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Gigondas, Vacqueyras & Beaumes de Venise 2023: Report and top-scoring wines
Ripe reds with lighter tannins and fresh, impactful whites...
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2023: Report and top-scoring wines
Keep an eye out for the whites this year...
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Walls: Exploring Côtes du Rhône Villages Sablet
Looking for finesse and purity? Don't overlook Sablet...
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Southern Rhône 2023: The connoisseur’s guide
A vintage of immediate pleasure...
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Walls’ hidden gems: Domaine La Cabotte in Massif d’Uchaux
A top estate tucked away...
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Walls’ hidden gems: Domaine de Piéblanc
The Cornas native who went south to make wine...
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Laudun becomes the 18th cru of the Rhône Valley
The newest cru of the Rhône Valley...
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Walls: Exploring Côtes du Rhône Villages Saint-Andéol
Matt Walls lifts the lid on this pearl of the Ardèche...
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Walls: Chasing freshness in Ventoux
With over 30 wines tasted...
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Matt Walls: My top wines of 2023
Our Rhône correspondent's top picks of 2023...
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Walls: How to find value in the Rhône
Five tip-offs you need to know about...
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Walls: Exploring Côtes du Rhône Villages Séguret
Including 22 reds and whites to try...
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Walls: Exploring Côtes du Rhône Villages Massif d’Uchaux
Massif d'Uchaux is one of the Côtes du Rhône's more obscure villages, but this small appellation is a consistent over-performer.
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Walls: Vertical tasting of Château Mont-Redon 1961-2022
Tasting some of the Rhône's longest-lived wines across six decades...
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2022: Report and top-scoring wines
The best-performing appellation in 2022...
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Rhône 2022 en primeur: Full vintage report and top-scoring wines
It's worth doing your research before buying from this surprising vintage...
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Ridley Scott estate wines land in UK as Napoleon film debuts
From legendary film director's Mas des Infermières in southern France...
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Lirac & Tavel 2022: report and top-scoring wines
Find good value wines in these two appellations...
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Rasteau, Cairanne & Vinsobres 2022: Report and top-scoring wines
Don't overlook Rasteau this year...
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Gigondas, Vacqueyras & Beaumes de Venise 2022: Report and top-scoring wines
Overall freshness and balance to be found...
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Southern Rhône 2022: Full report and top-scoring wines
A vintage for reds...
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Walls: 26 value Châteauneuf-du-Pape wines to try
Châteauneuf on a budget... if you know where to look...
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Walls: Rasteau 2020 in bottle
Not familiar with Rasteau? This is the vintage to start with...
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Walls: Alexandre Fréguin interview, wine director of L’Oustalet
A chat with Alexandre Fréguin on his life story so far and advice for wine pairings...
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Walls’ hidden gems: Domaine A Berthet-Rayne, Cairanne
Cairanne is the source of some of the southern Rhône’s finest whites...
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Walls: Best restaurants in the Rhône for wine lovers
A guide for where to eat and drink well in the Rhône...
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Rhône 2019 En Primeur: Full report
After tasting more than 1,300 wines for this year's Rhône vintage report, Matt Walls says 2019 is a powerful, ripe vintage showcasing a step-up in quality from 2018 with areas of localised greatness in both the north and south.
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2019: Report and top scoring wines
Matt Walls found the 2019 vintage in Châteauneuf-du-Pape to be exceptional in its own way, combining elegance with power, and excelling over neighbouring appellations.
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Lirac & Tavel 2019: Report and top scoring wines
There was surprise at the quality of Lirac and Tavel wines in 2019 given the hot vintage conditions with Matt Walls finding some very good whites and rosés.
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Gigondas, Vacqueyras & Beaumes de Venise 2019: Report and top scoring wines
Matt Walls found the best wines from these appellations showed structure, freshness and vibrancy to match the weight of the hot 2019 vintage although there are some that are overly tannic and clunky.
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Rasteau, Cairanne & Vinsobres 2019: Report and top scoring wines
Matt Walls found mixed results when tasting the 2019 wines but says there are consistent, fresh and expressive whites to be found in Cairanne and balanced reds in Vinsobres.
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Rhône 2021 en primeur: full vintage report and top-scoring wines
Matt Walls provides his expert analysis on this tough vintage...
