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Walls: My top 10 Rhône wines of 2021
Sometimes atypicity, combined with charisma and personality, is what makes a wine stand out..
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Hermitage 2020: report and top-scoring wines
Impressive balance, precision and structure across both red and white Hermitage in 2020...
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2020: report and top-scoring wines
Choose carefully when buying Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2020 wines...
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Lirac & Tavel 2020: report and top-scoring wines
2020 is a great year to get to know Lirac and Tavel wines...
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Rasteau, Cairanne & Vinsobres 2020: report and top-scoring wines
Careful research into the best estates will be rewarded ...
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Gigondas, Vacqueyras & Beaumes de Venise 2020: report and top-scoring wines
Vacqueyras and Beaumes de Venise 2020 are good for early drinking...
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Decanter at Home masterclass: Tasting the La Las with Philippe Guigal
The three LaLas tasted from 2017, 2016 and 2012...
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Northern Rhône 2020: full report and top-scoring wines
Fresh but slightly less ageworthy wines. Look out for both reds and whites...
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Côte-Rôtie & Condrieu 2020: report and top-scoring wines
Drink these fairly young and save the 2019s for long-term ageing...
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Walls: Tasting Hermitage 2001 20 years on
Twenty years is a long time to wait, so is it worth it?
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Walls’ hidden gems: Clos de la Bonnette, Condrieu
Matt Walls questions whether we could be witnessing the birth of a great estate...
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Cornas to drink now: Matt Walls’ top 20
20 top recommendations
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Coming Soon: Decanter Wine Experiences
Exclusive wine travel trips with Decanter
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Walls: 10 exciting estates to know in Cornas
Matt Walls selects 10 estates to know in Cornas which showcase ageworthy, powerful Syrah.
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12 alternatives to Châteauneuf-du-Pape
If you love Châteauneuf-du-Pape's style but not the cost, read on as Decanter's Tasting team recommend 12 muscular alternatives worth trying...
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Walls: top picks from Yapp’s Big Rhône Tasting
Rhône wines under £20, under £40 and over £40...
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Domaine Clape: Cornas vertical tasting from 2017 – 1987
The rare chance to taste 13 Cornas bottlings...
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Walls: Brune and blonde soils in Côte-Rôtie – do they really make all the difference?
Looking at the two different soil types and how they influence wine style, longevity and quality...
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Rhône producer to know: Domaine Gramenon, Vinsobres
One of the greatest, most soulful estates of the Rhône Valley...
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Walls: exploring the three Vs of the Southern Rhône
Elegance with an easy-going drinkability...
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Cornas 2018 in bottle: full overview plus top-scoring wines
The 2018s are succulent, juicy and fresh and are easy to enjoy...
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Walls’ hidden gems: Moulin de la Gardette, Gigondas
Matt Walls uncovers organic, Gigondas-based producer Moulin de la Gardette and tastes eight of its wines.
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Rhône producer to know: Domaine Chaume-Arnaud, Vinsobres
Drinkable and age-worthy wines worth seeking out...
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Southern Rhône white wines: how do they compare?
There is fascinating diversity among the Southern Rhône's white wines despite only making up 4% of production
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Rhône discovery: 10 exciting producers to know
Matt Walls highlights 10 of his favourite Rhône producers...
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Walls: Exclusive first taste of M Chapoutier Sélections Parcellaires 2020
Matt Walls is the first in the UK to taste the new range of Michel Chapoutier's rare and prized single-vineyard range of 16 wines made in a quest to represent the ultimate expression of the diverse Rhône terroirs.
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Best French wines: 100 point scores
Top-scoring wines from Champagne to the Rhône...
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Get to know Southern Rhône: Good, better, best
Dominated by Châteauneuf-du-Pape at its heart, but there are 40 more appellations to explore...
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Aged Condrieu – how it develops plus 40 wines tasted
Matt Walls dissects the theory that Condrieu doesn't age and should only be drunk young by tasting 40 wines with half from the 2019 vintage and half an older vintage of a producer's choosing.
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Walls’ hidden gems: Domaine du Banneret, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Matt Walls tastes a vertical of seven wines from Domaine du Banneret going back to 1989 and shines a light on this under-the-radar producer in Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
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Walls: Top-quality and great-value Côte-Rôtie alternatives
With the complex and aromatic wines of Côte-Rôtie in high demand, and prices climbing out of reach, Matt Walls identifies a number of Côte-Rôtie alternatives from both the Rhône and further afield which deliver on style, complexity and price.
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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.
