Siggy's Annual BBQ (Chez Siggy & Jenny's Place, Mpls, MN): Dark red color. Splash double decanted for 1 hour. Drank a glass over 30 minutes. This is one of those wines that gets overlooked because of vintage generalizations. Well make no mistake, this is still La La at its finest. Sometimes not having the expectations or need for aging can serve you well. That's not say we're at a lesser level by any means either. This is always the kind of wine I want to drink; aged, maturing, showing finesse and character; such pretty red fruits with nuances of black and blue fruit, cured meats, earth and leather, a touch of damp funkiness, leather, minerals and tar. Just gorgeous. 94+ to 95pts.
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My thought about this wine is, this is Cote Rotie for Burgundy lovers like myself! Weightlessly elegant & suave w/ pristine dark fruit, cured meat, spice and a good sense of minerality. A lacier version of syrah infused w/ femineity & come hither. Enjoyed this very much and one of my WOTN. Thanks Kevin!
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Le vin est très flatteur avec un enrobage un peu marqué mais cela ne me gêne pas outre mesure. Belle réussite dans un millésime difficile. Dans une bonne fenêtre de dégustation.
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2002 La La Horizontal Tasting. It is truly impressive what Guigal was able to achieve with this difficult vintage in Cote-Rotie. This ranked 3 of 3 of the three La Las. It was still excellent, but because it was somewhere in between the Landonne and the Mouline, it neither had the power and structure of the Landonne, nor balance and finesse of the Mouline. If this wine tastes this good from 2002 vintage, I can only imagine what it tastes like from a good vintage. Pop & Poured with no decant. However, consumed these over a 3 hour period. A great expression of Northern Rhone Syrah & Viognier.
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Dinner with Friends (Brasserie Margeuax): 2002, you say? No chance one would peg this as an off vintage Cote Rotie given the concentration and richness of fruit. Still shows a fair bit of new oak initially, but with air the rich black fruit, smoked meat and pepper integrates with toasty/mocha notes. Young, and yes, there is upside from here. Drink now for a youthful pleasure, or hold for something more complex, but you can't go wrong.
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Definitely young and in needs of lots of cellar time. After recently drinking a bottle of a more superior 2001 La Turque, this was a bit of a disappointment. Oak is quite apparent, which perhaps isn't surprising. This wine lacked much of the spiciness and excitement of other La Turque vintages.
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Tasted over two days, alongside the other two same vintage La Las; initially blind. This made the biggest initial impression of the flight, until the La Landonne began to bare its teeth. Showing more smokiness and less weight than the La Mouline, my guess.
This evolved the second most of the three wines on the second day, the smoke, and a unique sappiness were especially appealing. Unique terroir and the blend make this quite fascinating. Drink by 2022-2024. 93-94.
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40th bday celebration; 2/17/2017-2/18/2017 (Harrison, ID): Had next to all 3 of the Lala's. Smoke, juicy dark berries, pepper, florals, lavender and garrigue much like the others with great finishing acids. A funkier of the 3 in a good way but the La Mouline showed the best of the three. Held similar over 4 days and Would be interested in seeing where this lesser vintage goes in 5-10more year.
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Shafer Hillside (12 & 91), Guigal La Turque, Bedrock, Fonseca ++ (Our Home): Not the best vintage of this wine, but 15 years from vintage and it is drinking quite well. Certainly not under ripe just not the usual power of this wine. For the Guigal haters out there, this might be a nice middle ground except it is still not cheap. Purple in color. The nose is nice with black raspberries, a strong floral notes (violets and white flowers both), spice and slight roasted meats. On the palate, this has a nice enough depth with layered complexity. Good acidity. Plenty of fruit, black raspberries. Nice finish. A very pretty wine. Coming after the 2012 Shaffer Hillside, my wife compared it to a Beaujolais. Ouch. I got what she meant, nevertheless, the bottle was drained quickly by the rest of us.
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Drank with the 02 Mouline. Paired with roast English lamb loin. Poured straight from bottle to glass after about 45 minutes' breathing. Immediately appealing, fat with lots of blackfruits, less flowery than the Mouline but more solid. Slightly more tannin but smooth ones nonetheless. Ready and eager to please. I scored this the same as Mouline but I like it better as a personal opinion.
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Dark crimson. Expressive nose of torrefaction, spices, meat, dark fruit. Dense and masculine on the palate with very good volume and aromatic length. Well structured, soft tannins. This is really nice for an off vintage. Near peak, drink.
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Senn-d off: The oak-monster strikes! I should have figured that the oak treatment wouldn't be eased off in such a weak vintage. The nose is pretty enough, with some light cherry notes, although there's a sweetness to it that you kind of know is just from the oak. There's a slight tinge of vanilla there that foreshadows the bad things to come. The palate's got good lift thanks to some pretty nice acidity. It's be a nice, elegant, and light syrah if the oak weren't there. But it's there. Nagging you with that awful vanilla sweetness that just won't go away.
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Notes consistent across two bottles. Dark fruit, light tar, dusty earth, hints of geranium and for the first time in recent bottles a faint attractive funk. Consistent with those bottles though is a finish that dries up after time. These bottles were decanted longer (1.5 hours) and appeared to benefit from it. 92-
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A dry overall impression. Nose of woodsmoke, plum, blackberry and dry soil. Soy sauce and beef jerky after 45 minute decant. The palate does not live up to the nose in this vintage. Drink now
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A typical although somewhat subdued La Turque nose. The palate has dry dark earth, faint dark fruit, and light tar at first but fades after an hour and becomes somewhat bitter on the backpalate. A challenging vintage that this bottle could not rise above. Drink now, drink within an hour, and with food.
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great nose of fruit (cherry) with slight gaminess which I love. the white pepper was both on the nose and on the palette. A little thinner than I was expecting but a great wine nonetheless.
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Opened next to a 1994 Penfolds Grange, this cote rotie came across as slightly subdued and backward initially, though it opened up gradually to reveal a dark, lush smoky wine that was deliciously mature and approachable. Slightly lower on the complexity scale than the Grange, and noticeably lacking a creamy veneer, it is nonetheless a very enjoyable example of N Rhone Syrah.
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The fruit on this is simple stunning. It may not be the finest example of La Turque but the quality of the wine is evident. Beautiful soft fruit and such fine tannins. This wine had no hard edges and is quite balanced. Thanks JL.
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Rummaging around the vintec for something to drink on a Fri night, I found this and the good wife said "why not?" so out popped the cork and splish went the wine. Beautiful dark purple, very dark nose of black cherries, meats, mingling of spices, tobacco tar, quite a lot going on here. On the palate this was somewhat heavier bodied than I expected, quite complex though also quite dark and brooding. The mid-palate and finish are not quite as silky and densely packed as one might find in the top vintages, but overall the wine is very enjoyable and we're not exactly asked to pay the full Guigal fare here. Not the kind of wine to buy in bulk I think, but the odd bottle is certainly well worth the experience and contrast...
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Bearserkerfest Night 1-Piedmont Table (Blue Star Wine Bistro, Chicago IL): Nose: Nice and aromatic nose with some oak to start off with, but it then leans into tones of dark red cherries, violets, bacon fat, and spice tones. This doesn't have a lot of density on the nose, but there is nice depth with a more open-knit style to it.
Taste: Medium/full bodied with medium+ acidity and nice tannins. The structure isn't too big, but is youthful with balanced tones of oak, bacon fat, violets, and dark red cherries. The oak is a bit noticeable and the tones are on the lighter end.
Overall: The oak is a bit noticeable here and the vintage doesn't help it. But, it isn't overpowering and the tones have a more elegant take to them. This is drinking fairly well due to the vintage, but has the stuffing to go a while longer.
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Chicago Berserkerfest Dinner (Blue Star Bistro - Chicago IL): Very charming spice driven start with nice, fresh black fruit. Aromatic start is today more exciting than the flavors, which are very good, just slightly simple, but everything is in very good balance. This is probably going to reach its peak drinking window in the next few years.
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Still drinking well. Decant for 1 hour. Feminine, almost Burgundian stlyle on the bouquet and palate. Takes on a bit of more weight and color with more time. Not a blockbuster, but great finesse.
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Decanted 2 hours. Floral nose, tropical pineapple and coconut nuances, Viognier very apparent, burning incense, creamy black plum and cherry. Palate has very high acidity, firm and leathery, black cherry, lacking fruit concentration especially in midpalate, greenish blackberry fruit on the thin finish.
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Dark red towards black with brown rim; highly intense somewhat acidic nose; assertive attack, high acidity level, powerful blackcurrant, some tobacco / licorice; a very assertive wine with high acidity but also quite dense; quite nice now but probably not one to keep much longer
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Guigal Cote Rotie Masterclass with Brett Crittenden (Handford Wines, London): Aromatic, fragrant, peppery spicy on the nose. Maybe a bit past its peak but still ha life and vibrancy. Like all Las of 2002 it had a short maceration of 1.5 weeks to avoid green tannins but results into a thin watery mid palate. Still very nice on the finish and def to have at this stage. 93-94 drink up
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smooth, mature mouth feel, not the greatest wine ever, but has that top self feel that makes you glad your drinking it. As the evening went on, kept improving, touch of spice, bacon, leather in a subdued but reduced way with a clean finish that made you want more.
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Dense, but in a oak-driven sort of way. Some spicy fruit and violet in the background, but I think the underlying material can't take that much oak (though better years probably can).
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Spicy, characteristic dark fruits. Surprisingly dense for the vintage, though angular with a firm acidic finish that sticks out. Still, very nice with plenty of room for improvement.
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Wednesday Night Blind - April 2010 (Peter Pratt's Inn): Blind Wine # 10 - This was really, really good. Loaded with sage, fresh beef, licorice, smoke, asphalt and mushrooms. Medium/large bodied yet it had a feminine side to it as well, nothing brutish and unrestrained here, just eloquence. When it was revealed I was surprised how good an '02 Cote Rotie could be as that vintage is generally regarded as the worst in recent memory, but this wine really shines.
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It has a fine, aromatic nose. Intense, dark blackcurrent fruit, very mineral and approachable. The mouthfeel is soft and silky, expressing refinement rather than power. No need to wait a decade for the tannins to resolve themselves, it's more a question of coaxing them out in the decanter. The 2002s are the cheapest LaLas on the market, cheap being a relative word, of course. (This one was £65 from the Wine Society.) It will never be a legendary LaLa, just a very fine and enjoyable wine. As always, buy the producer, not the vintage. dg-
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***.5 Opened and left for a week with vaccum seal in Eurocave. Was initially very closed but opened up nicely after 1 week. Way too early to drink now though was an enjoyable bottle once it opened up, nice nose of floral and spices with red fruits and a hint of herbs. Very balanced and nicely structured in the mouth but not as complex and layered as can be expected for this price range. Good cand clean finish but not long. A good and enjoyable wine but I don't think this really show what a La Turque can be like in a good year.
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A great wine from a poor year. Displaying all the usual Cote Rotie characteristics but expressed in a subdued manner, perhaps a few more years will cure this or more likely it will never reveal the full flamboyance of the best of the La La's. Still a lovely wine, enjoyable and would improve with a few hours decanting?
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Almost 30 hours to finish this 3 Largen : La Mouline, La Landonne and La Turque 2002
There are very young but it's nice to test them together. ( the 2nd day is perfect and more enjoyable )
La Turque is modern type, delight and colourful like a youngest sister, fresh and naughty. Deep in red-purple colour...seductive sight.
Nose of mild chalk, extreme spiciness, nice greeny, most deep among 3 Largen.
Aftertaste is light impact but lovely with spicy finished....90/100.....
ps. IMO, the different between 90/100 and 100/100 is mainly from aftertaste more than nosing and texture. 2002 is very nice to try because of its price and don't forget to remove the cork for 24 hours before drinking...beautifully....
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Not a great year but a great wine, packed with flavour. Quite heavy and not something you would drink on its own of course but paired very well with quite a heavy meat dish.
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With SB crew. I was shocked at the pleasure in this bottle. This presents some real upfront fruit and intensity. Not overly complex, it is all about the fruit. Still just plain tasty, doubt it is a long ager, but I would buy at $150 just to have a bottle or two around.
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8/20/2022 - rocknroller wrote: 95 Points
Siggy's Annual BBQ (Chez Siggy & Jenny's Place, Mpls, MN): Dark red color. Splash double decanted for 1 hour. Drank a glass over 30 minutes. This is one of those wines that gets overlooked because of vintage generalizations. Well make no mistake, this is still La La at its finest. Sometimes not having the expectations or need for aging can serve you well. That's not say we're at a lesser level by any means either. This is always the kind of wine I want to drink; aged, maturing, showing finesse and character; such pretty red fruits with nuances of black and blue fruit, cured meats, earth and leather, a touch of damp funkiness, leather, minerals and tar. Just gorgeous. 94+ to 95pts.
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8/20/2022 - chablis28 wrote: 95 Points
My thought about this wine is, this is Cote Rotie for Burgundy lovers like myself! Weightlessly elegant & suave w/ pristine dark fruit, cured meat, spice and a good sense of minerality. A lacier version of syrah infused w/ femineity & come hither. Enjoyed this very much and one of my WOTN. Thanks Kevin!
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3/19/2022 - Axone Likes this wine: 93 Points
Le vin est très flatteur avec un enrobage un peu marqué mais cela ne me gêne pas outre mesure.
Belle réussite dans un millésime difficile.
Dans une bonne fenêtre de dégustation.
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12/2/2017 - Francophile1 Likes this wine: 93 Points
2002 La La Horizontal Tasting. It is truly impressive what Guigal was able to achieve with this difficult vintage in Cote-Rotie. This ranked 3 of 3 of the three La Las. It was still excellent, but because it was somewhere in between the Landonne and the Mouline, it neither had the power and structure of the Landonne, nor balance and finesse of the Mouline. If this wine tastes this good from 2002 vintage, I can only imagine what it tastes like from a good vintage. Pop & Poured with no decant. However, consumed these over a 3 hour period. A great expression of Northern Rhone Syrah & Viognier.
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9/23/2017 - Nanda wrote: 94 Points
Dinner with Friends (Brasserie Margeuax): 2002, you say? No chance one would peg this as an off vintage Cote Rotie given the concentration and richness of fruit. Still shows a fair bit of new oak initially, but with air the rich black fruit, smoked meat and pepper integrates with toasty/mocha notes. Young, and yes, there is upside from here. Drink now for a youthful pleasure, or hold for something more complex, but you can't go wrong.
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9/7/2017 - DrinkBordeaux wrote: 91 Points
Definitely young and in needs of lots of cellar time. After recently drinking a bottle of a more superior 2001 La Turque, this was a bit of a disappointment. Oak is quite apparent, which perhaps isn't surprising. This wine lacked much of the spiciness and excitement of other La Turque vintages.
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2/21/2017 - Motz wrote: 93 Points
Tasted over two days, alongside the other two same vintage La Las; initially blind. This made the biggest initial impression of the flight, until the La Landonne began to bare its teeth. Showing more smokiness and less weight than the La Mouline, my guess.
This evolved the second most of the three wines on the second day, the smoke, and a unique sappiness were especially appealing. Unique terroir and the blend make this quite fascinating. Drink by 2022-2024. 93-94.
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2/17/2017 - bajayngo wrote:
40th bday celebration; 2/17/2017-2/18/2017 (Harrison, ID): Had next to all 3 of the Lala's. Smoke, juicy dark berries, pepper, florals, lavender and garrigue much like the others with great finishing acids. A funkier of the 3 in a good way but the La Mouline showed the best of the three. Held similar over 4 days and Would be interested in seeing where this lesser vintage goes in 5-10more year.
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1/22/2017 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 93 Points
Shafer Hillside (12 & 91), Guigal La Turque, Bedrock, Fonseca ++ (Our Home): Not the best vintage of this wine, but 15 years from vintage and it is drinking quite well. Certainly not under ripe just not the usual power of this wine. For the Guigal haters out there, this might be a nice middle ground except it is still not cheap. Purple in color. The nose is nice with black raspberries, a strong floral notes (violets and white flowers both), spice and slight roasted meats. On the palate, this has a nice enough depth with layered complexity. Good acidity. Plenty of fruit, black raspberries. Nice finish. A very pretty wine. Coming after the 2012 Shaffer Hillside, my wife compared it to a Beaujolais. Ouch. I got what she meant, nevertheless, the bottle was drained quickly by the rest of us.
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8/7/2016 - fokker Likes this wine: 93 Points
Drank with the 02 Mouline. Paired with roast English lamb loin. Poured straight from bottle to glass after about 45 minutes' breathing.
Immediately appealing, fat with lots of blackfruits, less flowery than the Mouline but more solid. Slightly more tannin but smooth ones nonetheless. Ready and eager to please.
I scored this the same as Mouline but I like it better as a personal opinion.
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6/15/2016 - Collector1855 wrote: 95 Points
Dark crimson. Expressive nose of torrefaction, spices, meat, dark fruit. Dense and masculine on the palate with very good volume and aromatic length. Well structured, soft tannins. This is really nice for an off vintage. Near peak, drink.
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9/29/2015 - tooch wrote: 86 Points
Senndoff (Adrian's Apartment - Chicago, IL): With a weaker vintage, the oak treatment comes through. Pretty one-dimensional at this point.
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9/27/2015 - acyso wrote: 83 Points
Senn-d off: The oak-monster strikes! I should have figured that the oak treatment wouldn't be eased off in such a weak vintage. The nose is pretty enough, with some light cherry notes, although there's a sweetness to it that you kind of know is just from the oak. There's a slight tinge of vanilla there that foreshadows the bad things to come. The palate's got good lift thanks to some pretty nice acidity. It's be a nice, elegant, and light syrah if the oak weren't there. But it's there. Nagging you with that awful vanilla sweetness that just won't go away.
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8/26/2015 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 92 Points
Notes consistent across two bottles. Dark fruit, light tar, dusty earth, hints of geranium and for the first time in recent bottles a faint attractive funk. Consistent with those bottles though is a finish that dries up after time. These bottles were decanted longer (1.5 hours) and appeared to benefit from it. 92-
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8/15/2015 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 90 Points
A dry overall impression. Nose of woodsmoke, plum, blackberry and dry soil. Soy sauce and beef jerky after 45 minute decant. The palate does not live up to the nose in this vintage. Drink now
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5/17/2015 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 91 Points
A typical although somewhat subdued La Turque nose. The palate has dry dark earth, faint dark fruit, and light tar at first but fades after an hour and becomes somewhat bitter on the backpalate. A challenging vintage that this bottle could not rise above. Drink now, drink within an hour, and with food.
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4/29/2015 - LFCHALA Likes this wine: 96 Points
This wine is at another league. Sorry, if you dont drink it yet.
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11/17/2014 - Whinojb wrote: 94 Points
great nose of fruit (cherry) with slight gaminess which I love.
the white pepper was both on the nose and on the palette. A little thinner than I was expecting but a great wine nonetheless.
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7/1/2014 - ilee Likes this wine: 92 Points
Opened next to a 1994 Penfolds Grange, this cote rotie came across as slightly subdued and backward initially, though it opened up gradually to reveal a dark, lush smoky wine that was deliciously mature and approachable. Slightly lower on the complexity scale than the Grange, and noticeably lacking a creamy veneer, it is nonetheless a very enjoyable example of N Rhone Syrah.
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3/17/2014 - Uncle John wrote: 94 Points
The fruit on this is simple stunning. It may not be the finest example of La Turque but the quality of the wine is evident. Beautiful soft fruit and such fine tannins. This wine had no hard edges and is quite balanced. Thanks JL.
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1/10/2014 - ilee Likes this wine: 93 Points
Rummaging around the vintec for something to drink on a Fri night, I found this and the good wife said "why not?" so out popped the cork and splish went the wine. Beautiful dark purple, very dark nose of black cherries, meats, mingling of spices, tobacco tar, quite a lot going on here. On the palate this was somewhat heavier bodied than I expected, quite complex though also quite dark and brooding. The mid-palate and finish are not quite as silky and densely packed as one might find in the top vintages, but overall the wine is very enjoyable and we're not exactly asked to pay the full Guigal fare here. Not the kind of wine to buy in bulk I think, but the odd bottle is certainly well worth the experience and contrast...
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5/17/2013 - KeithAkers wrote: 91 Points
Bearserkerfest Night 1-Piedmont Table (Blue Star Wine Bistro, Chicago IL): Nose: Nice and aromatic nose with some oak to start off with, but it then leans into tones of dark red cherries, violets, bacon fat, and spice tones. This doesn't have a lot of density on the nose, but there is nice depth with a more open-knit style to it.
Taste: Medium/full bodied with medium+ acidity and nice tannins. The structure isn't too big, but is youthful with balanced tones of oak, bacon fat, violets, and dark red cherries. The oak is a bit noticeable and the tones are on the lighter end.
Overall: The oak is a bit noticeable here and the vintage doesn't help it. But, it isn't overpowering and the tones have a more elegant take to them. This is drinking fairly well due to the vintage, but has the stuffing to go a while longer.
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5/17/2013 - Burgundy Al wrote: 90 Points
Chicago Berserkerfest Dinner (Blue Star Bistro - Chicago IL): Very charming spice driven start with nice, fresh black fruit. Aromatic start is today more exciting than the flavors, which are very good, just slightly simple, but everything is in very good balance. This is probably going to reach its peak drinking window in the next few years.
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4/6/2013 - RKatzDO wrote:
Still drinking well. Decant for 1 hour. Feminine, almost Burgundian stlyle on the bouquet and palate. Takes on a bit of more weight and color with more time. Not a blockbuster, but great finesse.
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11/12/2012 - dvansteenderen Likes this wine: 93 Points
Oh LaLaLa tasting. This was served in the fourth flight, blind, wine has been put in caraf first and served with skin fried sea bass with onion compote and beurre rouge sauce.
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10/13/2012 - Pakats wrote: 94 Points
Loved it with skirt steak
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10/1/2012 - Giggs wrote: 91 Points
Decanted 2 hours. Floral nose, tropical pineapple and coconut nuances, Viognier very apparent, burning incense, creamy black plum and cherry. Palate has very high acidity, firm and leathery, black cherry, lacking fruit concentration especially in midpalate, greenish blackberry fruit on the thin finish.
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9/2/2012 - Miceri wrote: 91 Points
Dark red towards black with brown rim; highly intense somewhat acidic nose; assertive attack, high acidity level, powerful blackcurrant, some tobacco / licorice; a very assertive wine with high acidity but also quite dense; quite nice now but probably not one to keep much longer
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2/11/2012 - BradE wrote:
Tough bottle to evaluate, as it was at the end of a long night. A bit softer than expected given its age. Enjoyable, but not memorable.
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9/21/2011 - Papies wrote: 93 Points
Guigal Cote Rotie Masterclass with Brett Crittenden (Handford Wines, London): Aromatic, fragrant, peppery spicy on the nose. Maybe a bit past its peak but still ha life and vibrancy. Like all Las of 2002 it had a short maceration of 1.5 weeks to avoid green tannins but results into a thin watery mid palate. Still very nice on the finish and def to have at this stage. 93-94 drink up
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8/20/2011 - shadow wrote: 95 Points
smooth, mature mouth feel, not the greatest wine ever, but has that top self feel that makes you glad your drinking it.
As the evening went on, kept improving, touch of spice, bacon, leather in a subdued but reduced way with a clean finish that made you want more.
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1/1/2011 - don_quichotte wrote: 90 Points
Dense, but in a oak-driven sort of way. Some spicy fruit and violet in the background, but I think the underlying material can't take that much oak (though better years probably can).
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11/13/2010 - beezer6 wrote: 94 Points
Saturday Tasting Group (Knightsbridge Wine Shop (Northbrook, IL)): Elegant aroma. Not overdone - is this not quite the usual La La styling?
Dark cherries, earth, some light smoke and charred wood. Nice balanced finish. Medium body.
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11/13/2010 - psmith wrote:
Spicy, characteristic dark fruits. Surprisingly dense for the vintage, though angular with a firm acidic finish that sticks out. Still, very nice with plenty of room for improvement.
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6/28/2010 - msjakszus Likes this wine: 93 Points
Mittlers Kirschrot mit dunklem Kern, sichtbare Wasserkante, starke Schlierenbildung
Saubere, kräftige Geruchsintensität, sehr komplex, schwarze Beeeren, Waldboden, Weichsel, Kräuter, Leder, Schoko
Leichte Säure, butterweiche sehr harmonische Tannine, sehr komplex, mittlerer Körper, sehr langer Abgang, alles aus der Nase ist da
Ein sehr komplexer und grosser Wein der durchaus noch Potential hat, fantastisch
Nach dem Dekantieren ist der Wein noch voller im Körper und tiefer geworden
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4/7/2010 - Vinomarcus wrote: 94 Points
Wednesday Night Blind - April 2010 (Peter Pratt's Inn): Blind Wine # 10 - This was really, really good. Loaded with sage, fresh beef, licorice, smoke, asphalt and mushrooms. Medium/large bodied yet it had a feminine side to it as well, nothing brutish and unrestrained here, just eloquence. When it was revealed I was surprised how good an '02 Cote Rotie could be as that vintage is generally regarded as the worst in recent memory, but this wine really shines.
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2/2/2010 - Jeff W wrote:
It has a fine, aromatic nose. Intense, dark blackcurrent fruit, very mineral and approachable. The mouthfeel is soft and silky, expressing refinement rather than power. No need to wait a decade for the tannins to resolve themselves, it's more a question of coaxing them out in the decanter. The 2002s are the cheapest LaLas on the market, cheap being a relative word, of course. (This one was £65 from the Wine Society.) It will never be a legendary LaLa, just a very fine and enjoyable wine. As always, buy the producer, not the vintage. dg-
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10/6/2009 - Haut Brion wrote:
***.5 Opened and left for a week with vaccum seal in Eurocave. Was initially very closed but opened up nicely after 1 week. Way too early to drink now though was an enjoyable bottle once it opened up, nice nose of floral and spices with red fruits and a hint of herbs. Very balanced and nicely structured in the mouth but not as complex and layered as can be expected for this price range. Good cand clean finish but not long. A good and enjoyable wine but I don't think this really show what a La Turque can be like in a good year.
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9/20/2009 - L'Eveque wrote: 89 Points
An excellent wine superior in every way to the bottle tasted recently - this time decanted before serving.
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9/13/2009 - L'Eveque wrote: 88 Points
A great wine from a poor year. Displaying all the usual Cote Rotie characteristics but expressed in a subdued manner, perhaps a few more years will cure this or more likely it will never reveal the full flamboyance of the best of the La La's. Still a lovely wine, enjoyable and would improve with a few hours decanting?
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5/27/2008 - noppakit s. wrote: 90 Points
Almost 30 hours to finish this 3 Largen : La Mouline, La Landonne and La Turque 2002
There are very young but it's nice to test them together. ( the 2nd day is perfect and more enjoyable )
La Turque is modern type, delight and colourful like a youngest sister, fresh and naughty. Deep in red-purple colour...seductive sight.
Nose of mild chalk, extreme spiciness, nice greeny, most deep among 3 Largen.
Aftertaste is light impact but lovely with spicy finished....90/100.....
ps. IMO, the different between 90/100 and 100/100 is mainly from aftertaste more than nosing and texture. 2002 is very nice to try because of its price and don't forget to remove the cork for 24 hours before drinking...beautifully....
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5/23/2008 - loverboy wrote:
Terribly closed, way too young. But the most ready of all 3 La's. No rated
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9/10/2007 - ove wrote: 94 Points
Not a great year but a great wine, packed with flavour. Quite heavy and not something you would drink on its own of course but paired very well with quite a heavy meat dish.
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5/5/2007 - Hillbilly wrote: 93 Points
With SB crew. I was shocked at the pleasure in this bottle. This presents some real upfront fruit and intensity. Not overly complex, it is all about the fruit. Still just plain tasty, doubt it is a long ager, but I would buy at $150 just to have a bottle or two around.
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