Northern Rhône 2016 and 2017 Reds: From a Whisper to a Scream
BY JOSH RAYNOLDS |
The two most current northern Rhône vintages, 2017 and 2016, provide a fascinating study in vintage personalities, with 2017s bringing the thunder and the 2016s offering elegance and even understatement. Fans of large-scale Syrah are going to love the younger vintage, while those who seek balance and freshness will have a field day with the 2016s.
Looking down on the Rhône from the slope of Condrieu
2016: Balance, Elegance and Precision
The two most recent vintages of bottled reds from the northern Rhône present two quite different faces of Syrah: 2017 full of dark fruit character, power and even opulence, and 2016 with bright, well-defined fruit qualities, distinct freshness and harmonious tannins.
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Producers in this Article
- Alain Verset
- Anne-Sophie Pic & Michel Chapoutier
- Aurélien Chatagnier
- Barruol Lynch
- Benoit Roseau
- Bernard Blachon
- Cave de Tain
- Cédric Parpette
- Christiane Chambeyron-Manin
- Christophe Curtat
- Christophe Pichon
- Dard & Ribo
- Delas Frères
- Didier Gérin
- Domaine A. Clape
- Domaine Alain Graillot
- Domaine Alain Voge
- Domaine André François
- Domaine Barou
- Domaine Belle
- Domaine Bernard Burgaud
- Domaine Bernard Faurie
- Domaine Bernard Gripa
- Domaine Betton
- Domaine Blachon
- Domaine Chambeyron
- Domaine Champet
- Domaine Christophe Semaska
- Domaine Clusel-Roch
- Domaine Combier
- Domaine Courbis
- Domaine Coursodon
- Domaine de Bonserine
- Domaine Degache Frères
- Domaine de Rosiers
- Domaine des Entrefaux
- Domaine des Martinelles
- Domaine des Pierres Sèches
- Domaine des Remizières
- Domaine Duclaux
- Domaine du Colombier
- Domaine du Monteillet/Stéphane Montez
- Domaine Durand
- Domaine du Tunnel/Stéphane Robert
- Domaine François Bracoud
- Domaine François Villard
- Domaine Gallet
- Domaine Garon
- Domaine Georges Vernay
- Domaine Gilles Barge
- Domaine Gilles Robin
- Domaine Jean-Claude Marsanne
- Domaine Jean-Michel Gerin
- Domaine Jean-Paul, Corinne & Loïc Jamet
- Domaine J.L. Chave
- Domaine Jolivet
- Domaine Les 4 Vents
- Domaine Les Alexandrins
- Domaine Les Bruyères/David Reynaud
- Domaine Lionnet
- Domaine Lombard
- Domaine Mathilde et Yves Gangloff
- Domaine Michelas St. Jemms
- Domaine Monier Perréol
- Domaine Mouton
- Domaine Mucyn
- Domaine Patrick Jasmin
- Domaine Pichat
- Domaine Pierre Finon
- Domaine Pierre Gonon
- Domaine Vincent Paris
- Dumien Serrette
- E. Guigal
- Emmanuel Darnaud
- Equis
- Éric Texier
- Etienne Pochon
- Famille Levet
- Fayolle Fils & Fille
- Ferraton Père & Fils
- Franck Balthazar
- François Dumas
- Gérard Courbis
- Graeme & Julie Bott
- Guillaume Clusel
- Guillaume Gilles
- Guy Farge
- Hervé Souhaut
- Jacques Leménicier
- Jean-Claude & Nicolas Fayolle
- Jean Esprit
- Jean-François Jacouton
- Jean-Luc Colombo
- Jean-Luc Jamet
- Jean-Michel Stéphan
- Jeanne Gaillard
- J.L. Chave Sélection
- J.M.B. Sorrel
- Jocelyn & Yves Lafoy
- Johann Michel
- Julien Barge
- Julien Cécillon
- Julien Pilon
- La Compagnie de l'Hermitage
- Lionel Faury
- Louis Chèze
- Louis Sozet
- Ludovic Courbis
- Maison Chapoutier
- Maison Les Alexandrins
- Maryline et Christophe Billon
- Michele Luyton
- Mickaël Bourg
- M & S Ogier d'Ampuis
- M. Sorrel
- Nicolas Badel
- Olivier & Lafont
- Patrick et Christophe Bonnefond
- Paul Jaboulet Aîné
- Pierre Gaillard
- Pierre-Jean Villa
- Pierre le Grand
- Rémi Niero
- Rémy Nodin
- René Rostaing
- Saint-Cosme
- Stéphan Chaboud
- Sylvain Badel
- Thierry Allemand
- Thomas Finot
- Vidal-Fleury
- Vignoble de Boisseyt
- Vincent Cluzel
- Xavier Gérard
- Yann Chave
- Yannick Alléno & Michel Chapoutier
- Yves Cuilleron
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