2010 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie Château d'Ampuis
FRANCE / RHÔNE / CÔTE-RÔTIE
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Wine Advocate | Rating: 99
More closed than when I tasted it earlier this year, the 2010 Cote Rotie Chateau d'Ampuis is an incredible effort that's made from 93% Syrah and 7% Viognier. Coming from the estate's top sites and aged 38 months in new oak, it has no problem standing beside the top three single-vineyard releases. Creme de cassis, vanilla bean, smoked meats and licorice all flow to a full-bodied, beautifully concentrated, structured Cote Rotie that needs another 5-6 years of bottle age, but will keep for 2-3 decades.Author: Jeb DunnuckInternational Wine Cellar | Rating: 94
Opaque purple. Higher-pitched and more red-fruity than the hefty 2009, displaying scents of black raspberry, fresh flowers, Asian spices and smoky minerals. Juicy, sharply focused red and dark berry flavors become deeper and sweeter with air, picking up a suave spicecake quality. Closes silky, incisive and extremely long, with fine-grained tannins adding gentle grip.Author: Josh RaynoldsIssue: March/April 2014Wine Spectator | Rating: 97
Rock-solid, offering dark currant and blackberry paste flavors that race along, thanks to well-embedded graphite and charcoal notes. The finish lets warm fruitcake, plum skin and singed juniper details fill in, with plenty of grip. Mouthwatering acidity and a long echo of sweet tapenade keep this racy and defined.Author: James Molesworth
Self | Rating: 95
Author: JohnnymdSelf | Rating: 97
complexity than morphs as you drink, some barnyard and meaty notes that sing with glycerin. dark purple in color and velvet finish. delicious.Author: cloudon
Marcel Guigal - the so-called "pivot" of the Cote-Rotie appellation - is both an owner and negociant, and vinifies over 40% of all Cote-Rotie. His father, Etienne, started out quite modestly in 1946, and over the next decades the company has grown to encompass all that is best in the Rhone Valley. Not only known for the massive hits in Hermitage and Cote-Rotie, the Guigal name is synonymous with quality all along the scale, from the humble Cotes-du-Rhone to the Big Three - La Landonne, La Mouline and La Turque.
See other similar producers:Chapoutier,Domaine Charvin
See other similar producers:Chapoutier,Domaine Charvin
Collector Data For This Wine
- 1188 bottles owned
- 127 collectors
- Average collector rating: 96
(Out of 127 collectors)