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    1 515
  • Producer ranking ?

    119
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    now to 2035
  • Food Pairing

    Beef Wellington served with a rich mushroom sauce

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Each year, Wine Spectator editors survey the wines reviewed over the previous 12 months and select our Top 100, based on quality, value, availability and excitement. This annual list honors successful wineries, regions and vintages around the world.

Guigal's Châteauneuf-du-Pape 1999 was the Wine of the Year in 2004

Distinctive Châteauneuf, with plenty of wild mushrooms, wet earth, game and leather. This is not a fruit bomb; it has chewy ...

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Wine Information

The year is 1927 and 18-year-old Etienne Guigal lifts the iron knocker on the door of the Rhône’s most well-known winemaker, Vidal-Fluery. Being a cellar assistant in Joseph Vidal-Fleury’s prestigious company would be the perfect launchpad for the future.

Exactly 80 years later the door is opened by a slender young man with dark hair. This is Etienne Guigal’s grandson, Philippe. Now 32, he owns the Vidal-Fleury estate, where his grandfather...

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Tasting note

color

Medium, Ruby red and Bright

ending

Medium, Smooth and Gentle

flavors

Blackberry, Blueberry, Raspberry, Cherry, Plum and Floral

nose

Youthful, Generous and Round

taste

Average in Acidity, Medium tannin, Balanced, Developing, Medium-bodied, Round, Harmonious, Fruity and Silky tannins

Verdict

Full-bodied

Written Notes

This southern Rhone gem was “Wine of the Year” for the Wine Spectator upon release in 2002. Composed of Grenache, Mourvedre, Syrah and some supporting cast regional grapes, the wine has been complex and flavorful from the start. The years of cellar age rounded the flavors and texture into a rich, well knit beauty. Cherries and herbs in the nose. Silky and supple texture with good acidity providing nice balance and length. Ripe cherry flavors in the core with sweet herbs, earth and leather elements creating a wonderfully complex profile. Patience was well rewarded here.

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Origin

Côte-Rôtie, Rhône

Vintage Quality

Outstanding

Value For Money

Best buy

Investment potential

No Potential

Fake factory

None

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