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  • Country ranking ?

    161
  • Producer ranking ?

    5
  • Decanting time

    4h
  • When to drink

    from 2025
  • Food Pairing

    grilled Flank Steak with Parsley Sauce

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The Story

100% Syrah from Côte Brûne hillside known for its limestone clay soils with very rich in iron oxide.

In order to enhance quality the Guigals worked to acquire ownership in vineyards. Purchased in 1965, the just under one-hectare La Mouline plantation, which is located on the slopes of Côte Blonde, set the stage for the Guigals’ present reputation. Introduced the very next year, the La Mouline single-vineyard proved to be a smashing success,...

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Restrained nose with some herbal notes, black cherry, meat and the most exquisite floral scent. It's still under lockdown, with more tannic tension and grip than the other La Las but more fragrance somehow. Peacock power. So much more open-faced than the others, yet structurally more severe

  • 96p

This is a profound wine, offering really striking depth of aromas and flavors with a resonance that really stops you still. Dark stones, ripe dark plums and blackberries, licorice, sarsaparilla, orange peel and cloves with still more spices floating in the midst. The palate has such perfectly captured intensity of ripe dark plums and blackberries that it is seemingly impenetrable for now. Yet, the detail is all here. It builds and fills the palate completely with ripe, espresso-laced blackberries, black cherries and dark plums and delivers such freshness at the finish. This is a triumph and up there with the greatest La Landonne releases. Try from 2027.

  • 100p

Ruby. Dark fruity, blueberries and spices, liquorice, faintly scented, intense, firm and tight at this stage. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, anise, dark fruity, spices, liquorice, detailed, layered, blueberries and spices, intense and long. Such depth. But not in an easy spot right now. 100

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Origin

Côte-Rôtie, Rhône

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