Rhône 2016 – southern whites

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See this guide to our extensive coverage of Rhône 2016. For a more detailed review of the southern Rhône in 2016, see this overview article.

The excellence of 2016 in the Rhône is not just limited to reds. The raw material for whites was evidently of top quality too, judging from the wines I tasted, which garnered impressive scores. Unlike with the reds, Châteauneuf is a length ahead of the pack for whites – although it was also by far the largest sample set, so perhaps this is an unfair conclusion. But there's little doubt that the best of...