Rhône
The Rhône Valley, located in southeastern France, is renowned for its exceptional fine wines. With its diverse terroir, rich history, and dedication to quality winemaking, the Rhône Valley offers a captivating selection of wines that embody the region's elegance, complexity, and distinctive character.
The Rhône Valley boasts its own iconic vineyards and wineries, including Château de Beaucastel, Domaine Guigal, and Chapoutier, which are celebrated for producing exceptional wines that showcase the region's unique terroir and winemaking expertise.
The Rhône Valley is renowned for its red wines, particularly in the northern part of the region. Syrah reigns as the dominant grape variety, producing intense and structured wines. Appellations such as Côte-Rôtie, Hermitage, and Cornas are known for their robust and age-worthy reds, often displaying notes of black fruits, spice, and earthiness. Famous vineyards such as La Landonne, La Mouline, and Les Bessards are revered for their exceptional expressions of Syrah.
In the southern Rhône Valley, Grenache takes centre stage, contributing to the region's bold and fruit-forward red blends. The renowned appellation of Châteauneuf-du-Pape is famous for its rich and full-bodied red wines, often featuring a blend of Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvèdre. Vineyards like Château de Beaucastel, Clos des Papes, and Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe produce remarkable wines that showcase the region's commitment to excellence.
The Rhône Valley is also celebrated for its white wines, particularly in the northern part of the region. Viognier, Marsanne, and Roussanne are the key grape varieties, producing aromatic and complex whites. Appellations like Condrieu and Hermitage produce exceptional white wines known for their floral aromas, stone fruit flavors, and vibrant acidity.
Rhône
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Rhone | 3 | 93-94 (VN) |
Inc. TAX
€605.74 |
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Vinous (93-94)(aged in new demi-muids for a year) Bright purple. A complex, expansive bouquet evokes ripe black and blue fruits, Indian spices, vanilla and olive paste, while an intense mineral overtone adds urgency and lift. In a sappy, penetrating style, showing real depth but vivacity as well. Sweet blueberry, cherry compote and spicecake flavors reveal a core of juicy acidity and pick up a smoky note on the back half. Lingers with outstanding tenacity on the finish, which features supple tannins and a hint of candied licorice. |
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Rhone | 1 | 93-94 (VN) |
Inc. TAX
€1,129.87 |
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Vinous (93-94)(aged in new demi-muids for a year) Bright purple. A complex, expansive bouquet evokes ripe black and blue fruits, Indian spices, vanilla and olive paste, while an intense mineral overtone adds urgency and lift. In a sappy, penetrating style, showing real depth but vivacity as well. Sweet blueberry, cherry compote and spicecake flavors reveal a core of juicy acidity and pick up a smoky note on the back half. Lingers with outstanding tenacity on the finish, which features supple tannins and a hint of candied licorice. |
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Rhone | 5 | 96 (DC) |
Inc. TAX
€518.14 |
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Decanter (96)Glass-staining purple colour. Incredibly powerful with searching perfume, leaf tea and glove leather behind the intense black fruits. Very fine and deep, perhaps just a touch too high in alcohol, a little overextracted. Phenomenal concentration and length however. A growling, brooding power, this could only be Hermitage. From vines of nearly 50 years of age grown organically on lieux-dits Beaumes and Péléat, matured in demi-muids with malolactic fermentation in barrel. |
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Rhone | 1 | 94 (VN) |
Inc. TAX
€179.03 |
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Vinous (94)Translucent yellow. A powerful, highly perfumed bouquet evokes fresh orchard, pit fruits, succulent herbs and pungent flowers, along with a building mineral element. Stains the palate with juicy pear, nectarine and Meyer lemon flavors that are sharpened by a gingery flourish. Shows excellent clarity on a very long, penetrating finish that echoes the floral and mineral notes. |
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Rhone | 1 | 92 (VN) |
Inc. TAX
€2,584.54 |
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Vinous (92)Bright purple. Deep-pitched black and blue fruit and exotic spice qualities, along with suggestions of candied flowers, smoky minerals and olive paste. Stains the palate with sweet boysenberry, cherry and spicecake flavors that deepen steadily on the back half. Shows surprisingly lithe character given its power, and finishes extremely long and sweet; rounded tannins add gentle grip. |
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Rhone | 1 | 95 (VN) |
Inc. TAX
€1,262.26 |
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Vinous (95)Brilliant purple. An exotically perfumed bouquet evokes black and blue fruit preserves, spicecake, potpourri and incense. Densely packed and impressively energetic on the palate, offering intense blueberry, cassis, cherry liqueur and floral pastille flavors that open up steadily on the back half. The floral and spice notes carry emphatically through the impressively long, youthfully tannic finish, which leaves a smoky mineral flourish behind. |
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Rhone | 1 | 97 (VN) |
Inc. TAX
€349.00 |
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Vinous (97)Dark violet. Deeply pitched cherry liqueur, blackberry, licorice, olive and incense aromas are complemented by discreet vanilla and woodsmoke flourishes. Showing superb clarity to its lush black and blue fruit, candied violet, fruitcake and savory herb flavors; a peppery nuance lends a spicy lift and bite. Chewy and energetic on the strikingly long finish, which features well-judged tannins and resonating cherry, floral and spice notes. |
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Rhone | 3 | 93-94 (VN) |
In Bond
€481.00 |
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Vinous (93-94)(aged in new demi-muids for a year) Bright purple. A complex, expansive bouquet evokes ripe black and blue fruits, Indian spices, vanilla and olive paste, while an intense mineral overtone adds urgency and lift. In a sappy, penetrating style, showing real depth but vivacity as well. Sweet blueberry, cherry compote and spicecake flavors reveal a core of juicy acidity and pick up a smoky note on the back half. Lingers with outstanding tenacity on the finish, which features supple tannins and a hint of candied licorice. |
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Rhone | 1 | 93-94 (VN) |
In Bond
€894.00 |
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Vinous (93-94)(aged in new demi-muids for a year) Bright purple. A complex, expansive bouquet evokes ripe black and blue fruits, Indian spices, vanilla and olive paste, while an intense mineral overtone adds urgency and lift. In a sappy, penetrating style, showing real depth but vivacity as well. Sweet blueberry, cherry compote and spicecake flavors reveal a core of juicy acidity and pick up a smoky note on the back half. Lingers with outstanding tenacity on the finish, which features supple tannins and a hint of candied licorice. |
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Rhone | 5 | 96 (DC) |
In Bond
€408.00 |
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Decanter (96)Glass-staining purple colour. Incredibly powerful with searching perfume, leaf tea and glove leather behind the intense black fruits. Very fine and deep, perhaps just a touch too high in alcohol, a little overextracted. Phenomenal concentration and length however. A growling, brooding power, this could only be Hermitage. From vines of nearly 50 years of age grown organically on lieux-dits Beaumes and Péléat, matured in demi-muids with malolactic fermentation in barrel. |
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Rhone | 1 | 94 (VN) |
In Bond
€127.00 |
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Vinous (94)Translucent yellow. A powerful, highly perfumed bouquet evokes fresh orchard, pit fruits, succulent herbs and pungent flowers, along with a building mineral element. Stains the palate with juicy pear, nectarine and Meyer lemon flavors that are sharpened by a gingery flourish. Shows excellent clarity on a very long, penetrating finish that echoes the floral and mineral notes. |
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Rhone | 1 | 92 (VN) |
In Bond
€2,130.00 |
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Vinous (92)Bright purple. Deep-pitched black and blue fruit and exotic spice qualities, along with suggestions of candied flowers, smoky minerals and olive paste. Stains the palate with sweet boysenberry, cherry and spicecake flavors that deepen steadily on the back half. Shows surprisingly lithe character given its power, and finishes extremely long and sweet; rounded tannins add gentle grip. |
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Rhone | 1 | 95 (VN) |
In Bond
€1,040.00 |
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Vinous (95)Brilliant purple. An exotically perfumed bouquet evokes black and blue fruit preserves, spicecake, potpourri and incense. Densely packed and impressively energetic on the palate, offering intense blueberry, cassis, cherry liqueur and floral pastille flavors that open up steadily on the back half. The floral and spice notes carry emphatically through the impressively long, youthfully tannic finish, which leaves a smoky mineral flourish behind. |
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Rhone | 1 | 97 (VN) |
In Bond
€287.00 |
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Vinous (97)Dark violet. Deeply pitched cherry liqueur, blackberry, licorice, olive and incense aromas are complemented by discreet vanilla and woodsmoke flourishes. Showing superb clarity to its lush black and blue fruit, candied violet, fruitcake and savory herb flavors; a peppery nuance lends a spicy lift and bite. Chewy and energetic on the strikingly long finish, which features well-judged tannins and resonating cherry, floral and spice notes. |
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