Although the northern Rhône produces barely one twentieth as much wine as the southern Rhône with its vast production of Côtes du Rhône, its total volume in 2015 was 14% more than the average over the previous three years, whereas that figure was only 6% in the southern Rhône.
The 2015 vintage is clearly highly unusual in the northern Rhône – much riper and in some cases softer than usual...
