Rhône Valley

The Rhône is really two valleys. In the north, Syrah alone on granite terraces so steep they are still worked by hand, and Viognier at Condrieu. In the south, the river opens out and Grenache leads blends grown on stones the size of fists. Our cellar leans decidedly north — Côte Rôtie, Cornas, Condrieu, Saint-Joseph, Saint-Péray — with Châteauneuf-du-Pape and the Côtes du Rhône carrying the south.

Browse every Rhône wine →

Where the Rhône sits

North and south, 200 kilometres apart

From Vienne to Valence the vineyards are a narrow ribbon of terraces on the west bank, planted almost entirely to Syrah, Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne. Below Montélimar the valley widens into the garrigue, and the wines become blends built on Grenache. Same river, two different arguments about wine.

See all →SyrahNaturalBiodynamic

Northern Rhône

Syrah on granite, and the white grapes that grow beside it.

7 wines

Côte Rôtie

The northernmost cru, on schist and mica terraces above Ampuis. Syrah, often co-fermented with a little Viognier, giving reds that are perfumed and fine-boned rather than heavy.

See all →
3 wines

Condrieu

Viognier alone, on decomposed granite. Apricot, white flowers and a broad, low-acid texture — a white that rewards being drunk while it is still young and exuberant.

See all →
3 wines

Saint-Joseph

Fifty kilometres of west-bank slope, the most varied of the northern crus. Syrah in a lighter, peppery register, and a little Marsanne and Roussanne in white.

See all →
3 wines

Cornas

A south-facing amphitheatre of granite, and the darkest wine in the northern Rhône. Pure Syrah, tannic and brooding in youth, built for the long haul.

See all →
1 wine

Saint-Péray

The southern limit of the northern Rhône, and its only white-only appellation. Marsanne and Roussanne, made still and sparkling, long overlooked and now sought after.

See all →

Not currently in the cellar:

HermitageAwaiting stockCrozes-HermitageAwaiting stockChâteau-GrilletAwaiting stock

Southern Rhône

Grenache, stones and sunshine.

5 wines

Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Galets roulés holding the day's heat into the night, and up to thirteen permitted varieties. Grenache leads, and the best examples trade power for perfume as they age.

See all →
3 wines

Côtes du Rhône

The regional appellation covering both halves of the valley. In the right hands it is not an entry-level wine but a grower's everyday bottle, made from real sites.

See all →
1 wine

Côtes du Rhône Villages

A step up in ambition: lower yields, tighter rules, and a named commune on the label where the village has earned one.

See all →

Not currently in the cellar:

GigondasAwaiting stockVacqueyrasAwaiting stockRasteauAwaiting stockTavelAwaiting stockLiracAwaiting stock
Some of our Rhône growers bottle their most personal cuvées as Vin de France, outside any appellation — a declassified Syrah, a young-vine white, a wine that broke a rule. They sit in the Rhône collection alongside the rest. To read the valley in one sitting, the Six Reds to Read the Rhône case runs north to south in six bottles. Not sure where to start? Speak to your concierge.