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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 RhôneMatt 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 2019In 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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Matt Walls: My top 10 Rhône wines of 2020Our Rhône correspondent reveals the best 10 bottles from the region he's opened this year...
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Côte-Rôtie 2019: Report and top scoring winesMatt 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 winesThe 2019 vintage has produced many atypical Cornas wines finds Matt Walls although the more moderate and balanced wines are delicious.
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Anson: Inside Chanel’s newest winery Domaine de l’IleJane Anson meets the team behind Chanel's new Provence rosé wine project...
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Decanter Magazine: December 2020 -
Top Côtes du Rhône wines under £20/$25Top picks from Côtes du Rhône and Côtes du Rhône Villages...
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Château Vignelaure’s Provence reds: Special 50th anniversary tastingHaving achieved cult status over 40 years ago, Château Vignelaure has forged a reputation for quality red wines in Provence. Elizabeth Gabay MW recently attended a special 50th-anniversary tasting looking at the estate's history and sampling back vintages over five decades...
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New Côtes du Rhône Villages appellation granted – NyonsAfter 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 tastedThis 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 1989-2016A rare chance to taste a vertical of this special bottling....
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Holy trinity: Rhône ValleyThe Rhône Valley's last three vintages have produced wines to rival the best in the world, writes TIM GRANGE
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Sun country: Rhône ValleyRoger Voss meets four intrepid wine lovers who have left their home country to start a new life and career in the Rhône Valley
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Idyllic Provence vineyard estates for saleWorld-class rosé wines, sun-baked lavender fields and Côte d'Azur glamour have made Provence an enticing option...
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‘Remarkable’ Cornas winemaker Alain Voge diesTributes have been paid to Alain Voge, a pioneering winemaker in the Northern Rhône's Cornas and St-Péray appellations
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Why it’s time to explore VaucluseSponsored
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Anson: Inside the French Foreign Legion’s Provence vineyardThe only branch of the French military to have its own vineyard....
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Spice at a price: ChâteauneufThe 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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Rising above Rose: Red winesThe reputation of the Côtes de Provence is entrenched in its rosés. JOHN DOWNES MW goes in search of red wines with top-quality terroir credentials
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Tales of the unexpected: Coteaux VaroisThe hitherto little-known Coteaux Varois has lived in the shadow of Côtes de Provence. STEVEN SPURRIER tells the tale of the Cinderella region
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Midi 20 of the best: Red wines
The reputation of the Côtes de Provence is entrenched in its rosés. ANTHONY PEREGRINE goes in search of red wines with top-quality terroir credentials
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Rhone on the Range: SyrahPAUL GREGUTT is on the trail of Washington State's Syrah
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Provence in the redProvence has long built a reputation abroad based on its summer sun rosés.
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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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Cairanne – A Name To Conjure With
The reputation of the Rhône village of Cairanne seemed almost too good to be true. Decanter sent a cynical ANTHONY PEREGRINE to investigate.
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Decanter Magazine: September 2020 -
Prats family join acquisition of Château d’Estoublon in ProvenceChâteau d’Estoublon in Provence has been acquired by French businessman Stéphane Courbit in partnership with Bordeaux's Prats family it has been announced.
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Cos d’Estournel owner Michel Reybier buys Provence wineryMichel Reybier has become the latest high-profile winery owner to buy an estate in Provence
