This was similar to the fruit-forwardness of the ‘99 La Mouline with more chocolate and earthy notes. Perfectly drinkable but not quite at the level of its stablemate. My second-place tie with the ‘95 Mouline with both beaten by the ‘99 Mouline. 95-96
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Chez Winefool Goodbye Dinner (Chicago, IL): Despite a 3-4 hours of slox-ox this was a brute with so much concentrated, meaty black fruit and not enough nuance. Delicious enough, but really needs more time or an extended decant.
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The End of Winefoolishness in Chicago (Hughes House - Chicago IL): Opened a few hours in advance, sadly not decanted. Ripe black fruit, liqueur, and roasted meat aromas are so engaging, but the palate is just firm and backward, teasing us with the wine's potential. Please decant.
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La Landonne has aromatics of leather, charcuterie, white pepper, tannins beautifully softened silk a fine blanket supporting graceful mix of fruit, lovely looong finish.
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Upon first opening the wine is closed. Just wait. One hour later, it evolved into the magical elixir that everyone was expecting. Please uncork this give it air and time before you drink it to fully appreciate it.
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No bricking. Bright garnet color. This needs a couple of hours in a decanter to open up. Saturated dark flavors of plums, black cherries, licorice, and a hint of asphalt on the finish. Tannins have melted away leaving a rich and supple wine. Plenty of life left but drinking exceptionally well now.
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An amazing experience. Tasted a bit tightly coiled and muscular when opened so I decanted for two hours. When paired with lamb it was very good but after an hour really started to sing, we had to warm it a little (to 20 c) as on the boat it was a bit cold . It became calm ethereal, that lovely saline tang along with deep dark but gently caressing fruit. Sensational experience. No rush I’m sure this wine will be great in 10 years, possibly better. If you’re drinking now a decent decant is essential.
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Guigal's 1999 La Landonne offers a pretty bouquet of black fruit, black pepper, game, and graphite. Harmonious palate with bright acidity and concentrated dark fruit. Many years to go.
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1999 Northern Rhone Tasting along with 67 Pall Mall Philippe Guigal Masterclass (Line up: E.Guigal La Landonne '99, E.Guigal La Mouline '99. E.Guigal La Turque '99, Chateau d'Ampuis '99, Rene Rostaing Cote Blonde '99, Rene Rostaing La Landonne '99): Perfume with spices and a slightly green nose, quite intense with spicebox and herbs. Powerful and fruit forward on the initial palate - i don't think i have tasted a La Landonne with such force. Super long finish. Traits of a fine La Landonne are all there. This gradually evolved and became more elegant and feminine. Amazing.
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The 99 La Landonne started off a bit volatile which put some off, but as that blew off I think it became easier and easier to see what a terrific wine this is. Black fruit, black pepper, a touch of black olive, a good dose of woodcock-like game, little pops of fresh spring flowers, pencil all conveyed in a weighty, intense package somehow remaining elegant. This should age very well. A determined sort of wine.
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A 10 hour plus slow ox has opened up the wine with dark fruit, black pepper, licorice, earth and minerals. Soft and elegant with excellent length. No doubt it is a baby but one could enjoy this wine over two days to observe its evolution.
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A stunning wine, just entering the start of a many-decade drinking window, with a kaleidoscope nose that somehow isn't many discrete elements but one beautiful whole: Dark fruit, bloody game, black pepper, violet, and crushed stone. Palate is nicely balanced, crisp acidity, 13% ABV (per label), and soft tannins that turn just slightly drying on the finish, the only perception of oak at age twenty. Excellent.
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Tasted alongside 2000 and 2001, and also with the same three vintages of La Turque, which was lighter and less impressive. These were medium dark, mostly opaque, with very nice dark fruit aromas but none of the roasted meat or bacon fat usually associated with the top Rhones. Medium to full body, soft tannins, but quite drinkable. There did not have the power and richness I would have expected, given the pedigree and price. Finish on all of them was fairly simple and not very long. A 2010 Cayuse Cailloux was also tasted, which was far more aromatic and flavorful, with typical Rhone style characteristics, than any of these Guigals. Ric
dark purple color, broad and ripe- but also somewhat subdued- nose with a nice underlying tension of pebbles and earth, on the palate still a lot of puppy fat as with the 1999 La Mouline tasted this evening, however the wonderful bramble and white mineral notes are more evident- if still in hiding, great length and good potential, but while this has developed more than La Mouline there is still a question mark for me as to whether this develops the full nuance of the greater older vintages. (****), 2025-2040+ if all goes as I hope
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Like the 99 La Turque drunk tonight, this is still a baby, but is a great wine. While the 99 La La's are in the front end of their drinking window, it's the very front end of what will be a long window.
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First dinner of the L.A. wine trip (The Bazaar at SLS, Beverly Hills, California): Loads of potential, but still needs 10-15 years. This is one of those wines that has the fruit, structure, and complexity to become a near-perfect wine, but it’s not showing much of it right now. Considering the number of great fully mature wines on this evening, this one wasn’t very popular with the group tonight. The fruit is ripe, dense, and pure, and is surrounded by a beautiful mix of smoked meat, black pepper, iron, truffle, and damp earth. On the palate, it’s even more complex, with amazing structure that just doesn’t come across as overly tannic or unbalanced. Ridiculous concentration and overall depth. The tannins still need softening and further integration. I’m always impressed that with the LaLas seeing over three years in oak, there is still no overpowering oak, which is always so well integrated. It’s easy to understand that this wine may not thrill some, because its potential to pleasure ratio is way too high right now. If you decide to open this now, give it at least a day of air.
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My first LaLa.....AMAZING NOSE!! Incredible liqueured berry, smoke, game, floral perfume.....rich silky fruit, tons of concentration, yet weightlessness and elegance. Seemed to have a pretty good acid streak in it, which livened and kind of tingled the wine.....smooth and silky, deeply complex...licorice, blood iron, campfire bacon, liqueured berries, cassis, sweet herbs......still quite youthful....SO tasty right now, but you can tell it will get even better! Special wine.
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Drank at 67 Incredible nose of cherry, tobacco, earth, leather, dark fruit and plumbs. Smooth mouth coating palate with a long length. Give it more time.
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Guigal Côte-Rôtie Mostly From the 1990s (RPM Steak - Chicago IL): Great wine, just way too young for my preferences. Black berries and plum with sweet spice, just so primary and backward from start-to-finish. Very powerful and dense, not just really yet fun. 10 more years in the cellar? But we also didn't give it enough air before serving.
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Fresh black cherry liqueur, smoke, licorice, truffle, black pepper, forest floor and mint aromatics create the intoxicating nose. Intense, full bodied, concentrated and deep, this is all balanced out with its refinement, harmony and seemingly endless length. Youthful, yet a treat to drink with a few hours of air.
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Raid Len's Cellar #11: Blind. Graphite, charcoal, smoke, rhubarb, raspberry and some VA. Round fruit and acidity are both present on the palate, but this seems kind of uninspiring and lacking in depth. Disappointing when revealed.
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deep dark delicious and oh so good. it prbly deserves a higher score but the spicy food clipped the finish a bit. this wine is so good and just gets better and better every time i drink it, dense, fruit, bacon , smoke, yes im sure a little too polished for purists but oh so much pleasure!!!!!!
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Wow. This is quite something. Needs to be decanted at least an hour. Very complex aromas of leather, spices and smoked bacon. Lovely! Amazing lenght and perfectly balanced. Will continue to improve in my opinion.
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Perfect in every sense of the word. The fruit offers an amazing melange of freshness, purity, concentration and intensity. The tannins are prevalent, yet they are so ripe and integrated, you cannot sense them. The wine fills our mouth and expands in the finish for well over 60 seconds!
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Deep dark fruits, very long in the mouth. So youthful, lush and just mouth coating. Got better and better in the glass and seemed to be as good the next day
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Holly F'ing Cow! Frankly, that is all that needs to be said until you try this elixir for yourself. The nose is a crazy cornucopia of scents, fragrances and earthy concoctions. On the palate, this is like a molten lava of incredibly ripe fruits, earth, spice, freshness and sweetness that coats your palate with flavor, intensity and remains in place for well over 60 seconds! This is one of the truly expensive wines that over delivers... And as good as it is, it's only going to get better from here!
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Drank alongside the La Landonne 1989 by Guigal, half on Friday (pop & pour) and the second half on Saturday for dinner. Stunning wine, incredible delineation and style! Wasn't even aware such great wine could be made in Cote Rotie even though I have been a fan of the appellation since a long time. Typical CR "weed" hanging above, black fruits (liquor) basket, eucalyptus and menthol and in the nose. Sharp delineation, very complex and incredible depth. Only opening up the next evening, 24 hours later. Mouth coating, luscious with enormous concentration on the palate. Good acidity, excellent balance for a long life. Still an infant today, needs another ten years and could last another 30-40 or more years I suppose. Today I gave 98 but this will definitely be a 100 point wine in some time.
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2003 ExVoto Blanc : E. Guigal My 3rd time and this is just reach maturity. Dense and full-bodied, very attractive and wonderful aftertaste. 97/100
1999 Le Meal : M. Chapoutier Stunning nose, massive, very delicious, very good for the starter. 93-94/100
1999 La Turque : E. Guigal This is splendid wine, very well-made, easy to reach but not a simply wine. Very delicious with a linger, long long-finished. 100/100
1999 La Landonne : E. Guigal Beautiful scent of barnyard and classic Cote Rotie. Man-type, strong structure, seamless texture, delicious and very long finished. 100/100
1999 La Mouline : E. Guigal More subtle and elegant, great in a different way between 3 La-La, sexy and silky. It's very nice to drink them together those 100 pts wines to see how they blended some white grape to change the character of the wine. 100/100
1978 Hermitage La Chapelle : Paul Jaboulet Aine After drinking all those great wines but 1978 HLC shows the amazing thing and beyond. The nose is more clean, more deep and get over La-La easily. Unbelievable !!! This is the 2nd best wine in my world. This is my 3rd time drinking 1978 and still Rock 'n' Roll to me. Perfect ABC, acidity is so fresh, balance is so great and complexity is perfect. Aftertaste takes me back to the beautiful memories of my life...the morning calm, the wind blows, the warm love, the nature kisses. This is absolutely great great wine indeed. I would like to give it 105/100 if possible.
1999 Rayas
This is very beautiful sweetness but too sad to drink after HLC 1978. Anyway, Rayas is always my favorite. The Burgundy like, super well-made with a wonderful feeling of drinking. The great wine to lean on. 95-96/100
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Still young. Quite a big wine. Deep tastes of asphalt, roses, juicy licorice, fresh acidity. Long on the palate. Too young to be multidimensional just yet. Still evolving. I'd give it another 5-8 years minimum. Try again in 2019.
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The Gilded Man (Aalborg, Denmark): Even on a night like this - and even after all this: This is a dazzlingly good wine ! Large, majestic and so well structured and complete , that you think it 's a lie . It has everything côte- rôtie must be in the form of hanged meat, olives, bacon , etc. , and it 's all wrapped up in Guigals luxury package of precisely dosed woodh. 1999 will be a great vintage in the Côte-Rôtie (the host had hidden it under a 1995 the, but I did it anyway , so it goes)
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The nose offers blood, meat, white and green pepper, tobacco, green olives, smoke, bulion. After a while coffee appears, coffee and mocca.
On the palate it offers bacon, blood, menthe, green olives, salt, smoked ham. More green notes than I expected. Great balance! The way the tannins interfere with the fruit here is remarcable. Very long taste, 1 min +. Focus, focus, focus ... Marcel is a genius!
I always believed that La Landonne needed at least 20 - 25 years to be enjoyable (I've had 2006, 2005, 2003, 2000, 1998, 1991, 1988, 1985, 1983, 1982 and 1981 before) but this wine was totally lovely at this "early stage".
Bloody marvelous, this wine :-) 98+ points
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Absolutely compelling! Each great wine is unique, with its own, individual character. But at some point, wines just do not get any better. That is the case with 1999 Guigal La Landonne. While this wine is clearly far too young, the incredible depth of flavor, concentration, balance, richness, freshness, purity and intensity are impossible to ignore.
La Landonne can be legendary and this one was.Just perfect now-- a smokey front followed by wonderfully blended briary dark red fruit, a mouthful of tobacco and smoke and a 101% finish that lingers. Elegant. So much better than many recent Cotes Roties that are too clean and which lack the warm dimension.
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I found this good, but not great, which I suspect is mainly a result of age (or lack of it). The youngsters in the crowd loved it, but for me this is just moving into its drinking window, with lots of runway left.
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Vinbladet Jubilee (Chateau La Tour - Fyn): Remains one of the best wines, I have ever tasted - if not the best. On this day it completely out shined both Gaja, DRC and LaTour, an explosive effort, bursting with dark fruit, olives, bacon galore. So young, still. Nuff said, silence, respect.
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Incredibly dark, black purple color. Deep aromatics of black fruit, smoke, bacon and iron wake you up and say hello.The palate is consumed by layers of amazingly ripe, black and red fruits. This is as big as it is plush. If you're looking in the dictionary for a wine to define seamless, this is it! Absolutely flawless. Just far too young
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Wine Engagement Dinner (NoMi): Another great bottle, but a clear laggard in the big three in my opinion. The most tannic and backward, this could grow into something, but I don't see the focus, precision, stuffing, complexity, etc that you get in the Mouline and I don't see the easy ripe fruit and balance of the Turque. Medium bright red color. Big nose of black pepper and perfumed logenberry fruit. Tight bright black fruit on the palate with a firm tannic frame. 94-95pts.
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Uncorked DK does Northern Rhône - Guigal, Chave, Chapoutier and more (Premisse, Copenhagen): Dark red with a completely dark core and slightly light rim. Very intense nose with sweet dark berries, herbs, tea, coffee and some dried tobacco. In the mouth there is great lift and fine dry tannins. A very nice and elegant wine with dried roses and licorice in the aftertaste. Compared to the other two 1999 Lalalas this is probably somewhat closed. (U:96,8)
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Tasted at the Vintages auction gala tasting. First time that I got to try the La La's and all I can say is "wow"! A great, smooth bouquet and the flavours of the wine were wonderful. Hope to get some someday.
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G7 (Jock): Incredible depth of fruit in the nose. Tastes of blackberries, blueberries, spices and blackcurrant. Beautiful elegance in the mid palate and finish. Concentrated and very full bodied. Firm tannins. Well balanced with beautiful acidity. This wine is very young and has a glorious life ahead of it.
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Soaring aromatics of blackberry liqueur, BBQ spices and wet stones fill the air. This is best described as liquid silk. Even though it’s very primary, the compelling quality and complexity of this wine is easy to discern. Off the charts!
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Deep, dark red in the glass. Nearly black. When I blurred my eyes, the wine looked like liquid coal in the glass. This wine had a strong scent of classic Cote Rotie peppar and dark berries. There are also notes of fried bacon. Huge in the mouth, very tannic, super intense and concentrated, yet harmonious and elegant, regardless of its size. There's so much ripe fruit here. The finish was a to-die-for fireworks display of spicy flavour.
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12/1/2023 - Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine: 96 Points
This was similar to the fruit-forwardness of the ‘99 La Mouline with more chocolate and earthy notes. Perfectly drinkable but not quite at the level of its stablemate. My second-place tie with the ‘95 Mouline with both beaten by the ‘99 Mouline. 95-96
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8/4/2023 - Nanda wrote:
Chez Winefool Goodbye Dinner (Chicago, IL): Despite a 3-4 hours of slox-ox this was a brute with so much concentrated, meaty black fruit and not enough nuance. Delicious enough, but really needs more time or an extended decant.
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8/4/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote:
The End of Winefoolishness in Chicago (Hughes House - Chicago IL): Opened a few hours in advance, sadly not decanted. Ripe black fruit, liqueur, and roasted meat aromas are so engaging, but the palate is just firm and backward, teasing us with the wine's potential. Please decant.
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7/8/2023 - glassnost Likes this wine: 100 Points
La Landonne has aromatics of leather, charcuterie, white pepper, tannins beautifully softened silk a fine blanket supporting graceful mix of fruit, lovely looong finish.
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6/27/2023 - Montesquieu Likes this wine: 100 Points
For reasons sentimental, my favorite wine of all time. Rest in peace, my little boy Landon.
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2/2/2023 - hectic Likes this wine: 96 Points
Upon first opening the wine is closed. Just wait. One hour later, it evolved into the magical elixir that everyone was expecting. Please uncork this give it air and time before you drink it to fully appreciate it.
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9/15/2022 - mark2eye Likes this wine: 95 Points
Funky, lush, and elegant. Agree with other commenters, this wine still has lots of life left and really begins to flex with some time.
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8/21/2022 - Lipsman wrote: 96 Points
No bricking. Bright garnet color. This needs a couple of hours in a decanter to open up. Saturated dark flavors of plums, black cherries, licorice, and a hint of asphalt on the finish. Tannins have melted away leaving a rich and supple wine. Plenty of life left but drinking exceptionally well now.
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7/10/2021 - RayOB Likes this wine: 97 Points
Drank in London
Structured, open, expressive. Glorious
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6/29/2021 - jmoon Likes this wine: 98 Points
An amazing experience.
Tasted a bit tightly coiled and muscular when opened so I decanted for two hours. When paired with lamb it was very good but after an hour really started to sing, we had to warm it a little (to 20 c) as on the boat it was a bit cold . It became calm ethereal, that lovely saline tang along with deep dark but gently caressing fruit. Sensational experience. No rush I’m sure this wine will be great in 10 years, possibly better. If you’re drinking now a decent decant is essential.
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9/5/2020 - rlove wrote: 94 Points
Guigal's 1999 La Landonne offers a pretty bouquet of black fruit, black pepper, game, and graphite. Harmonious palate with bright acidity and concentrated dark fruit. Many years to go.
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6/11/2020 - dnnk88 Likes this wine: 97 Points
1999 Northern Rhone Tasting along with 67 Pall Mall Philippe Guigal Masterclass (Line up: E.Guigal La Landonne '99, E.Guigal La Mouline '99. E.Guigal La Turque '99, Chateau d'Ampuis '99, Rene Rostaing Cote Blonde '99, Rene Rostaing La Landonne '99): Perfume with spices and a slightly green nose, quite intense with spicebox and herbs. Powerful and fruit forward on the initial palate - i don't think i have tasted a La Landonne with such force. Super long finish. Traits of a fine La Landonne are all there. This gradually evolved and became more elegant and feminine. Amazing.
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6/8/2020 - englishman's claret wrote: 96 Points
The 99 La Landonne started off a bit volatile which put some off, but as that blew off I think it became easier and easier to see what a terrific wine this is. Black fruit, black pepper, a touch of black olive, a good dose of woodcock-like game, little pops of fresh spring flowers, pencil all conveyed in a weighty, intense package somehow remaining elegant. This should age very well. A determined sort of wine.
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5/31/2020 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 94 Points
A 10 hour plus slow ox has opened up the wine with dark fruit, black pepper, licorice, earth and minerals. Soft and elegant with excellent length. No doubt it is a baby but one could enjoy this wine over two days to observe its evolution.
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11/15/2019 - VDLT Wine wrote: flawed
I declared this cork flawed from the first whiff. Everyone else eventually agreed.
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9/1/2019 - rlove wrote: 96 Points
A stunning wine, just entering the start of a many-decade drinking window, with a kaleidoscope nose that somehow isn't many discrete elements but one beautiful whole: Dark fruit, bloody game, black pepper, violet, and crushed stone. Palate is nicely balanced, crisp acidity, 13% ABV (per label), and soft tannins that turn just slightly drying on the finish, the only perception of oak at age twenty. Excellent.
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3/2/2019 - Ex-Ray wrote: 93 Points
Tasted alongside 2000 and 2001, and also with the same three vintages of La Turque, which was lighter and less impressive. These were medium dark, mostly opaque, with very nice dark fruit aromas but none of the roasted meat or bacon fat usually associated with the top Rhones. Medium to full body, soft tannins, but quite drinkable. There did not have the power and richness I would have expected, given the pedigree and price. Finish on all of them was fairly simple and not very long. A 2010 Cayuse Cailloux was also tasted, which was far more aromatic and flavorful, with typical Rhone style characteristics, than any of these Guigals.
Ric
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10/12/2018 - Elpaninaro Likes this wine:
dark purple color, broad and ripe- but also somewhat subdued- nose with a nice underlying tension of pebbles and earth, on the palate still a lot of puppy fat as with the 1999 La Mouline tasted this evening, however the wonderful bramble and white mineral notes are more evident- if still in hiding, great length and good potential, but while this has developed more than La Mouline there is still a question mark for me as to whether this develops the full nuance of the greater older vintages. (****), 2025-2040+ if all goes as I hope
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6/12/2018 - BradE wrote:
Like the 99 La Turque drunk tonight, this is still a baby, but is a great wine. While the 99 La La's are in the front end of their drinking window, it's the very front end of what will be a long window.
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4/13/2018 - europat55 wrote: flawed
E. Guigal La La's (Landone, Turque, Mouline) (Andre and Sabine's House, Mountain View, CA): Nose: Corked Palate: A-
My #8, Group's #8 (127 pts). Tasted Blind.
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12/10/2017 - fcxj wrote: 92 Points
Bacon fat, medium weight palate.
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11/5/2016 - DrinkBordeaux wrote: 99 Points
First dinner of the L.A. wine trip (The Bazaar at SLS, Beverly Hills, California): Loads of potential, but still needs 10-15 years. This is one of those wines that has the fruit, structure, and complexity to become a near-perfect wine, but it’s not showing much of it right now. Considering the number of great fully mature wines on this evening, this one wasn’t very popular with the group tonight. The fruit is ripe, dense, and pure, and is surrounded by a beautiful mix of smoked meat, black pepper, iron, truffle, and damp earth. On the palate, it’s even more complex, with amazing structure that just doesn’t come across as overly tannic or unbalanced. Ridiculous concentration and overall depth. The tannins still need softening and further integration. I’m always impressed that with the LaLas seeing over three years in oak, there is still no overpowering oak, which is always so well integrated. It’s easy to understand that this wine may not thrill some, because its potential to pleasure ratio is way too high right now. If you decide to open this now, give it at least a day of air.
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10/21/2016 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 98 Points
My first LaLa.....AMAZING NOSE!! Incredible liqueured berry, smoke, game, floral perfume.....rich silky fruit, tons of concentration, yet weightlessness and elegance. Seemed to have a pretty good acid streak in it, which livened and kind of tingled the wine.....smooth and silky, deeply complex...licorice, blood iron, campfire bacon, liqueured berries, cassis, sweet herbs......still quite youthful....SO tasty right now, but you can tell it will get even better! Special wine.
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7/27/2016 - RayOB Likes this wine: 98 Points
Drank at 67
Incredible nose of cherry, tobacco, earth, leather, dark fruit and plumbs. Smooth mouth coating palate with a long length. Give it more time.
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7/8/2016 - reichken wrote: 95 Points
someday this may be a great wine. very big and weaving together very well
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3/10/2016 - Burgundy Al wrote:
Guigal Côte-Rôtie Mostly From the 1990s (RPM Steak - Chicago IL): Great wine, just way too young for my preferences. Black berries and plum with sweet spice, just so primary and backward from start-to-finish. Very powerful and dense, not just really yet fun. 10 more years in the cellar? But we also didn't give it enough air before serving.
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12/17/2015 - Jeff Leve wrote: 99 Points
Fresh black cherry liqueur, smoke, licorice, truffle, black pepper, forest floor and mint aromatics create the intoxicating nose. Intense, full bodied, concentrated and deep, this is all balanced out with its refinement, harmony and seemingly endless length. Youthful, yet a treat to drink with a few hours of air.
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10/7/2015 - CamWheeler wrote: 88 Points
Raid Len's Cellar #11: Blind. Graphite, charcoal, smoke, rhubarb, raspberry and some VA. Round fruit and acidity are both present on the palate, but this seems kind of uninspiring and lacking in depth. Disappointing when revealed.
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10/6/2015 - reichken wrote: 96 Points
deep dark delicious and oh so good. it prbly deserves a higher score but the spicy food clipped the finish a bit. this wine is so good and just gets better and better every time i drink it, dense, fruit, bacon , smoke, yes im sure a little too polished for purists but oh so much pleasure!!!!!!
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5/16/2015 - Francois Le Mouel Likes this wine: 96 Points
Wow. This is quite something. Needs to be decanted at least an hour. Very complex aromas of leather, spices and smoked bacon. Lovely! Amazing lenght and perfectly balanced. Will continue to improve in my opinion.
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5/12/2015 - Jeff Leve wrote: 100 Points
Perfect in every sense of the word. The fruit offers an amazing melange of freshness, purity, concentration and intensity. The tannins are prevalent, yet they are so ripe and integrated, you cannot sense them. The wine fills our mouth and expands in the finish for well over 60 seconds!
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2/23/2015 - reichken wrote: 97 Points
Deep dark fruits, very long in the mouth. So youthful, lush and just mouth coating. Got better and better in the glass and seemed to be as good the next day
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2/20/2015 - reichken wrote: 97 Points
Dark color, meaty and rusty nose, fills the mouth with earth lush blackberries, very long wine, fun and lively, very good bottles
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1/2/2015 - Jeff Leve wrote: 100 Points
Holly F'ing Cow! Frankly, that is all that needs to be said until you try this elixir for yourself. The nose is a crazy cornucopia of scents, fragrances and earthy concoctions. On the palate, this is like a molten lava of incredibly ripe fruits, earth, spice, freshness and sweetness that coats your palate with flavor, intensity and remains in place for well over 60 seconds! This is one of the truly expensive wines that over delivers... And as good as it is, it's only going to get better from here!
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12/12/2014 - Peter Z. wrote: flawed
corked
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12/12/2014 - jkoenen wrote: flawed
White GG's and Red 100PP's (Restaurant Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam): Hideously corked...
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8/15/2014 - Ary wrote: 98 Points
Drank alongside the La Landonne 1989 by Guigal, half on Friday (pop & pour) and the second half on Saturday for dinner. Stunning wine, incredible delineation and style! Wasn't even aware such great wine could be made in Cote Rotie even though I have been a fan of the appellation since a long time. Typical CR "weed" hanging above, black fruits (liquor) basket, eucalyptus and menthol and in the nose. Sharp delineation, very complex and incredible depth. Only opening up the next evening, 24 hours later. Mouth coating, luscious with enormous concentration on the palate. Good acidity, excellent balance for a long life. Still an infant today, needs another ten years and could last another 30-40 or more years I suppose. Today I gave 98 but this will definitely be a 100 point wine in some time.
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8/4/2014 - noppakit s. wrote: 100 Points
2003 ExVoto Blanc : E. Guigal
My 3rd time and this is just reach maturity. Dense and full-bodied, very attractive and wonderful aftertaste. 97/100
1999 Le Meal : M. Chapoutier
Stunning nose, massive, very delicious, very good for the starter. 93-94/100
1999 La Turque : E. Guigal
This is splendid wine, very well-made, easy to reach but not a simply wine. Very delicious with a linger, long long-finished. 100/100
1999 La Landonne : E. Guigal
Beautiful scent of barnyard and classic Cote Rotie. Man-type, strong structure, seamless texture, delicious and very long finished. 100/100
1999 La Mouline : E. Guigal
More subtle and elegant, great in a different way between 3 La-La, sexy and silky. It's very nice to drink them together those 100 pts wines to see how they blended some white grape to change the character of the wine. 100/100
1978 Hermitage La Chapelle : Paul Jaboulet Aine
After drinking all those great wines but 1978 HLC shows the amazing thing and beyond. The nose is more clean, more deep and get over La-La easily. Unbelievable !!!
This is the 2nd best wine in my world. This is my 3rd time drinking 1978 and still Rock 'n' Roll to me.
Perfect ABC, acidity is so fresh, balance is so great and complexity is perfect. Aftertaste takes me back to the beautiful memories of my life...the morning calm, the wind blows, the warm love, the nature kisses. This is absolutely great great wine indeed. I would like to give it 105/100 if possible.
1999 Rayas
This is very beautiful sweetness but too sad to drink after HLC 1978. Anyway, Rayas is always my favorite. The Burgundy like, super well-made with a wonderful feeling of drinking. The great wine to lean on. 95-96/100
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6/26/2014 - Peech Likes this wine: 96 Points
double-decanted 2½ hours before serving. very smoky, a little floral, some leather, with a hint of pencil lead. Very rich.
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6/26/2014 - Lord Rayas wrote: 95 Points
MNSC - Peter (The Principal (Tom Aikens as guest chef)): massive and powerful despite double-decanted 3hrs ago. exciting layers of flavours that kept evolving. perhaps just a tad young still.
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12/27/2013 - Lipsman Likes this wine: 95 Points
Still young. Quite a big wine. Deep tastes of asphalt, roses, juicy licorice, fresh acidity. Long on the palate. Too young to be multidimensional just yet. Still evolving. I'd give it another 5-8 years minimum. Try again in 2019.
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11/23/2013 - beatles Likes this wine: 100 Points
The Gilded Man (Aalborg, Denmark): Even on a night like this - and even after all this: This is a dazzlingly good wine ! Large, majestic and so well structured and complete , that you think it 's a lie . It has everything côte- rôtie must be in the form of hanged meat, olives, bacon , etc. , and it 's all wrapped up in Guigals luxury package of precisely dosed woodh. 1999 will be a great vintage in the Côte-Rôtie (the host had hidden it under a 1995 the, but I did it anyway , so it goes)
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9/19/2013 - Tenuta Stefan Likes this wine: 98 Points
Perfect bottle, perfectly stored.
Dark, dense, compact.
The nose offers blood, meat, white and green pepper, tobacco, green olives, smoke, bulion. After a while coffee appears, coffee and mocca.
On the palate it offers bacon, blood, menthe, green olives, salt, smoked ham. More green notes than I expected.
Great balance! The way the tannins interfere with the fruit here is remarcable. Very long taste, 1 min +.
Focus, focus, focus ... Marcel is a genius!
I always believed that La Landonne needed at least 20 - 25 years to be enjoyable (I've had 2006, 2005, 2003, 2000, 1998, 1991, 1988, 1985, 1983, 1982 and 1981 before) but this wine was totally lovely at this "early stage".
Bloody marvelous, this wine :-)
98+ points
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8/22/2013 - Jeff Leve wrote: 100 Points
Absolutely compelling! Each great wine is unique, with its own, individual character. But at some point, wines just do not get any better. That is the case with 1999 Guigal La Landonne. While this wine is clearly far too young, the incredible depth of flavor, concentration, balance, richness, freshness, purity and intensity are impossible to ignore.
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7/7/2013 - dcwino wrote: 97 Points
Another lazy Sunday dinner with La Las, Chaves, Chapelles, Rayas, Plume and Celestins (The Grill Room at Capella Hotel Georgetown): The resemblance to the 89 La Turque is uncanny but seems extremely youthful. Fresh blackberries, crushed rock, smoked meat and flower. The fruit quality seems slight more black than the 89 La Turque. The palate is fresh, cool, silky and seamless, excellent concentration, good acidity and nicely integrated tannins. Still very young but very enjoyable. It will only get better.
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5/13/2013 - reichken wrote: 94 Points
Dark purple color, earthy meaty nose, full mouth with lots of tannin and dark fruit flavor....very young
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2/2/2013 - Sotto325 Likes this wine: 96 Points
La Landonne can be legendary and this one was.Just perfect now-- a smokey front followed by wonderfully blended briary dark red fruit, a mouthful of tobacco and smoke and a 101% finish that lingers. Elegant. So much better than many recent Cotes Roties that are too clean and which lack the warm dimension.
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12/26/2012 - BradE wrote:
I found this good, but not great, which I suspect is mainly a result of age (or lack of it). The youngsters in the crowd loved it, but for me this is just moving into its drinking window, with lots of runway left.
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11/22/2011 - beatles Likes this wine: 99 Points
Vinbladet Jubilee (Chateau La Tour - Fyn): Remains one of the best wines, I have ever tasted - if not the best. On this day it completely out shined both Gaja, DRC and LaTour, an explosive effort, bursting with dark fruit, olives, bacon galore. So young, still. Nuff said, silence, respect.
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9/1/2011 - Jeff Leve wrote: 100 Points
Incredibly dark, black purple color. Deep aromatics of black fruit, smoke, bacon and iron wake you up and say hello.The palate is consumed by layers of amazingly ripe, black and red fruits. This is as big as it is plush. If you're looking in the dictionary for a wine to define seamless, this is it! Absolutely flawless. Just far too young
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1/29/2009 - winefool wrote: 94 Points
Wine Engagement Dinner (NoMi): Another great bottle, but a clear laggard in the big three in my opinion. The most tannic and backward, this could grow into something, but I don't see the focus, precision, stuffing, complexity, etc that you get in the Mouline and I don't see the easy ripe fruit and balance of the Turque. Medium bright red color. Big nose of black pepper and perfumed logenberry fruit. Tight bright black fruit on the palate with a firm tannic frame. 94-95pts.
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1/9/2009 - gorm wrote: 96 Points
Uncorked DK does Northern Rhône - Guigal, Chave, Chapoutier and more (Premisse, Copenhagen): Dark red with a completely dark core and slightly light rim. Very intense nose with sweet dark berries, herbs, tea, coffee and some dried tobacco. In the mouth there is great lift and fine dry tannins. A very nice and elegant wine with dried roses and licorice in the aftertaste. Compared to the other two 1999 Lalalas this is probably somewhat closed.
(U:96,8)
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11/15/2008 - Zweder wrote: 95 Points
Occasional tasting group: Wines with 100 Parker Points. (@ L in Z): Still almost purple. Beautiful complex with all sorts of herbs like rosemary and thyme. Long juicy finish with beautiful bitterness. Still a bit locked. Will improve with ageing. Wait 5+ years.
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10/22/2008 - Rosengoo Likes this wine:
Tasted at the Vintages auction gala tasting. First time that I got to try the La La's and all I can say is "wow"! A great, smooth bouquet and the flavours of the wine were wonderful. Hope to get some someday.
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8/27/2007 - kstoddard wrote: 98 Points
G7 (Jock): Incredible depth of fruit in the nose. Tastes of blackberries, blueberries, spices and blackcurrant. Beautiful elegance in the mid palate and finish. Concentrated and very full bodied. Firm tannins. Well balanced with beautiful acidity. This wine is very young and has a glorious life ahead of it.
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4/12/2007 - MFong wrote:
4 Decades of Guigal’s La-La-La’s (World Gourmet Summit 2007) (Grand Hyatt Singapore): Deep dark garnet. Intense and powerful fruit bomb. Complex and well balanced with silky tannins. Very pleasant.
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2/14/2005 - Jeff Leve wrote: 100 Points
Soaring aromatics of blackberry liqueur, BBQ spices and wet stones fill the air. This is best described as liquid silk. Even though it’s very primary, the compelling quality and complexity of this wine is easy to discern. Off the charts!
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2/14/2005 - Eric wrote: 100 Points
La La's with Leve in La La Land (Los Angeles, CA): One more perfect wine. Astounding.
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11/7/2003 - Joe Belmaati wrote: 97 Points
Deep, dark red in the glass. Nearly black. When I blurred my eyes, the wine looked like liquid coal in the glass. This wine had a strong scent of classic Cote Rotie peppar and dark berries. There are also notes of fried bacon. Huge in the mouth, very tannic, super intense and concentrated, yet harmonious and elegant, regardless of its size. There's so much ripe fruit here. The finish was a to-die-for fireworks display of spicy flavour.
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