2012 Cote Rotie La Landonne
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Tasting notes
The utterly perfect 2012 Cote Rotie La Landonne is the star of three single vineyards in 2012. Possessing an off-the-charts sexiness in its layered, concentrated and full-bodied style, it has a wealth of fruit, ripe tannin, a stacked mid-palate and pedal-to-the-metal notes of black fruits, scorched earth, caramelized meats and crushed rocks. While this cuvee normally needs a decade to become drinkable, there’s a sweetness of fruit here that allows it to offer incredible pleasure even today. Nevertheless, give bottles 5-6 years and enjoy over the following three decades. Dec 2016, www.robertparker.com
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Jeb Dunnuck
About the producer
Maison Guigal is one of the Northern Rhône’s top wine producers, best-known for their three single-vineyard Côte-Rôties, nicknamed the “La Las”.