-Auguste Clape dies
One of the pioneers of the Cornas appellation...
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From the archive: Côte-Rôtie 2012 panel tasting results
These wines are now coming into their drinking windows...
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Northern Rhône 2015: Panel tasting results
See the ratings from this excellent vintage...
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Credit: Malcolm Park food and drink / Alamy Stock Photo Northern Rhône 2016: Full report and wines to look for
Find out where to look in the Northern Rhône 2016 vintage..
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Wine Legend: Jaboulet, La Chapelle Hermitage, 1961
Why it is a wine legend...
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An interview and tasting with Jean-Louis Chave
John Livingstone-Learmonth catches up with Rhône royalty, Jean-Louis Chave...
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Christine and Georges Vernay in Condrieu. Credit: Richard Mouillaud Viognier saviour Georges Vernay dies in the Rhône
The man who rescued Viognier and an appellation...
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Best value buys from Northern Rhône 2015
Great value wines from this top vintage....
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Crozes-Hermitage vineyards in the Northern Rhône. Credit: Christophe Grilhé / Inter Rhône Jefford on Monday: Value from a great vintage
Andrew Jefford on Crozes-Hermitage 2015...
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Northern Rhône 2015 lives up to the hype... Credit: Decanter Northern Rhône 2015: Full overview of this ‘excellent’ vintage
This vintage lives up to the hype - see the best...
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Top Northern Rhône 2015: The highest scorers
The best of the best from an exciting vintage...
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The ruins of the original Château de Larnage building and the kaolin-rich soils of its namesake Crozes village. Credit: Andrew Jefford Jefford on Monday: Northern Lights
Our columnist goes cruising in Crozes...
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A bottle of Château Margaux 1959 in Octavian's Corsham Cellars in the UK, where it stores around £1 billion of wine. Credit: Jeff Gilbert / Alamy Anson: Will France pinch UK trade with new wine law?
A small rule change could have big repercussions...
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Wine Legend: E Guigal, La Mouline, Côte-Rôtie 1969
What makes it a wine legend...?
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Crozes-Hermitage 1982 in Magnum in the Cave de Tain cellars. Credit: Andrew Jefford Jefford on Monday: The Crozes crusader
Andrew Jefford hunts down outstanding value...
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Value Rhône reds: Top 10 under £18
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The mistral wind blows through Châteauneuf vineyards. Credit: Andrew Jefford Jefford on Monday: Dr Mistral
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When to decant white wine - ask Decanter
Decanter consultant editor Steven Spurrier gives his opinion...
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Syrah and Shiraz Grapes – Climatic, Winery Influence, Most important regions – WSET Level 2
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Cotes du Rhone Halloween quiz night 2015 Credit: @VinsRhone / Twitter 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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Harvest in the Rhone Hopes rise for the Rhone 2015 vintage
The Rhone 2015 vintage has been one of the region's earliest starts to a wine harvest, beginning on 27 August, but optimism has been building among winemakers and grape growers.
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Credit: Gail Skoff Cornas 'legend' Noël Verset dies at the age of 95
