Surely some white Rhônes age?
11 Apr 2006 by JR
John Goodwin, London: Very interested in your Saturday roundup but hope you could clarify the point about white Rhône not ageing well. I've just got the Lay & Wheeler 2004 offer with some very expensive white Hermitage from M Sorrel and Chapoutier. Would these be special or should one try to find Chave? Guigal? And does one buy 2004 or wait for 2005? Yrs anxiously........... me: Quite right to point out this exception, white Hermitage from a tip-top producer and vintage – to my blithely stated rule about white Rhône not ageing particularly well. In my...

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