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Gigondas: one of the Rhône’s most famous crus, celebrated for its reds but now making whites too

June 15, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 4522 Views

Website: https://www.gigondas-vin.com/en/home/ Gigondas is one of the most prestigious of the Rhône crus (the average bottle price in France for

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Gigondas goes white: tasting the first of the new Gigondas Blanc wines

June 15, 2024March 28, 2025 jamiegoode 7426 Views

There’s a lot of excitement in Gigondas about white wines. From 2023, Gigondas can be white as well as red!

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Rhone discovery (6) a big tasting of Ventoux wines

April 14, 2024June 18, 2024 jamiegoode 12687 Views Ventoux

The Ventoux appellation in the southern Rhône is seriously underrated. I spent a few days there and came away enthused

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Rhône discovery (5) Xavier Vignon, Ventoux

April 13, 2024June 18, 2024 jamiegoode 4216 Views

Xavier Vignon arrived in the southern Rhône in 1996 as a winemaker and consultant and fell in love with the

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Chapoutier’s Sélection Parcellaire releases, 2023

April 11, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 4462 Views

Chapoutier Sélections Parcellaires En Primeur 2023 When it comes to Rhône wines, no names are bigger than M Chapoutier. But

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Rhône discovery (4) Château Pesquié, one of the leading lights in Ventoux

April 7, 2024June 18, 2024 jamiegoode 3783 Views Ventoux

Website: https://chateaupesquie.com/en/welcome/ The Chaudière family farm 100 hectares of vines in Ventoux. They are based in the village of Mormoiron

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Rhône discovery (3) Domaine Souleyrol, Ventoux

April 5, 2024June 18, 2024 jamiegoode 3160 Views Ventoux

Website: https://domaine-souleyrol.com/ Souleyrol is a beautiful property in Ventoux. It’s a mixed farm with cherries, olives, apricots, table grapes and

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Rhone discovery (2) Domaine Aymard, Ventoux

April 2, 2024June 18, 2024 jamiegoode 4381 Views Ventoux

Website: http://domaineaymard.fr/ When it began bottling its own wine in 1979, Domaine Aymard was one of the first private cellars

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Rhône discovery (1) Les Chancel, Ventoux

March 23, 2024June 18, 2024 jamiegoode 4993 Views Ventoux

Website: https://www.leschancel.com/ Pierre Chancel was working for Sanofi, a drug company, in his previous life. At one point he was

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Domaine des Escaravailles, a southern Rhône star

March 14, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 7230 Views Cairanne, Grenache, Rasteau

Website: https://www.domaine-escaravailles.com/en/ Escaravilles means bettle in Occitan, hence the scarb beetle on the label. I tasted these wines with Madeline

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Wine anorak is one of the leading wine websites. This is the latest version of the site that began life in 1999, and was founded by Jamie Goode, who at the time was working as a science editor.

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