Wine Bros: A Study of Syrah (Cowford Chophouse): Usually my favorite of the group just because of the garrigue that you can get from it. It’s an enjoyable wine and drinking quite well if still on the young side. Intense with all of the animal.
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Another winner for the night. Fun to drink next to the Landonne of the same year. Perhaps a bit more lavender and dark fruits and again that Cote Rotie minerality. Always good.
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Pausing for the Cause 2022 (Chicago, IL): Absolutely fantastic showing. Such lithe and lifted aromatics, this was really bright and elegant, with classic syrah notes of olive brine and smoke. The palate is light and supple, high in acidity, and fully mature. The oaky elements, if there ever were any, have receded a way. A treat.
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A Year Later in Vero...; 3/17/2021-3/21/2021 (Vero Beach): Decanted for a few hours and poured next to the '94. Big and vibrant and yet still so very young. At some point I heard that Guigal would say LaLa's need a minimum of 25 years and we're just at the edge of that with this wine. But it's a tasty one.
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Out of the bottle was a bit closed and musty, but then opened up fantastically. soft pepper, savory notes, sauteed shrooms, mix of dried herbs, wet clay and earth, just a little old blackberry and black raspberry underneath, medium weight (esp. after the killer Ringland-- the contrast was stark but eventually they both easily sat nice together. Very complex and in good shape, with good depth and complexity. Earthy, tons of character, good lift, long. This is in a perfect place right now. I've had neser vintages which seemeed over-oaked, but this was completely integrated and showing very well. Amazing with the savory pork belly. At the Langham Hotel Terrace restaurant with Yarom and the gang.
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First time having this wine. Really liked it, at a great spot right now. Some sediment, Decanted for about 1H. No formal notes but holding up well in a good drinking window. Everybody loved it.
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Lots of sediment, faded brick-orange-red; very juicy acidity, almost a nuance of ripe attack but dry; some herbs, red fruits, cherry syrup, raspberry, eucalyptus, juicy. Guessed 2000 Cote-Rotie at first and changed to a ripe Burg, to my detriment. This didn't really excite me. Heritage Auction Blind Tasting at Jean-Georges Vegas. ,
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Charleston Offlineorama IV; 9/27/2018-10/1/2018 (Charleston, NC (various locations)): 6th/11 wines tasted. This is my third time with this wine in the past few months and the best outing to date. I still feel the '96 is a more subdued year for the La Turque, so while it hits all the typical Northern Rhone notes - it is just done in a quieter package. Dark red raspberry and black berry with a touch of meatiness and smoke. More pretty than masculine and powerful.
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Charleston IV - Return of the Collectible; 9/27/2018-9/30/2018 (Charleston, SC (various locations)): Yum yum again. Rhone wine is really my sweet spot at the moment I think and this was just wonderful. Black fruits and violets and just a hint of the brine side (although a bit less than you sometimes get with this wine). It's on the younger side. Very well balance and nice acidity and while this is a more 'modern' style coming on the heels of some new world wines it almost feels a touch restrained. Very enjoyable.
Decanted for two hours. The nose is dark fruited with some hints of meatiness. On the palate this is more subdued than some other vintages I have tried. Blackberry and red raspberry, some savory grilled meat, a hint of spices with a bit of grip on the finish. Nice and enjoyable but more subtle and less sauvage than I would prefer.
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Opened for birth of second child. Nose: Dark fruits, prune mostly. Wet pavement. Palate: Amazing, not flat at all. Smoked meat, slight tobacco, granite. Finish is long, almost a red jolly rancher taste. Simply divine experience. Drinking beautifully.
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Very disappointing to find this lightly corked on opening. We were hoping it was maybe just some odors - so popped into the decanter. Unfortunately the must cardboard smell persisted on the nose. Tasted of dark fruits, smokey grilled meats - but unfortunately not a sound bottle.
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96 Lalala dinner- Very dark and tannic. This is the only lalala we decanted. Nose has big dark currant, vanilla oak, and purple fruit. Palate is the most modern and big. Slightly one dimensional tonight compare to the other 2 probably because its not ready. Needs 8-10 more years to unfold in my view.
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Delicious zippy sour black cherry with a roasted meaty flavor and bacon. Savory sweet flavors with lively tart edge and very long spicy finish. In great spot with lots of life left. Really good.lots going on here. Textbook Cote Rotie
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Sweet and spicy. Olive and pepper are very prominent. Well integrated at this point. The oak is not present. Would say 20 years in this has lost its baby fat and is now a stunning wine. Long life ahead. This drinks like it has just entered its peak drinking window (had a similar experience with a 96 Clape Cornas; this vintage is really showing well now).
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Burgundy and Rhone: Blind. Red berries, roses, chocolate, blackberry, pepper and charcoal - aromatic and expressive. The palate shows quite a softness to the fruit, there are complexity and plenty of layers through the length of the palate. I wouldn't want to hold these too much longer based on this bottle as the fruit may fade too far, but for now it was excellent.
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One of the few La La's I have not rated 98-100. Must be the vintage. Classic Cote Rotie nose of oak and tar, dark fruits, great finish, love these wines.
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Drank next to the '95 and both were awesome although this might have even had a bit of the edge for the day. It is just a plethora of flavors - great leather, great earth, great fruit, hints of spice - and yet everything is more quietly done. Very enjoyable. In a good drinking window right now.
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Duration: 3 hours Aroma: cherry, rose, tar Condition: perfect Notes: this wine is still pretty young to drink despite 19 years of age. After 2 hours of decanting this wine reminds me of a bottle of Burgundy from cotes de nuits. This wine probably needs another 10-15 years to evolve. It's not the right time to give a fair comment now.
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2015 Athens Wine Event (Aleria Restaurant, Athens): Second time we cross paths with this wine ( Last was Sep/09 Papies 95) and this time felt a touch less impressive and retrained. Very much a young wine and still needs tiem to develop (Maybe we were star gazing back then) Still quite a bit of oak dynamics, mocha on the nose and palate. Good extract but the wine is still very young and undeveloped ina way but not harsh or angular. Needs time. Note sure how to rate. But above 92 and hopefully time will help.
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Really nice. Not as meaty or exotic as before. Lovely smell of country side in provence. Good acidity and black fruit. Primary but in a good place now.
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Tasted this alongside several other Guigal wines (La Londonne 1997, 2000, La Mouline, La Turque 2004, La Mouline 2006) and this was the wine of the evening by a short head. Soft tannins, well balanced, good finish.
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Another Saturday at Knightsbridge - mostly blind (Northbrook, IL): Tasted double blind, this wine was a real head scratcher. Large scaled with firm spice and plenty of very fresh black fruit. It barely showed any Côte-Rôtie character or any Guigal character or any of the floral Viognier influence i would expect. No question this was a fascinating, charming wine, but I had enormous trouble identifying what it might be. At first I was convinced it was a very good, young Sine Qua Non!
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Hmmmm. Nice but would I be happy to pay for it myself? Cherries, forest floor, cherries, meat and a very persistent finish. Just about creeping into the drinking window.
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Leo Turns 60! (It's Greek To Me): Very similar to La Mouline, but with a bit more complexity. This too showed as young. Most preferred this to the La Mouline served alongside.
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A solid Cote Rotie, but not a great vintage for La Turque. The nose offered enticing aromatics. But the lack of depth and concentration, coupled with none of the normally easy to find exotic qualities enjoyed in the La La's, makes this medium/full bodied wine a pass, especially when you consider the price.
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Vertical tasting of Guigal La Turque (Esperanto, Stockholm): Nose with ripe cherries, slightly sweetish red berries and a hint of dark berries, rather flowery, some herbaceous nores, mild oriental spices, developed notes with a discrete animal note. Dominating berry aromas but rather noticeable development; quite elegant. Full bodied-, slightly sweetish fruit, ripe cherries, red and some dark berries, velvety tannins, mineral, some spice. Rather fully mature but still berry-dominated nose and palate, 94.
The first wine in the lineup with noticeable development in the nose.
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Guigal Masterclass Stockholm, 8 vintages of La Turque: Nose: Great, marvelous and beautiful mature nose on this wine! Stable and dung, wet horse and wet rotten leaves. Very mature with some secondary aromas of coffee and espresso. Palate: Very long! Mature, stones and minerals/gravel, good acidity (maybe a bit too much acid for that perfect balance?) , fantastic fruit! This is a beauty!
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Ming's Birthday (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Paragon): Excellent. Second time round, this bottle was not quite as impressive as the one I had a year back. It seemed a bit simpler, more reticent, perhaps because it did not get as much time and air as the last one. Still a gorgeous wine though. It had a classic Côte-Rôtie nose, with sweet plums and black cherries mixed in with hints of violets, a twist of herbs and spice, all playing against a very classic backdrop of roasted earth, dried flowers and curls of tobacco smoke. Just a beautiful bouquet there. So delicious on the palate too - it unfolded in lovely layers of blackberries and plums and dark cherries, all lined with the fresh acidity and fine but firm tannins of the 1996 vintage. The only thing that made this less than completely enjoyable was the fact that it was still very primary, still a bit simple. Otherwise, this was a wine that had depth, breadth and effortless intensity in a single package. It had a beautiful finish too, chocked full with spice and cigar notes. A lovely wine and very deliciously even now. However, it still has its best years way ahead of it. This is worth waiting another 3-5 years for before opening another to gauge its progress - I have a feeling that peak drinking may some way beyond that.
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This bottle was awesome. A little tight upon opening, but after an hour in the decanter it had opened up nicely. Lots of bacon fat and tobacco on the nose and exotic spices, black olives on the palate. A most impressive Cote-Rotie, still with lots of time left.
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White Truffle Dinner (Chez Patrick Restaurant, 26 Peel Street, Central, Hong Kong): Alluring colour, a mix of blood red and purple, translucent....just transparent at the broader edge of the glass. Nose is immediate velvet...plush velvet curtains in a dark and locked-up room...there is something deep and dark that tries to pull you down into an abyss....oak furniture cream...smoke...new mocassin leather...wafts of smoke...and something like solid old mahogany furniture in the background....wow, this is beguiling stuff. Palate has an initial cherry-driven acidic attack then dry roses, fresh violet flowers and....Bang!...a huge rolling thunder, shock and awe endless resonance. As it develops in the glass there are..black cherries...acetone in a soaring resonance inside your head manner....a lightness of touch that is powerful but not weighty....hints of kirsch...quite alcoholic...just brilliant stuff...a wonderful lasting impression of "cherry personified" but cherry in such intensity that I have never experienced before...lovely light Barolo-like etherial headiness. Thrilling! Stunningly made. My first "La Turque" and I can see why CortonCharlie at a previous dinner alluded it to Grange in its exotic uniqueness. Runny pointed out that its label doesn't quite match the quality of the contents and that we should penalise it a couple of points.....he was out-voted. What a wonderful wine.....JP, thanks so much.
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not even close to full potential. all of the great cote rotie qualities: loads of tar, deep blueberries, huge black fruit, hints of bacon fat, super high acidity and a long finish.
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2011 Simple Series 9: Sean BOD (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck @ Paragon): Alcohol :: 13% Decanted about 3.5-4hrs. This was served blind alongside with the 86 Mouton and everyone was keeping the focus to the 86 Mouton, well, that's for sure. However, this was every bit as good as the Mouton, perhaps not the scale and structured, but the sheer class and finesse. Intoxicating bouquet with super ripe plum, dark cherry laced on an array of spices, coffee, caramel and mineral, the intensity and complexity is absolutely stunning. As sensational as the nose, this full bodied juice offered incredible intensity that coat the mouth immediately yet remained such perfect balance with class, finesse and elegance. There is enough concentration of really pure dark and red fruits mixed, mineral to buffered the medium level of super fine tannin and formed the solid structured with lush, polish and refine texture. The grip and tension on the palate is fabulous and demonstrated what is power with grace. Very very long spicy infused finish that just goes on and on. This is absolutely delicious and will only be better in another 5yrs time. The 86 Mouton might be surpass the Turque 5yrs down the road but today I'm a fan of the 96 Turque. Did I mention 1996 is not a strong vintage in Rhone? 94-95
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Sean Birthday (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck): Having had the 1998 before this one did pale in comparison. Quite meaty on the nose and still rather tannic. I think this needs more time to mellow down. A bit four square at the moment.
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A wine that tell the Bordeaux FG, been Latour 66 and Mouton 86, that you will not be taking the limelight for the night. Great balance with the fruits and acid on the palate.
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2011 Simple Series VII: Sean's Birthday (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Paragon): My red wine of the night. Quite a feat when there was a 1966 Latour and a 1986 Mouton on the same table. This was wonderful though. It had a beautiful nose that left me in no doubt that it was a top-notch Cote-Rotie, most probably a La-La too at that. Lush, plummy and ripe, with glorious scents of black cherries and blueberries backed up with scorched earth, spice and tobacco notes. Absolutely lovely. What a palate too. Maybe not as profound as that crazy nose, but it was balanced to a T, with beautifully judged acidity spread throughout delicious flavours of dark cherries and blackberries. This had a wonderful sense of elegance and poise to it, but was also strong and sinewy - graceful, but rather more like a gymnast than a dancer in the way it was shaped. Past the mid-palate, the wine drifted into beautiful finish replete with gentle spicey notes wafting all around the mouth. Wonderful. Another complete wine, yet unlike the pair of Bordeaux Firsts, this was both intellectually stimulating as well as entirely delicious and soul-warming. A great wine.
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Candied nose, strong vanilla oak, black cherry, maybe cedar/pine. Good acidity, not much tannin or alcohol. Light ruby, light-medium body. Not getting the weight or spice or secondary elements other tasters have mentioned. Elegant, but poor QPR.
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Nez d'épices, avec une pointe de chaleur et un peu de fruits cuits. Les tanins sont bien présents mais commencent à se policer. Très long et belle complexité aromatique en rétro-olfaction.
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Second time I had this wine and second time I hardly made notes because I was enjoying the evening too much. At first some dairy in the bouquet, but then the black fruits and spiciness came. Very juicy wine, but not the complexity as expected. Maybe we had an off bottle…?
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Seductive nose of black cherry and plum with quite a bit of black pepper, smokey meat, and savory herbs. Ripe black fruits on the palate; lots of spice and some espresso notes as well. Medium bodied with good structure and great acidity. Drinking quite well.
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Top norch quality wine, accessible and impressive. I used to not quite like the Guigal's wine with my limited experience with them. This 1996 Turque changed my mind all the way with its explosive nose of tropical fruits, mineral, vanilla and with Guigal's herbs & spices. Also there was no compromise on the palate, full bodied, but yet elegant. my WOTN
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What a great wine. Deep colour big body and a complex nose like no other. Maybe 2 minute finish. This is Cote Rotie at its best. Decanted for very little maybe 10minutes. Drinkable now but for sure can age. Superb
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drunk @ Boca di Lupa-decanted for several hours before diner- horsey leather nose, dark black fruits as well. this wine was showing big bold dark fruits and some smokey flavors but it was also quite hot which surprised me a bit and took away from some of the pleasure. long finish, i guess i need to put it away for awhile
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Fourth Annual White Truffle Dinner (David Burke's Primehouse - Chicago IL): Vertical included the 1997 and 1998, this was my favorite, but still not close to ready. Aromas of blackberry, licorice, black pepper and espresso. Dense, chewy on palate. Long and interesting with great potential but not as nuanced and layered as I expect it will be in another decade.
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LdC 4th Annual Truffle Dinner (Primehouse): Full red color. Lovely olive black pepper black fruit and spice nose. Big black spicy palate with coffee notes. Another great showing for this sleeper vintage of Turque.
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Wonderfully complex and beguiling. Decanted. Benefited greatly from extended air time. Color: deep red, almost purple. Bouquet: Raspberries, cedar, coffee. Flavor: a little closed at first but with good red and black fruit up front, then becoming much fuller, redolent of black fruits, tar, coffee or chocolate, black pepper, and forest floor, with a some mineral structure underneath. Neither too hot nor too acidic. More like an interesting mosaic than a well blended palette; there's a lot going on here. Long, fruity and slightly spicy finish. Lively tannins starting to resolve, but this has many years left ahead of it. Excellent wine.
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Scott M. Dinner Party (Home): Full round red color. Spactacular nose of black briar and pepper. A bit lighter bodied and some red fruit character on the palate. Certainly not a monumental La La, but a lovely wine nonetheless... 94-95 pts.
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Dinner at Custom House (Custom House): Now we're talking! Full deep black purple color. big warm slightly green black fruit nose. Lovely round spicy black coffee fruit. Very nice!
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BYO dinner Bumpkin,London dark purple color.on the nose smokey bbq and black cherries, a touch of eucalyptus. drank this next to the Run Rig 95 so the guigal seemed quite smooth and not as jammy as the OZ. it had a good mix of black fruits and cherries in the mouth with a little grilled meat on the finish. very nice wine with many years left in it
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June 14th Rhone Celebration with Jonathon Dinh (Waterfront Seafood Grilll): I wish I had better notes (I can’t decipher my own chicken scratch anymore) on this one, because it was my favorite N Rhone of the night. Dark and brooding, it had some quality I can’t put my finger on that I liked more than the La Landonnes. Just an amazing example of syrah. Co-WOTN with the Centenaire.
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Campanile with WB. This wine has a nice minerality. I did not get much interesting fruit. There was a decent shadow of a fruit element, but no real complexity. I wanted to fool myself, but this wine was just not that great. The nose did not have it and it was no where near even the 02. I'd give it 92 points and if our bottle was representative say this is a do not buy at these prices. The reasonably silky mouhtfeel was redeeming.
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A very pretty wine. Medium ruby with some amber. Evolved nose is quite floral, with high-toned raspberry fruit and oaky aromas (vanilla, chocolate) overlaid by some faint notes of tobacco, licorice, tar. Sweet and rich on the palate with good acidity and fading tannins.
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(from memory) Absolutely lovely. Medium red color and medium bodied. Surprisingly light on its feet but literally bursting with cherry, rasperry, and coffee flavors. Serious delicious stuff . . . 12/04
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1996 Guigal La Turque, Wow for an off year I could have never guessed that, nose clear aromas of oak, vanilla and dark black fruits. Plenty of Asian spices and raspberry. Very exotic in flavor profile. This wine have good depth of fruit and length. The tannins are not obvious and this is a Burgundian-styled northern Rhone. Only one of five thought that this was French.
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Dark red with a blue-ish hue. Vanilla spice in abundance here. Oaky on the nose. There are also scents of camphor. Rich and intense, concentrated, prickly on the tongue. Sweet, sexy, and seductive. Really nice, long aftertaste.
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1/6/2024 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Wine Bros: A Study of Syrah (Cowford Chophouse): Usually my favorite of the group just because of the garrigue that you can get from it. It’s an enjoyable wine and drinking quite well if still on the young side. Intense with all of the animal.
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11/4/2023 - Nontaco Likes this wine: 95 Points
Really drinking well. Well aged La Turque syrah at such a good place. Great with wagyu filets.
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6/17/2022 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Another winner for the night. Fun to drink next to the Landonne of the same year. Perhaps a bit more lavender and dark fruits and again that Cote Rotie minerality. Always good.
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5/2/2022 - acyso wrote: 95 Points
Pausing for the Cause 2022 (Chicago, IL): Absolutely fantastic showing. Such lithe and lifted aromatics, this was really bright and elegant, with classic syrah notes of olive brine and smoke. The palate is light and supple, high in acidity, and fully mature. The oaky elements, if there ever were any, have receded a way. A treat.
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10/20/2021 - bookert wrote: 91 Points
Lighter style of syrah, cool notes
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3/20/2021 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
A Year Later in Vero...; 3/17/2021-3/21/2021 (Vero Beach): Decanted for a few hours and poured next to the '94. Big and vibrant and yet still so very young. At some point I heard that Guigal would say LaLa's need a minimum of 25 years and we're just at the edge of that with this wine. But it's a tasty one.
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9/24/2020 - peternelson Likes this wine: 94 Points
Out of the bottle was a bit closed and musty, but then opened up fantastically. soft pepper, savory notes, sauteed shrooms, mix of dried herbs, wet clay and earth, just a little old blackberry and black raspberry underneath, medium weight (esp. after the killer Ringland-- the contrast was stark but eventually they both easily sat nice together. Very complex and in good shape, with good depth and complexity. Earthy, tons of character, good lift, long. This is in a perfect place right now. I've had neser vintages which seemeed over-oaked, but this was completely integrated and showing very well. Amazing with the savory pork belly. At the Langham Hotel Terrace restaurant with Yarom and the gang.
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6/9/2020 - RWG Likes this wine: 93 Points
Super nice Cote Rotie. Pepper, leather, sandalwood. Loving this.
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1/2/2020 - RWG Likes this wine: 93 Points
First time having this wine. Really liked it, at a great spot right now. Some sediment, Decanted for about 1H. No formal notes but holding up well in a good drinking window. Everybody loved it.
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2/23/2019 - peternelson wrote: 91 Points
Lots of sediment, faded brick-orange-red; very juicy acidity, almost a nuance of ripe attack but dry; some herbs, red fruits, cherry syrup, raspberry, eucalyptus, juicy. Guessed 2000 Cote-Rotie at first and changed to a ripe Burg, to my detriment. This didn't really excite me. Heritage Auction Blind Tasting at Jean-Georges Vegas. ,
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11/30/2018 - KenK Likes this wine: 94 Points
In very good place and everything you want from this wine. Dark blackberry, earth, and pepper spice. Quite pretty with a great texture and purity.
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9/28/2018 - retired_and_roving Likes this wine: 93 Points
Charleston Offlineorama IV; 9/27/2018-10/1/2018 (Charleston, NC (various locations)): 6th/11 wines tasted. This is my third time with this wine in the past few months and the best outing to date. I still feel the '96 is a more subdued year for the La Turque, so while it hits all the typical Northern Rhone notes - it is just done in a quieter package. Dark red raspberry and black berry with a touch of meatiness and smoke. More pretty than masculine and powerful.
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9/28/2018 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine: 95 Points
Charleston IV - Return of the Collectible; 9/27/2018-9/30/2018 (Charleston, SC (various locations)): Yum yum again. Rhone wine is really my sweet spot at the moment I think and this was just wonderful. Black fruits and violets and just a hint of the brine side (although a bit less than you sometimes get with this wine). It's on the younger side. Very well balance and nice acidity and while this is a more 'modern' style coming on the heels of some new world wines it almost feels a touch restrained. Very enjoyable.
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9/8/2018 - retired_and_roving Likes this wine: 92 Points
Decanted for two hours. The nose is dark fruited with some hints of meatiness. On the palate this is more subdued than some other vintages I have tried. Blackberry and red raspberry, some savory grilled meat, a hint of spices with a bit of grip on the finish. Nice and enjoyable but more subtle and less sauvage than I would prefer.
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7/15/2018 - Palanoue219 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Opened for birth of second child. Nose: Dark fruits, prune mostly. Wet pavement. Palate: Amazing, not flat at all. Smoked meat, slight tobacco, granite. Finish is long, almost a red jolly rancher taste. Simply divine experience. Drinking beautifully.
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6/2/2018 - retired_and_roving wrote: flawed
Very disappointing to find this lightly corked on opening. We were hoping it was maybe just some odors - so popped into the decanter. Unfortunately the must cardboard smell persisted on the nose. Tasted of dark fruits, smokey grilled meats - but unfortunately not a sound bottle.
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5/3/2018 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Hommage a DryCab - Washington Wines release; 5/3/2018-5/5/2018 (Various spots in Walla Walla): In a great spot at the moment (still). It's got that lovely mineral and saline and meat flavors that I associate with Cote Rotie. Fresh and young taskting. Violets. It's growing into itself, but really doing very nicely.
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12/14/2017 - Burgnick wrote: 92 Points
96 Lalala dinner- Very dark and tannic. This is the only lalala we decanted. Nose has big dark currant, vanilla oak, and purple fruit. Palate is the most modern and big. Slightly one dimensional tonight compare to the other 2 probably because its not ready. Needs 8-10 more years to unfold in my view.
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9/30/2017 - KenK Likes this wine: 94 Points
Delicious zippy sour black cherry with a roasted meaty flavor and bacon. Savory sweet flavors with lively tart edge and very long spicy finish. In great spot with lots of life left. Really good.lots going on here. Textbook Cote Rotie
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5/21/2017 - CWang wrote: 93 Points
No formal note; impressed by its layered complexity packed with lots of dark fruits; overall, 92-93 points.
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5/20/2017 - Kemo Sabe Likes this wine: 95 Points
Sweet and spicy. Olive and pepper are very prominent. Well integrated at this point. The oak is not present. Would say 20 years in this has lost its baby fat and is now a stunning wine. Long life ahead. This drinks like it has just entered its peak drinking window (had a similar experience with a 96 Clape Cornas; this vintage is really showing well now).
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1/17/2017 - CamWheeler wrote: 92 Points
Burgundy and Rhone: Blind. Red berries, roses, chocolate, blackberry, pepper and charcoal - aromatic and expressive. The palate shows quite a softness to the fruit, there are complexity and plenty of layers through the length of the palate. I wouldn't want to hold these too much longer based on this bottle as the fruit may fade too far, but for now it was excellent.
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12/31/2016 - Edclr Likes this wine: 95 Points
One of the few La La's I have not rated 98-100. Must be the vintage. Classic Cote Rotie nose of oak and tar, dark fruits, great finish, love these wines.
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7/22/2016 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Drank next to the '95 and both were awesome although this might have even had a bit of the edge for the day. It is just a plethora of flavors - great leather, great earth, great fruit, hints of spice - and yet everything is more quietly done. Very enjoyable. In a good drinking window right now.
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7/8/2016 - MarceloIdeses Likes this wine: 95 Points
Complex, rich, aromatic, dark berrys, chocolate, cigar box, long finish. Drink now. Perfect mature at 20 years
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2/9/2016 - AWBryce wrote:
Well balanced, dark fruit, meaty, okay acid, resolved palate. Some citrus and spice on the palate. Fantastic.
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3/22/2015 - TWSA wrote: 90 Points
Duration: 3 hours
Aroma: cherry, rose, tar
Condition: perfect
Notes: this wine is still pretty young to drink despite 19 years of age. After 2 hours of decanting this wine reminds me of a bottle of Burgundy from cotes de nuits. This wine probably needs another 10-15 years to evolve. It's not the right time to give a fair comment now.
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2/18/2015 - Papies wrote: 93 Points
2015 Athens Wine Event (Aleria Restaurant, Athens): Second time we cross paths with this wine ( Last was Sep/09 Papies 95) and this time felt a touch less impressive and retrained. Very much a young wine and still needs tiem to develop (Maybe we were star gazing back then)
Still quite a bit of oak dynamics, mocha on the nose and palate. Good extract but the wine is still very young and undeveloped ina way but not harsh or angular. Needs time. Note sure how to rate. But above 92 and hopefully time will help.
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12/31/2014 - cortoncharlie wrote: 93 Points
Really nice. Not as meaty or exotic as before. Lovely smell of country side in provence. Good acidity and black fruit. Primary but in a good place now.
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11/4/2014 - wyahaw Likes this wine: 95 Points
Tasted this alongside several other Guigal wines (La Londonne 1997, 2000, La Mouline, La Turque 2004, La Mouline 2006) and this was the wine of the evening by a short head. Soft tannins, well balanced, good finish.
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5/25/2013 - Burgundy Al wrote:
Another Saturday at Knightsbridge - mostly blind (Northbrook, IL): Tasted double blind, this wine was a real head scratcher. Large scaled with firm spice and plenty of very fresh black fruit. It barely showed any Côte-Rôtie character or any Guigal character or any of the floral Viognier influence i would expect. No question this was a fascinating, charming wine, but I had enormous trouble identifying what it might be. At first I was convinced it was a very good, young Sine Qua Non!
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2/22/2013 - pjaines Likes this wine:
Hmmmm. Nice but would I be happy to pay for it myself? Cherries, forest floor, cherries, meat and a very persistent finish. Just about creeping into the drinking window.
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12/20/2012 - Dave Dalluge wrote: 93 Points
Leo Turns 60! (It's Greek To Me): Very similar to La Mouline, but with a bit more complexity. This too showed as young. Most preferred this to the La Mouline served alongside.
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12/2/2012 - Jeff Leve wrote: 93 Points
A solid Cote Rotie, but not a great vintage for La Turque. The nose offered enticing aromatics. But the lack of depth and concentration, coupled with none of the normally easy to find exotic qualities enjoyed in the La La's, makes this medium/full bodied wine a pass, especially when you consider the price.
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11/18/2012 - Agauthie wrote:
Great nose, A bit tight upon opening, then opened beautifully after 1 hr. Delicate, smooth, great wine.
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10/9/2012 - Vintomas wrote: 94 Points
Vertical tasting of Guigal La Turque (Esperanto, Stockholm): Nose with ripe cherries, slightly sweetish red berries and a hint of dark berries, rather flowery, some herbaceous nores, mild oriental spices, developed notes with a discrete animal note. Dominating berry aromas but rather noticeable development; quite elegant. Full bodied-, slightly sweetish fruit, ripe cherries, red and some dark berries, velvety tannins, mineral, some spice. Rather fully mature but still berry-dominated nose and palate, 94.
The first wine in the lineup with noticeable development in the nose.
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10/9/2012 - Ramberg wrote: 96 Points
Guigal Masterclass Stockholm, 8 vintages of La Turque: Nose: Great, marvelous and beautiful mature nose on this wine!
Stable and dung, wet horse and wet rotten leaves.
Very mature with some secondary aromas of coffee and espresso.
Palate: Very long! Mature, stones and minerals/gravel, good acidity (maybe a bit too much acid for that perfect balance?) , fantastic fruit!
This is a beauty!
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8/30/2012 - Alex H wrote: 88 Points
Black cherries and slight glue. Rich juicy but soft style with some black spice. Nice rich licorice
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8/25/2012 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
Ming's Birthday (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Paragon): Excellent. Second time round, this bottle was not quite as impressive as the one I had a year back. It seemed a bit simpler, more reticent, perhaps because it did not get as much time and air as the last one. Still a gorgeous wine though. It had a classic Côte-Rôtie nose, with sweet plums and black cherries mixed in with hints of violets, a twist of herbs and spice, all playing against a very classic backdrop of roasted earth, dried flowers and curls of tobacco smoke. Just a beautiful bouquet there. So delicious on the palate too - it unfolded in lovely layers of blackberries and plums and dark cherries, all lined with the fresh acidity and fine but firm tannins of the 1996 vintage. The only thing that made this less than completely enjoyable was the fact that it was still very primary, still a bit simple. Otherwise, this was a wine that had depth, breadth and effortless intensity in a single package. It had a beautiful finish too, chocked full with spice and cigar notes. A lovely wine and very deliciously even now. However, it still has its best years way ahead of it. This is worth waiting another 3-5 years for before opening another to gauge its progress - I have a feeling that peak drinking may some way beyond that.
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5/25/2012 - LBBURGJUNKIE wrote: 92 Points
Very primary. Going to be very nice. At this stage, not my thing.
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12/20/2011 - Catnapped wrote: 94 Points
This bottle was awesome. A little tight upon opening, but after an hour in the decanter it had opened up nicely. Lots of bacon fat and tobacco on the nose and exotic spices, black olives on the palate. A most impressive Cote-Rotie, still with lots of time left.
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12/13/2011 - Goldstone wrote: 96 Points
White Truffle Dinner (Chez Patrick Restaurant, 26 Peel Street, Central, Hong Kong): Alluring colour, a mix of blood red and purple, translucent....just transparent at the broader edge of the glass. Nose is immediate velvet...plush velvet curtains in a dark and locked-up room...there is something deep and dark that tries to pull you down into an abyss....oak furniture cream...smoke...new mocassin leather...wafts of smoke...and something like solid old mahogany furniture in the background....wow, this is beguiling stuff. Palate has an initial cherry-driven acidic attack then dry roses, fresh violet flowers and....Bang!...a huge rolling thunder, shock and awe endless resonance. As it develops in the glass there are..black cherries...acetone in a soaring resonance inside your head manner....a lightness of touch that is powerful but not weighty....hints of kirsch...quite alcoholic...just brilliant stuff...a wonderful lasting impression of "cherry personified" but cherry in such intensity that I have never experienced before...lovely light Barolo-like etherial headiness. Thrilling! Stunningly made. My first "La Turque" and I can see why CortonCharlie at a previous dinner alluded it to Grange in its exotic uniqueness. Runny pointed out that its label doesn't quite match the quality of the contents and that we should penalise it a couple of points.....he was out-voted. What a wonderful wine.....JP, thanks so much.
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10/29/2011 - jlgnml wrote: 94 Points
Underground dinner (Bonsoiree in Chicago): Very full in the glass. Deep and rich flavor. A real treat.
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9/14/2011 - mattjohnson_78 wrote: 94 Points
not even close to full potential. all of the great cote rotie qualities: loads of tar, deep blueberries, huge black fruit, hints of bacon fat, super high acidity and a long finish.
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9/1/2011 - Sleepy Dave wrote: 94 Points
2011 Simple Series 9: Sean BOD (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck @ Paragon): Alcohol :: 13%
Decanted about 3.5-4hrs. This was served blind alongside with the 86 Mouton and everyone was keeping the focus to the 86 Mouton, well, that's for sure. However, this was every bit as good as the Mouton, perhaps not the scale and structured, but the sheer class and finesse. Intoxicating bouquet with super ripe plum, dark cherry laced on an array of spices, coffee, caramel and mineral, the intensity and complexity is absolutely stunning. As sensational as the nose, this full bodied juice offered incredible intensity that coat the mouth immediately yet remained such perfect balance with class, finesse and elegance. There is enough concentration of really pure dark and red fruits mixed, mineral to buffered the medium level of super fine tannin and formed the solid structured with lush, polish and refine texture. The grip and tension on the palate is fabulous and demonstrated what is power with grace. Very very long spicy infused finish that just goes on and on. This is absolutely delicious and will only be better in another 5yrs time. The 86 Mouton might be surpass the Turque 5yrs down the road but today I'm a fan of the 96 Turque. Did I mention 1996 is not a strong vintage in Rhone? 94-95
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9/1/2011 - Dbrane wrote: 88 Points
Sean Birthday (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck): Having had the 1998 before this one did pale in comparison. Quite meaty on the nose and still rather tannic. I think this needs more time to mellow down. A bit four square at the moment.
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9/1/2011 - yeoman wrote:
A wine that tell the Bordeaux FG, been Latour 66 and Mouton 86, that you will not be taking the limelight for the night. Great balance with the fruits and acid on the palate.
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9/1/2011 - Paul S wrote: 95 Points
2011 Simple Series VII: Sean's Birthday (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Paragon): My red wine of the night. Quite a feat when there was a 1966 Latour and a 1986 Mouton on the same table. This was wonderful though. It had a beautiful nose that left me in no doubt that it was a top-notch Cote-Rotie, most probably a La-La too at that. Lush, plummy and ripe, with glorious scents of black cherries and blueberries backed up with scorched earth, spice and tobacco notes. Absolutely lovely. What a palate too. Maybe not as profound as that crazy nose, but it was balanced to a T, with beautifully judged acidity spread throughout delicious flavours of dark cherries and blackberries. This had a wonderful sense of elegance and poise to it, but was also strong and sinewy - graceful, but rather more like a gymnast than a dancer in the way it was shaped. Past the mid-palate, the wine drifted into beautiful finish replete with gentle spicey notes wafting all around the mouth. Wonderful. Another complete wine, yet unlike the pair of Bordeaux Firsts, this was both intellectually stimulating as well as entirely delicious and soul-warming. A great wine.
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6/18/2011 - cooberp wrote: 90 Points
Candied nose, strong vanilla oak, black cherry, maybe cedar/pine. Good acidity, not much tannin or alcohol. Light ruby, light-medium body. Not getting the weight or spice or secondary elements other tasters have mentioned. Elegant, but poor QPR.
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6/5/2011 - ludwigbpm wrote: 93 Points
Nez d'épices, avec une pointe de chaleur et un peu de fruits cuits. Les tanins sont bien présents mais commencent à se policer. Très long et belle complexité aromatique en rétro-olfaction.
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4/20/2011 - reichken wrote: 93 Points
Big dark meaty fruit, this no shrinking violet. This is still mostly black fruits some leather and rich. Prbly drunk to early
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8/20/2010 - Zweder wrote: 91 Points
Second time I had this wine and second time I hardly made notes because I was enjoying the evening too much. At first some dairy in the bouquet, but then the black fruits and spiciness came. Very juicy wine, but not the complexity as expected. Maybe we had an off bottle…?
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8/20/2010 - jkoenen wrote: 89 Points
Hedonistic Diner, Part 2 (Restaurant Le Défi, Sprang-Capelle): Sweet entry, some alcohol in the back, licorice, spices, grilled vegetables, lascivious wine. Table agreed on this one: a sub-par bottle. 17/20
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5/16/2010 - LarryF wrote: 95 Points
great as always
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4/10/2010 - WildeMeeuw wrote: 96 Points
Penfolds Grange among Australias greatest (Heemstede - Rest. Southern Cross): 1996 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie La Turque (Frankrijk, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie) Kleur: Robijnrood, oranje rand Aroma / bouquet: Duidelijk Syrah maar duidelijk geen Shiraz ;-), donker fruit en kruidigheid, maar subtieler en ingetogener, minder gebrand, subtieler houtgebruik met een prettige tint van eikenhout. Smaak / Afdronk: Zachte zuren, royaal aanwezige maar boterzachte tannines, iets boersig en stallerig, zachte en tertiaire indruk… Heerlijk rijp Algemeen / potentieel: Top Syrah, zeer uitgesproken, verfijnde en subtiele klasse… 50 + Kleur: 5 + Aroma / bouquet: 13 + Smaak / Afdronk: 19 + Algemeen / potentieel: 9 = 96/100
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3/25/2010 - MatthewF wrote:
Seductive nose of black cherry and plum with quite a bit of black pepper, smokey meat, and savory herbs. Ripe black fruits on the palate; lots of spice and some espresso notes as well. Medium bodied with good structure and great acidity. Drinking quite well.
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12/13/2009 - loverboy wrote: 95 Points
Top norch quality wine, accessible and impressive. I used to not quite like the Guigal's wine with my limited experience with them. This 1996 Turque changed my mind all the way with its explosive nose of tropical fruits, mineral, vanilla and with Guigal's herbs & spices. Also there was no compromise on the palate, full bodied, but yet elegant. my WOTN
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9/4/2009 - Papies wrote: 95 Points
What a great wine. Deep colour big body and a complex nose like no other. Maybe 2 minute finish. This is Cote Rotie at its best. Decanted for very little maybe 10minutes. Drinkable now but for sure can age. Superb
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7/27/2009 - reichken wrote: 90 Points
drunk @ Boca di Lupa-decanted for several hours before diner- horsey leather nose, dark black fruits as well. this wine was showing big bold dark fruits and some smokey flavors but it was also quite hot which surprised me a bit and took away from some of the pleasure. long finish, i guess i need to put it away for awhile
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1/9/2009 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Fourth Annual White Truffle Dinner (David Burke's Primehouse - Chicago IL): Vertical included the 1997 and 1998, this was my favorite, but still not close to ready. Aromas of blackberry, licorice, black pepper and espresso. Dense, chewy on palate. Long and interesting with great potential but not as nuanced and layered as I expect it will be in another decade.
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1/9/2009 - winefool wrote: 95 Points
LdC 4th Annual Truffle Dinner (Primehouse): Full red color. Lovely olive black pepper black fruit and spice nose. Big black spicy palate with coffee notes. Another great showing for this sleeper vintage of Turque.
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11/1/2008 - Cal Bear wrote: 94 Points
Wonderfully complex and beguiling. Decanted. Benefited greatly from extended air time. Color: deep red, almost purple. Bouquet: Raspberries, cedar, coffee. Flavor: a little closed at first but with good red and black fruit up front, then becoming much fuller, redolent of black fruits, tar, coffee or chocolate, black pepper, and forest floor, with a some mineral structure underneath. Neither too hot nor too acidic. More like an interesting mosaic than a well blended palette; there's a lot going on here. Long, fruity and slightly spicy finish. Lively tannins starting to resolve, but this has many years left ahead of it. Excellent wine.
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5/10/2008 - winefool wrote: 94 Points
Scott M. Dinner Party (Home): Full round red color. Spactacular nose of black briar and pepper. A bit lighter bodied and some red fruit character on the palate. Certainly not a monumental La La, but a lovely wine nonetheless... 94-95 pts.
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11/30/2007 - winefool wrote: 95 Points
Dinner at Custom House (Custom House): Now we're talking! Full deep black purple color. big warm slightly green black fruit nose. Lovely round spicy black coffee fruit. Very nice!
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6/19/2007 - reichken wrote: 93 Points
BYO dinner Bumpkin,London
dark purple color.on the nose smokey bbq and black cherries, a touch of eucalyptus. drank this next to the Run Rig 95 so the guigal seemed quite smooth and not as jammy as the OZ. it had a good mix of black fruits and cherries in the mouth with a little grilled meat on the finish. very nice wine with many years left in it
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6/14/2007 - Not Levine wrote:
June 14th Rhone Celebration with Jonathon Dinh (Waterfront Seafood Grilll): I wish I had better notes (I can’t decipher my own chicken scratch anymore) on this one, because it was my favorite N Rhone of the night. Dark and brooding, it had some quality I can’t put my finger on that I liked more than the La Landonnes. Just an amazing example of syrah. Co-WOTN with the Centenaire.
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5/6/2007 - Hillbilly wrote: 92 Points
Campanile with WB. This wine has a nice minerality. I did not get much interesting fruit. There was a decent shadow of a fruit element, but no real complexity. I wanted to fool myself, but this wine was just not that great. The nose did not have it and it was no where near even the 02. I'd give it 92 points and if our bottle was representative say this is a do not buy at these prices. The reasonably silky mouhtfeel was redeeming.
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3/24/2006 - KPB wrote: 94 Points
A very pretty wine. Medium ruby with some amber. Evolved nose is quite floral, with high-toned raspberry fruit and oaky aromas (vanilla, chocolate) overlaid by some faint notes of tobacco, licorice, tar. Sweet and rich on the palate with good acidity and fading tannins.
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12/1/2004 - winefool wrote: 95 Points
(from memory) Absolutely lovely. Medium red color and medium bodied. Surprisingly light on its feet but literally bursting with cherry, rasperry, and coffee flavors. Serious delicious stuff . . . 12/04
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6/30/2004 - Alpine wrote: 94 Points
1996 Guigal La Turque, Wow for an off year I could have never guessed that, nose clear aromas of oak, vanilla and dark black fruits. Plenty of Asian spices and raspberry. Very exotic in flavor profile. This wine have good depth of fruit and length. The tannins are not obvious and this is a Burgundian-styled northern Rhone. Only one of five thought that this was French.
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11/7/2003 - Joe Belmaati wrote: 95 Points
Dark red with a blue-ish hue. Vanilla spice in abundance here. Oaky on the nose. There are also scents of camphor. Rich and intense, concentrated, prickly on the tongue. Sweet, sexy, and seductive. Really nice, long aftertaste.
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