Rhône 2020: best-value wines
Matt Walls rounds up the value Rhône picks from his 2020 report...
Northern Rhône
The northern Rhône is home to the likes of Hermitage, Côte-Rôtie, Cornas and Condrieu.
Hermitage famously allows producers to blend up to 20% Viognier with Syrah, producing some of the world’s most sought-after wines.
Condrieu is a temple to Viognier grown on steep hillsides, where the warmth of the summer is countered by the cooling mistral winds to produce rich, ripe white wines.
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Walls: Brézème and Seyssuel - sleeping beauties of the Northern Rhône
Discover the small, previously dominant areas of Brézème and Seyssuel...
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Walls: Tasting five vintages of Domaine Gonon St-Joseph
The rise of St-Joseph's Domaine Gonon...
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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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St-Joseph 2020: report and top-scoring wines
Matt Walls discovers great value and early-drinking capacity for the 2020s...
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Crozes-Hermitage 2020: report and top-scoring wines
Roussanne stands out in 2020...
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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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Cornas & St-Péray 2020: report and top-scoring wines
2020 marks a return to a more focused, classic style...
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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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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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Rhône 2020 En Primeur: full vintage report and top-scoring wines
Expert verdict plus the top-scoring bottles...
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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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Rhône Valley Wine Tour with Matt Walls
Sign up to Decanter’s Rhône Valley Wine Tour with Matt Walls.
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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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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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Coming Soon: Decanter Wine Experiences
Exclusive wine travel trips with Decanter
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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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Best French wines: 100 point scores
Top-scoring wines from Champagne to the Rhône...
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Aged Condrieu – how it develops plus 40 wines tasted
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Walls: Top-quality and great-value Côte-Rôtie alternatives
