Delas Frères wins Decanter World Wine Awards 2026
We’re delighted to share the great news from Delas Frères. The estate has received a remarkable result at the Decanter World Wine Awards 2026.
From over 14,000 wines entered, Delas Frères was awarded two Best in Show and two Platinum awards. These results reinforce the precision, depth and consistency of a house that continues to set the benchmark in the Northern Rhône.
Best in Show
Cote Rotie Seigneur de Maugiron 2023 – 97pt
“Eleven (historical) Best In Show appearances for the Rhône Valley but never a Côte Rôtie… until this year. It’s a wine from the 2023 vintage – a very good one in Côte Rôtie…”
Highlight tasting notes from Decanter:
Dark in colour, with splendidly smoky, tapenade-like aromas (some found undergrowth and stone) rather than pronounced floral lift, while the palate is poised, lively and vivacious but underscored by ample backbone and tension too. Look out for the salty finish behind the fruits and the attractively forthright tannins. It’s both classic and generous and would make a good prospect for ageing – though there’s nothing overly forbidding for those who would like to start sooner.
Hermitage Les Bessards 2023 – 97pts
“No one was in any doubt, from the moment it was tasted, that it was anything other than outstanding; it expresses the essence of what drinkers love about Northern Rhône Syrah from this magnificent and rangy hillside site…”
Highlight tasting notes from Decanter:
It’s an opaque black-red at present and profoundly aromatic, with a charge of lifted smoky-fresh Syrah currants as well as beguiling peony floral freshness, a black-olive tang and some exotic incense spice from fine quality oak (perfectly judged and unobtrusive). On the palate, the wine is quick on its feet and nimbly energetic; the fruits are almost explosive, dripping with curranty freshness as well as alive and alluring with notes of ham stock, smoked bacon and the treasures of the kitchen hearth…Grand wine indeed.
Platinum
Côte Rotie La Landonne 2023 – 97pts
“The epitome of classic Côte-Rôtie; elaborate violet florals, dark pools of blackberries and blue plums amid nuances of incense and tapenade. Alluring tannins support and polish the serious structure with plentiful tension and acidity to assist.”
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Crozes Hermitage Domaine des Grands Chemins 2023 – 97pts
“Florid and vivid, manifesting a medley of rich autumnal black fruit, bonfire embers and heady peppery spice. Sculpted tannins and focused acidity frame the beautifully crafted flavour profile and sweet blueberry compote rounds things off.”
Gold
Hermitage Domaine des Tourettes 2023 – 96pts
“Deeply resonant fruit; cherry and plum, conjoins with all manner of savoury delights; smoked ham and black olive, and fervently inhabits the shapely structure and tannins.”
Saint-Joseph Francois de Tournon 2023 – 96pts
“Radiating presence and class; tangy black cherry, blueberry, briar and violet aromas fold into the lingering complexity inured with oaky tannins and smoky smooth acidity.”
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