Cork. 13% alc. Double decanted and resealed with the cork 12 hours before serving. Rich, dark, black fruits mingle with chocolate, sweet dried herbs, graphite. It’s medium to full framed, well balanced, with a swathe of fine tannins. Still rather primary, but opened well in the glass.
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Straight out of the bottle, a lot of dark fruit, good texture, quite civilized this Turque and would probally please many ... certainly more than me ... not so oaky as they can be so that was positive ... it drinks ok, but not much more, sorry but competition is tough and there are so many good wines around for less money, this is over priced like the Hermitage La Chapelle, and top Chapoutier, for me it seems like the best Cornas's & best Cote Rotie's have run by these wines .. by far .. or perhaps it's just me getting old ... older :) Drink 2024-2030
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Enkelte notater indikerte at vinen skulle være i overkant ung; vår flaske var luftet ca 2,5 time og var vakker fra start, helt sensasjonell etter en drøy time i glasset. Nydelig floralitet, silkeaktig munnfølelse, mangefasettert rødfrukt som leker i munnen og lar hele rosebedet danse på en kraftfull men elegant kropp. Åpner seg ytterligere de siste 20-ish minuttene i glasset og blir virkelig stor.
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Guigal Cote-Rotie La Turque 2011. Mørk og heftig - krevende å drikke. Etter en time i glasset åpner den seg mer og mer. Utvikler seg til en helt strålende Syrah. Fortsatt relativt røff struktur. Bør nok ligge i en 5-10 år til. Meget lang. 94p
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Glorious Waterside Inn (The Waterside Inn, Bray): Decanted and served. We rarely cross paths with La Las this young, we cherish and save them for older age but every now and then we get these joyful events when we try them youngish. This is now at the start of its drinking window but ever so welcoming and beautiful. Still very much fruit driven but starting to show secondary side and evolution, not heat that full on smoky well evolved La La but still ever so savoury, dark fruited and beautiful wine. Impressively balanced and elegant as expected from the pedigree and terroir. Exceptional albeit at the start of its journey. 94 for now but more to come.
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Blackish ruby color. Decanted and aerated for an hour then drank over another hour. Nose of blackberries, sweet spices, plums and licorice. On the palate still young but open, medium bodied, lots of forward dark spicy fruits, finishes on a bitter chocolate note with subtle tannins. Very well structured.
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Guigal w/ Patrick Will: Cote Brune, the schist gives smoke to the wines. Guigal is the only producer of La Turque. again 42m, 100% new, acquired in 1980 when they bought Vidal Fleury. there will be a new LaLa in 2022 - La Renard here, less mushroom than the 2011 La Mouline, with more dark fruit available too
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Certainement trop jeune mais autant La Landonne bue il y a une année m’avait enthousiasmé (95) autant La Turque m’a laissé sur ma faim ce soir. Bouteille ouverte et bue dans de grands verres à Barolo. Robe carmin, nez réticent plutôt sur des notes herbeuses, florales au mieux, au palais, boisé, puis animal, lard et viande après 3 heures, léger, finit court. Provenance impeccable comme La Landonne, bouchon aussi, bouteille peut-être problématique et millésime plutôt faible. On verra ce que La Mouline a à dire.. Pas de notation.
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Still a baby, and at least 5 years away in my estimation. Even after a 6 hour decant, this wasn't showing off much, with faint notes of black raspberry, black pepper, and smoked brisket not quite firing. The potential is there to fill out.
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Fabulous maturity and currently in a great drinking window! Very elegant, complex aromas of blackberries, sous bois, leather and coffee. Super long finish!
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Decanted 2 hours. Aromas leap out. Black cherry, licorice, iron, plum. Silky in the mouth. It’s fresh, concentrated and intense, with good length. Open for business, with lots left for future development.
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Sommelier Appreciation Dinner 2020 (The Brown Residence): Still way too young. Primary blue fruit, beacon fat, ash, liquid smoke and earth. Very good concentration, slightly coiled blue fruit, medium acidity and mineral, and a long concentrated blue fruit driven finish. Still needs a decade or more. Perhaps the weakest vintage?
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Short note - black berries, dried meat, violet, game meat, pepper, intense flavour, oak, long finish, concentration and leng is incredible, very well balanced, outstanding quality, 93/94p
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Deep ruby... lovely fragrant aromas of red currents, tea, spice cake. Supple and warm, delicious fruit in a velvety robe, fantastic minerality. Really a nice wine, drinking well now, could garner 96-97pts at peak.
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A bold nose with a deep roasted note, some cocoa and a herbal character that was not present on the palate. It was thick and full bodied and showing very dark fruits. Long already but not showing a lot of dimension yet. I found this quite muted today, but clearly of very high quality. I would hold for a good while yet before opening.
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1967 Dinner with FV and Friends: Very pretty aromas - violets, roses, red cherry and a splash of black pepper across the nose and palate. Really bright on the palate as well, with a great mix of power and precision within the fruit. Classy stuff. Felt like it was quite approachable, but certainly would benefit from more time.
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Guigal "La La's" with Brett Crittenden (Glengarry Wines and Spirits, Victoria Park, Auckland, New Zealand): The La Turque is kind of a half-way house in style, between the La Mouline and La Landonne, in this vintage. This is a darker wine with a darker and granite nose than the La Mouline, but it shares with that wine a certain degree of suppleness and a forward a nature. Hints of deep plums and sur maturite. This is a vin de garde - firmer, more backward with more apparent oak. An extraordinary wine, this is the plummiest of the three cuvees and offers a kind of amalgamation of the styles. 95+
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Serverades blint och det var inget snack om att detta var Guigal och något av La-vinerna. Otippat drickfärdigt och tillgängligt trots sin ungdom. Blommig parfymerad doft med mörk frukt, kryddig, rökt chark och aningen peppartoner i bakgrunden. Väldigt fin balanserat med mogen svarvinbärsfrukt, elegant syra och silkiga tanniner. Det är bara att korka upp.
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3/28/2024 - fizz wrote:
Cork. 13% alc.
Double decanted and resealed with the cork 12 hours before serving.
Rich, dark, black fruits mingle with chocolate, sweet dried herbs, graphite. It’s medium to full framed, well balanced, with a swathe of fine tannins. Still rather primary, but opened well in the glass.
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2/29/2024 - In2wines wrote: 91 Points
Singapore February 2024
Straight out of the bottle, a lot of dark fruit, good texture, quite civilized this Turque and would probally please many ... certainly more than me ... not so oaky as they can be so that was positive ... it drinks ok, but not much more, sorry but competition is tough and there are so many good wines around for less money, this is over priced like the Hermitage La Chapelle, and top Chapoutier, for me it seems like the best Cornas's & best Cote Rotie's have run by these wines .. by far .. or perhaps it's just me getting old ... older :)
Drink 2024-2030
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2/3/2024 - Krokfjord wrote: 95 Points
Enkelte notater indikerte at vinen skulle være i overkant ung; vår flaske var luftet ca 2,5 time og var vakker fra start, helt sensasjonell etter en drøy time i glasset. Nydelig floralitet, silkeaktig munnfølelse, mangefasettert rødfrukt som leker i munnen og lar hele rosebedet danse på en kraftfull men elegant kropp. Åpner seg ytterligere de siste 20-ish minuttene i glasset og blir virkelig stor.
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11/13/2023 - hajoha wrote: 94 Points
Guigal Cote-Rotie La Turque 2011.
Mørk og heftig - krevende å drikke.
Etter en time i glasset åpner den seg mer og mer.
Utvikler seg til en helt strålende Syrah.
Fortsatt relativt røff struktur.
Bør nok ligge i en 5-10 år til.
Meget lang. 94p
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11/11/2023 - jrh82 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Still 5-10 years to early. Took 1,5 hours in the glass to come around, but a great wine is sitting there ready to come out one day.
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10/28/2023 - Papies wrote: 94 Points
Glorious Waterside Inn (The Waterside Inn, Bray): Decanted and served. We rarely cross paths with La Las this young, we cherish and save them for older age but every now and then we get these joyful events when we try them youngish. This is now at the start of its drinking window but ever so welcoming and beautiful. Still very much fruit driven but starting to show secondary side and evolution, not heat that full on smoky well evolved La La but still ever so savoury, dark fruited and beautiful wine. Impressively balanced and elegant as expected from the pedigree and terroir. Exceptional albeit at the start of its journey. 94 for now but more to come.
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1/24/2023 - Peter Z. Likes this wine: 96 Points
still too young, but the potential is clearly there
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1/20/2023 - ShadowIII Likes this wine: 93 Points
bacon fat, blackberries, blueberries, spice, more elegant than powerful, balanced
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1/13/2023 - the player Likes this wine: 93 Points
Blackish ruby color. Decanted and aerated for an hour then drank over another hour. Nose of blackberries, sweet spices, plums and licorice. On the palate still young but open, medium bodied, lots of forward dark spicy fruits, finishes on a bitter chocolate note with subtle tannins. Very well structured.
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12/27/2022 - BoxerBee Likes this wine: 97 Points
Raspberry coulis, meat/blood. Subtle on the nose, superior texture and incredibly well balanced. Great wine.
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10/16/2022 - nzinkgraf wrote:
Guigal w/ Patrick Will: Cote Brune, the schist gives smoke to the wines. Guigal is the only producer of La Turque.
again 42m, 100% new, acquired in 1980 when they bought Vidal Fleury.
there will be a new LaLa in 2022 - La Renard
here, less mushroom than the 2011 La Mouline, with more dark fruit available too
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9/26/2021 - Ericsson wrote:
Certainement trop jeune mais autant La Landonne bue il y a une année m’avait enthousiasmé (95) autant La Turque m’a laissé sur ma faim ce soir.
Bouteille ouverte et bue dans de grands verres à Barolo.
Robe carmin, nez réticent plutôt sur des notes herbeuses, florales au mieux, au palais, boisé, puis animal, lard et viande après 3 heures, léger, finit court.
Provenance impeccable comme La Landonne, bouchon aussi, bouteille peut-être problématique et millésime plutôt faible.
On verra ce que La Mouline a à dire..
Pas de notation.
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5/19/2021 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Wow does that smell great. Tastes meat and powerful with allot of direct acidity.
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4/2/2021 - ziavino wrote: 93 Points
Still a baby, and at least 5 years away in my estimation. Even after a 6 hour decant, this wasn't showing off much, with faint notes of black raspberry, black pepper, and smoked brisket not quite firing. The potential is there to fill out.
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12/19/2020 - faivre_eric Likes this wine: 93 Points
Fabulous maturity and currently in a great drinking window!
Very elegant, complex aromas of blackberries, sous bois, leather and coffee. Super long finish!
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9/22/2020 - robferguson1 wrote: 93 Points
Good but doesn’t match the hype
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5/23/2020 - fizz wrote:
Decanted 2 hours.
Aromas leap out. Black cherry, licorice, iron, plum. Silky in the mouth. It’s fresh, concentrated and intense, with good length. Open for business, with lots left for future development.
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2/9/2020 - dcwino wrote: 93 Points
Sommelier Appreciation Dinner 2020 (The Brown Residence): Still way too young. Primary blue fruit, beacon fat, ash, liquid smoke and earth. Very good concentration, slightly coiled blue fruit, medium acidity and mineral, and a long concentrated blue fruit driven finish. Still needs a decade or more. Perhaps the weakest vintage?
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2/8/2019 - Ebrim Likes this wine: 93 Points
Short note - black berries, dried meat, violet, game meat, pepper, intense flavour, oak, long finish, concentration and leng is incredible, very well balanced, outstanding quality, 93/94p
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9/29/2018 - KPB wrote: 94 Points
Deep ruby... lovely fragrant aromas of red currents, tea, spice cake. Supple and warm, delicious fruit in a velvety robe, fantastic minerality. Really a nice wine, drinking well now, could garner 96-97pts at peak.
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6/1/2018 - Chenkl Likes this wine: 94 Points
十分活潑的莓果與香料，甜美豐腴卻不失架構。單寧恰如其分得撐起骨架。酸度仍強，或可再等。
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5/26/2018 - BigJ Likes this wine:
A bold nose with a deep roasted note, some cocoa and a herbal character that was not present on the palate. It was thick and full bodied and showing very dark fruits. Long already but not showing a lot of dimension yet. I found this quite muted today, but clearly of very high quality. I would hold for a good while yet before opening.
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10/22/2017 - steinersing wrote: 96 Points
quite deep, savoury
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8/20/2017 - CamWheeler wrote: 94 Points
1967 Dinner with FV and Friends: Very pretty aromas - violets, roses, red cherry and a splash of black pepper across the nose and palate. Really bright on the palate as well, with a great mix of power and precision within the fruit. Classy stuff. Felt like it was quite approachable, but certainly would benefit from more time.
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5/27/2017 - Mazy Likes this wine: 93 Points
Mûre, beaucoup de poivre, finale florale. Beaucoup moins d’élevage que je n’aurais pensé. Il faudra patienter pour les autres bouteilles.
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12/13/2015 - steinersing wrote: 94 Points
Less exciting than Mouline at this stage. Nice still.
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9/9/2015 - Marc wrote: 95 Points
Guigal "La La's" with Brett Crittenden (Glengarry Wines and Spirits, Victoria Park, Auckland, New Zealand): The La Turque is kind of a half-way house in style, between the La Mouline and La Landonne, in this vintage. This is a darker wine with a darker and granite nose than the La Mouline, but it shares with that wine a certain degree of suppleness and a forward a nature. Hints of deep plums and sur maturite. This is a vin de garde - firmer, more backward with more apparent oak. An extraordinary wine, this is the plummiest of the three cuvees and offers a kind of amalgamation of the styles. 95+
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6/26/2015 - FamilyLarsson wrote: 94 Points
Serverades blint och det var inget snack om att detta var Guigal och något av La-vinerna. Otippat drickfärdigt och tillgängligt trots sin ungdom. Blommig parfymerad doft med mörk frukt, kryddig, rökt chark och aningen peppartoner i bakgrunden. Väldigt fin balanserat med mogen svarvinbärsfrukt, elegant syra och silkiga tanniner. Det är bara att korka upp.
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