An exploration of the southern Rhône beyond Châteauneuf. See the accompanying tasting notes here. And see this guide for our full coverage of Rhône 2017.
With a subject as complex as wine, generalisations are not just inevitable but necessary, and one of the most enduring is that all southern Rhône wine is modelled on Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
It’s an understandable supposition. CNDP is not just the most famous wine of the region, recognisable from its initials alone, but one of the world’s best-recognised wine names. We learn that Châteauneuf was the prototypical appellation in 1923, created in part to protect its reputation...