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  • Country ranking ?

    1 075
  • Producer ranking ?

    90
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Game

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The Story

La Turque is Guigal’s latest addition to the single-vineyard Côte-Rôties. This vineyard produced outstanding wines in the first half of the 20th century, but then was not used for wine production for nearly 50 years.  The Guigals acquired the vineyard and re-planted it in 1980 and 1981 based on Etienne Guigal’s memory of the quality of the wines it once produced, and the first vintage appeared in 1985.  

La Turque is around 2.5 acres in siz...

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Dark ruby colour. Pronounced, intense ripe jammed bramble nose with leathery, coconut, spicy peppery nose with smoked bacon.  Full-bodied, firm, vivid acidity, ripe elegant but firm tannins, chewy texture with well-balanced high alcohol and jammed dark fruits. High concentration ensures this aristocratic wine a long life over two to three decades.

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Origin

Côte-Rôtie, Rhône

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