Rhône vintage guides

2005 vintage guide for Red Rhone

2005 vintage guide for Red Rhone. Classic vintage, with even lesser sites producing stylish, harmonious wines. Best wines have superb fruit and great structure. Huge ageing potential.

2004 vintage guide for Red Rhone

Vintage guide for Red Rhone 2004. Well-balanced wines with good purity of fruit in Southern Rhône. For early drinking.

2003 vintage guide for Red Rhone

Vintage guide for Red Rhone 2003. Chunky wines with high but ripe tannins meant for laying down.

2002 vintage guide for Red Rhone

Vintage guide for Red Rhone 2002. Some concentration and power in wines from the north but a poor vintage for Southern Rhône.

2001 vintage guide for Red Rhone

Vintage guide for Red Rhone 2001. Powerful, juicy wines with concentrated, ripe fruit and silky tannins.

2000 vintage guide for Red Rhone

Vintage guide for Red Rhone 2000. Great in the south, less brilliant in the north.

1999 vintage guide for Red Rhone

Vintage guide for Red Rhone 1999. Quality overall is very good, though not as exceptional as 1998.

1998 vintage guide for Red Rhone

Vintage guide for Red Rhone 1998. The best southern Rhône vintage since 1990. Northern Rhônes are full, punchy and well developed.

1997 vintage guide for Red Rhone

1997 vintage guide for Red Rhone 1997. Acidity was low and even Chateauneuf may not have produced wines for long ageing. Wines are soft, oozing pleasure, jam flavours.

1996 vintage guide for Red Rhone

Vintage guide for Red Rhone 1996. Leathery, mineral wines, some lack proper flesh. Good aromas. Difficult ripening the problem. The wines are sound but may not be long-lived.

1995 vintage guide for Red Rhone

Vintage guide for Red Rhone 1995. Outstanding Cote Rotie. Full, tannic northern and southern reds, now starting to soften. Good winter drinking.

1994 vintage guide for Red Rhone

Vintage guide for Red Rhone 1994. Good wines emerged from Hermitage, Cornas, and Saint Joseph. The southern Rhone enjoyed its best vintage since 1990.

1993 vintage guide for Red Rhone

Vintage guide for Red Rhone 1993. The reds were for the most part hard and thin, but the vintage was slightly better in the south.

1992 vintage guide for Red Rhone

1991 vintage guide for Red Rhone

1990 vintage guide for Red Rhone

1989 vintage guide for Red Rhone

1988 vintage guide for Red Rhone

1987 vintage guide for Red Rhone

1986 vintage guide for Red Rhone

1985 vintage guide for Red Rhone