Here at last are a hundred tasting notes on some of the leading 2006s from the northern Rhône. (See also Southern Rhône 2006s continued, Jaboulet’s 2006s, Châteauneuf 2006 reds and Châteauneuf 2006 whites.)
There are many really interesting wines here – not nearly as much volume of bargain wine as in the southern Rhône, but still some great value, especially among the gratifyingly growing number of producers of serious Crozes-Hermitage. As in the south, the quality of winemaking has soared, or perhaps more accurately I should say that wines are now generally made in a less idiosyncratic...