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Matt Walls’ hidden gems: Domaine Burgaud, Côte-Rôtie
Matt Walls shines the light on this under-the-radar producer, Domaine Burgaud.
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2018 in bottle: the top 50 wines
Matt Walls finds an approachable vintage that’s largely drinkable now with a number of delicious wines he'd be happy to have in the cellar.
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Walls: Why Syrah is the most adaptable grape in the world
Matt Walls explores Syrah's guises from around the world...
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Property: Picturesque wine château in Ventoux for sale
A hidden gem in the southern Rhône...
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Walls: Henri Bonneau and the estate today
Matt Walls visits the Henri Bonneau estate to meet the new owners...
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Walls: Tasting the first five vintages of Delas’ Hermitage ‘Ligne de Crête’
Matt Walls take an in-depth look at Delas Frères' new single-vineyard cuvée Ligne de Crête and tastes the first five vintages from 2015 to 2019 finding 'few Hermitage wines quite as gentle and elegant'.
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Matt Walls: My two years in Provence writing Wines of the Rhône
Matt Walls looks back on his two year research project for his latest book Wines of the Rhone, and the trials and tribulations of moving his family to France...
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Matt Walls: Tasting Jaboulet La Chapelle from 1991 to 2019
In his first column of 2021, our Rhône correspondent Matt Walls tastes eight different La Chapelle vintages from between 1991 and 2019 and reports on the variability and evolution of one of the Rhone Valley’s most iconic wines.
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Rhône 2019: Top 25 white wines
There are some superb wines in this Top 25
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Rhône 2019: Best-value wines under £20/$25
There's value to be found in 2019 if you know where to look
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Côte-Rôtie 2019: Report and top scoring wines
Matt Walls found the overall quality of Côte-Rôtie 2019 wines to be very high, and where the alcohols were in check, there are plenty of deliciously deep and unctuous wines to choose from.
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Cornas 2019: Report and top scoring wines
The 2019 vintage has produced many atypical Cornas wines finds Matt Walls although the more moderate and balanced wines are delicious.
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Top Côtes du Rhône wines under £20/$25
Top picks from Côtes du Rhône and Côtes du Rhône Villages...
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New Côtes du Rhône Villages appellation granted – Nyons
After more than twenty years, and from a pool of over 90 communes that produce wine under the Côtes du Rhône-Villages AOC, Nyons has been promoted and awarded the 22nd Côtes du Rhône named village.
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Producer profile: Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe plus 15 wines tasted
This family-owned and run estate has been making wine in the southern Rhône for over a century, now producing some of the most elegant and long-lived of all Châteauneuf wines, Matt Walls explores its history and tastes a selection of their flagship red and white produced from the privileged plateau vineyard La Crau...
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Rare vertical tasting: Domaine les Cailloux’s Cuvée Centenaire 1989-2016
A rare chance to taste a vertical of this special bottling....
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Grenache and Syrah
The Rhône's two main grapes, Syrah and Grenache, have very different personalities but can marry beautifully. Nick Tarayan reports on the region's classic blend.
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Holy trinity: Rhône Valley
The Rhône Valley's last three vintages have produced wines to rival the best in the world, writes TIM GRANGE
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‘Remarkable’ Cornas winemaker Alain Voge dies
Tributes have been paid to Alain Voge, a pioneering winemaker in the Northern Rhône's Cornas and St-Péray appellations
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Spice at a price: Châteauneuf
The old papal favourite was the forerunner for the appellation contrôlée system in France. As ROGER VOSS discovers, today it's the prices that are leading the way
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Cote-Rotie Vignerons prefer Blondes
Or do they? JAMES LAWTHER MW meets the winemakers continuing the Guigal-led revival of Côte-Rôtie and discusses the relative merits of the appellation's various vineyard sites.
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Châteauneuf Variety is the Spice
Châteauneuf-du-Pape wines are renowned for their quality and breadth of styles, but as
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Southern Rhône 2018 report: The top scorers
Matt Walls reports on the wines of the Southern Rhône in 2018, covering Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas, Vacqueyras, Beaumes de Venise, Rasteau, Cairanne, Vinsobres, Lirac and Tavel...
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Northern Rhône 2018 report: The top scorers
Matt Walls reports on the wines of the Northern Rhône in 2018, including the likes of Côte-Rôtie, Cornas, Saint-Joseph, Hermitage and Condrieu...
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Rhone 2005: vintage of a lifetime
2005 isn’t just about Bordeaux and Burgundy – the Rhône has yielded some truly magnificent wines, says JOHN LIVINGSTONE-LEARMONTH
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St-Joseph & Crozes: Two villages in Northern Rhône in Focus
Keeping up with the neighbours. John Livingstone-Learmonth visits two of the best value villages in the Northern Rhône...
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Northern Rhone
As in the rest of France, 2003 was one of the hottest ever experienced in Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage and St-Joseph. James Lawther MW finds out if the wines suffered.
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Rhône wines: Find Your Rhône
Value for money in the Rhône can be found – if you know where to look. Our expert tasters plot a map, as they select their favourite reds between £5 and £15.
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Top five Northern Rhône vintages ready to drink now
Five vintages to open now....
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Top five Southern Rhône vintages ready to drink now
The five vintages worth opening and drinking at the moment...
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Vintage report: Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2004
The 2004 vintage in Châteauneuf-du-Pape is the best since 2001, writes JAMES LAWTHER MW, with a minerally balance and freshness, and long ageing potential
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Beyond Chateauneuf: Gigondas Vacqueyras
