Chateau Mont-Redon
Chateau Mont Redon Chateauneuf du Pape 2022
Largest CdP estate, 100-hectare contiguous vineyard. Traditional CdP — Grenache-led blend.
$131.00
Châteauneuf · Gigondas · Crozes
Rhône, by the wind.
The Mistral runs the valley north to south, 200 km from the steep granite slopes of Côte-Rôtie to the wide pebble fields of Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Syrah at the top, Grenache at the bottom, 13 grapes allowed in the south.
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Two sub-regions
Northern, or Southern.
Sub-region
Northern Rhône
Côte-Rôtie, Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage. 100% Syrah for reds, Viognier-Marsanne-Roussanne for whites, steep granite slopes, cooler. Gilles Robin in Mercurol.
Sub-region
Southern Rhône
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas, Vacqueyras. Grenache-led blends with up to 13 permitted grapes. Mont Redon, Saint Damien, Clos des Papes, La Barroche, Le Clos du Caillou, Charvin.
The domaines
Producer shortlist.
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France · Châteauneuf-du-Pape · since 1923
Mont Redon
One hundred contiguous hectares centred on the Plateau de Mont-Redon — Chateau Mont-Redon is Chateauneuf-du-Pape's largest estate. Henri Plantin acquired it in 1923, before the Chateauneuf-du-Pape AOC was created in 1936; the oldest vines on the estate, planted by Plantin, are nearly a century old. The fourth-generation Plantin descendants — Pierre Fabre and Yann Abeille of the Abeille-Fabre family — now run it.
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France · Rhône · since 1821
Saint Damien
Forty-five hectares in Gigondas, run by Joel and Romain Saurel — the fourth and fifth generations of the Saurel family on the property. Domaine Saint Damien took its current name in 1979, after a chapel that once stood near the cellar.
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France · Rhône · since 1896
Clos des Papes
Paul Avril helped draft the Chateauneuf-du-Pape AOC regulations enacted in 1936 — France's first AOC. Clos des Papes was founded in 1896 by Paul Avril; the Avril family has been settled in the village since 1600, and Paul-Vincent Avril runs the estate today.
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France · Rhône · since 2002
La Barroche
Sixteen hectares of low-yield old-vine Grenache. Julien Barrot took over the family vineyards in 2002 and began estate-bottling that year under Domaine La Barroche.
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France · Rhône
Clos du Caillou
Sylvie Vacheron and her son Jean-Denis Vacheron run Le Clos du Caillou at Courthezon, farming organically across vineyard holdings inside the Chateauneuf appellation and a larger Cotes-du-Rhone programme.
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France · Rhône
Charvin
Old-vine, sandy-soil Grenache is the focus at Domaine Charvin in Orange, run by sixth-generation Laurent Charvin. The estate works around 8 hectares in Chateauneuf and 18 hectares in Cotes-du-Rhone.
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France · Rhône · since 1996
Gilles Robin
Eighteen hectares of Syrah on the Crozes-Hermitage flat clay-limestone terraces. Gilles Robin separated his parcels from the family co-op in 1996 to set up Domaine Gilles Robin in Mercurol.
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Saint Damien
Gigondas VV 2023
45ha estate, old-vine Grenache power. Gigondas at 50% of Châteauneuf prices.
$70.00
Clos des Papes
Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Paul Avril family, 1896-founded. Vineyard-wide assemblage from 32 ha across CdP.
$185View
Domaine La Barroche
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Pure
Julien Barrot. 100% Grenache from sandy parcels. Pure, lifted, structured.
$245View
Le Clos Du Caillou
Clos du Caillou Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Réserve 2021
Courthézon estate. Old-vine selection cuvée. Power + restraint.
$382.00
Domaine Gilles Robin
Crozes-Hermitage Cuvée Albéric
Mercurol Northern Rhône estate. Crozes-Hermitage Syrah at its modern best.
$89View
Vintage chart · Rhône
Rhône vintages, at a glance.
Rhône reds split between Northern Syrah (steep granite slopes — Côte-Rôtie, Hermitage, Crozes) and Southern Grenache-led blends (Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas, Vacqueyras). The two sub-regions often diverge significantly within the same calendar year.
Year
Conditions
Drinking noteNorthSouth
2023
Cool wet spring, hot dry July, balanced harvest.
Drink Crozes and CdR Villages now; cellar Hermitage and Châteauneuf 10+ yrs.
2022
Hot dry summer, irregular yields in the south. Fresher than 2020.
Northern Syrahs excellent; Southern blends solid mid-tier.
2021
Cool wet vintage, low yields. Selection matters.
Drink earlier reds now; cellar top wines 10–15 yrs.
2020
Hot dry concentration vintage. Powerful, structured.
Long ageing curve — drink lighter Crozes now; Hermitage and CdP 2030+.
2019
Hot summer, alcoholic ripe, structured.
Drinking now for entry tier; cellar top wines 8–12 yrs.
2018
Hot ripe vintage, generous crop. Some heat-affected southern fruit.
Drink CdR Villages now; cellar selectively for Hermitage and CdP.
2017
Classical excellent vintage, slow ripening.
Northern Syrahs at peak window opening; Southern Grenache singing now.
2016
Cool but ripe, structured, modern classic.
Drink everything from village to cru — peak window for most.
2015
Hot ripe vintage, concentrated.
Long ageing — cellar Hermitage to 2035, Châteauneuf to 2030.
2010
Outstanding generation vintage. Concentrated structured.
Cellar darlings — peak now to 2030.
Caravan tastes the vintage before we write the note. Indicators reflect the Rhône vintages generally; individual climats, villages, and vineyards diverge.
How to shop Rhône
Three moves.
Domaine-bottled, named-village
No négociant Côtes du Rhône blended in volume. Even our entry bottles carry the parcel on the label.
Southern Rhône is the case-buy
Châteauneuf is famous but expensive; Gigondas and Vacqueyras give 80% of the experience at 50% of the price. Saint Damien's Gigondas Vieilles Vignes is the move.
Northern Syrah is the cellar play
Crozes-Hermitage from Gilles Robin holds ten years and overdelivers against the Côte-Rôtie tier. Buy young, drink old.