Great wine, elegant and intense, the oak and extraction are very well judged in this vintage in the sense that the fruit is not overshadowed by any external element, the wine is very refined, very pure. It gradually became more complex and more intense in an elegant manner after 5 hours of air, which is not what La Turque is known for. This wine is just too young, it is still primary, and it should be drunk either after a 24 hours decant or in 10 to 20 years. Lots of potential ahead.
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served about 30 minutes after decanting. A little dusty on the nose, with notes of leather. Not bad, with some fragrance and sweet fruit on the nose. Acidity was relatively high on the palate. Not nearly the beautiful La Turque I was hoping for.
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Nose: burnt bacon, red fruits, banana, tar, marshmallows, toffee Notes: fantastic notes and nose. Still quite fresh and delicious. It's fair to comment that this is not a top vintage la la la as the palate is relatively short and although the nose is quite fantastic the palate is unable to deliver the same kind of profile. Having said so La Turque has never been the top one from la la la and tends to be overripe comparing to mouline and landonne. I think this is ready now and should last for another 10 years. Drink: now - 2032 Rating: 90
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Complete, exotic, lovely. This is in a happy place in its secondary phase, with soft fruit and beautiful spice. Appealing garnet color, plum, and incense. Uncertain about the long term future of this wine, I'd be inclined to drink sooner than later and enjoy it in its current superb state.
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Pulled the cork and got an immediate hit of bacon. Ah Côte Rôtie! Once in the glass it wasn’t so much bacon, but plenty of roasted meat, smoke, deep cherry & plum fruit. The palate was even more impressive, as it carried the flavors along a layer of bright acidity that made the wine fresh and amazingly food friendly. Tannins kicked in on the finish, but we’re not at all obtrusive. Finishing the wine about four hours after it was opened it remained rock steady. Fabulous showing, and tons of time to go. No regrets opening this bottle. None at all.
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A private dinner (Scharzhof, Wiltingen, Germany): Deep and rich and spicy, oaky and structured, balsamic, big and concentrated but lacks finesse (for my palate, you may disagree). Needs even more time, too young still.
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drank 2 hours after decanting. Acidity was higher than expected. Smoke and grilled meats on the nose, but what happened to the fruit and floral notes? After 2 hours and 15 minutes it showed some cooked fruits like stewed prunes. Some 3½ hours after decanting this showed some lead pencil. So disappointing.
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Spicy black fruits with a touch of sweet fruit on the finish, pepper, and olive brine. Still structured on the palate, but there's a delicateness that weaves through. Long, lingering finish.
For me, this wine didn't bring the fireworks that the fame and reputation suggest, but it's still a very good wine with plenty of life ahead.
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Deep black to purple Violets and perfume Black pepper, menthol and mint Thick tannins Good size and structure Iicorice So much potential ahead From ESH
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For old times sake: Stable smells, smoke and autumn forest in the bouquet. On the palate red and dark berries, full bodied and good acidity and tannin with still a soft bite. Lovely wine. 93 - 94
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Lighter in body than you might expect, but gorgeous on the nose and the palate. Lacks the power of the 2001 Penfold's Grange that we had with it that night, but it's definitely the more interesting wine. Sublime. I see no reason to wait longer to drink it.
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Just opening up and showing a fantastic floral quality. Really fine and elegant on the palate with delicious dark raspberry fruit and a savory, smoky quality. The finish is very silky and finely complex with notes of violet spice and licorice. A great vintage for this wine and drinking better than the La Mouline right now. Business & Wine Society Summer dinner.
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Relatively light in color, but still no sign of age. Good fruit nose with raspberry dominating. Jammy flavors with some meaty notes. Tastes nice but somewhat of a disappointment given the name.
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Amali BYO Dinner (Amali Restaurant - NY, NY): Definitely still very youthful, but also pretty darn tasty. Gobs of dark fruit, tempered with meaty savory notes and good acidity. This is a youngster that should continue to develop very nicely over the next 10 years. Fun to try.
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Another Amali BYO dinner (Amali in NYC): Officially it's still infanticide, but man I like this wine. Young LaLa's always show the oak and this was no different, but on top of that you get this great plum and fig and slightly meaty and just interesting wine that is really quite tasty. One of my favorites.
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BYO (MG): Very expressive and elegant wine. Opens up very nicely with air and has an elegant raspberry/blueberry fruit but also some game flavors. Piercing and refreshing acidity that really livens everything up and clearly impresses. The wine is all about elegance and intensity. Very impressive.
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Expressive, well-delineated nose of dark fruit, roast meat, and iron. Broad, expansive, and savory on the palate. While certainly a large-scale wine, the 2001 La Turque offers a surprising elegance, packaging intense and concentrated flavors into a light body. Drink now through 2028+.
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An excellent showing for such a young La Turque. Very approachable, and obviously needed lots of air. Lots of pepper and smoked meat on the nose and palate. Light on its feet. Drinking extremely well and should improve from here.
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The Athens Wine Event to put all the others to shame (Paleo Reastaurant, Piraeus): Tasted blind and followed in the wake of the perfect 1989 La Turque. We went straight again ( maybe we figured out the "game" our friend was playing here) for a younger Cote Rotie . A lot more broody, dark fruited, richer less savouty and yet with a lot of evolution in the horizon. It keeps on improving and having tried this wine 3 times in the last 7 years its scores are going higher and higher. Very beutiful wine now but having tried older siblings of these patience will be rewarded here. 94
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Best of the flight with an 04 Landonne and Mouline. A touch sweeter on the nose. Candy mixed with spices. Good tannins. Also sweeter on the palate. Drinks bigger than the 04s and more mouth coating. More and more spices coming out of the glass the longer this sits. Really good. At this stage this can probably benefit from a decant of an hour plus.
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Has definitely improved since 5 years ago when we tried this but a few more years will definitely help it. Needs a bit of decanting and we did for approx 1 hour. Class act of Cote Rotie, spicy, cardamon notes on the nose along with dark fruits, light roast meat touch but more of a fruit/spice mix nose than the evolved nose we loved in these wines. Very elegant and complex with good depth on the palate but really just starting to show its charms. Needs another 5 years we feel. 93 for now
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Tasted next to 2001 La Mouline and La Landonne. More backbone compared to La Mouline a bit more meaty, spicier with more dark fruit, less floral. On the palate certainly more backward with more powerful, but nevertheless ripe and polished tannins. On the palate lots of fruit, structure and acidity in near perfect balance. Wonderful lift to the super persistent finish. Not only my favourite of the three LaLas, but also my WOTN. Approachable, but I would keep La Turque (and La Landonne) a bit longer. 96-98
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Ahhh La Turque.À mon sens, presque un vin parfait. Il le sera dans quelques années à mon avis. Poivre long , fruits rouges confits de petite jeunesse insolente. Une longueur incroyable et soyeuse.Millésime assez moyen mais une grande bouteille. Un petit côté roasted et de tabac blond. 19/20 +
Senndoff (Adrian's Apartment - Chicago, IL): Drank alongside the 2002 Turque, this was far more enjoyable to me...which wasn't all that surprising. There was still a lot of oak lingering on the nose and palate, but it had a nice pure core of dark fruit, earth, and something like bacon. Some of the newer LaLa's seem to get overrun by the oak, and while it's a part of this wine, the fruit is winning out. Maybe give it some more time to let the oak recede a bit more? Or, age will just give the oak more of a starring role...I'm really unsure.
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Senn-d off: This is definitely a step up from the 2002. Reading my old tasting note though, I have to wonder what I was smoking at the time. Vosne-Romanee? Seriously? This does have elegant crunchy red fruit on the nose, with a slight tinge of blackberry thrown in the mix. The vanilla note is still there, but definitely much more restrained here. The palate is a lot denser and richer than the 2002 as well, so it does handle the oak a lot better. Slightly peppery, with really tasty acidity. Still quite light (is it the viognier?). Decent syrah, but this really doesn't come close to the masters.
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As I have usually found the least impressive of the three La Las. It is designed to combine the best of Mouline and Landonne but winds up falling between two stools. What it does have is a dense and gritty mid palate, huge power and concentration, and kinky exotic overtones and New World exuberance. There is little balance and not a lot of complexity here, and no personality or finesse either; just unalloyed power. Clinical and soulless.
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From an enomatic machine at the Sampler. Nose reminded me of berries that warmed up in the garden during the mid-day summer Sun. Sweeter on the palate than La Landonne, unexpectedly light body. There's pronounced tomato leaf aroma on the nose as well as Eastern spices, like cumine, this also had more accidity than Landonne. I liked the wine, but not for the price.
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RODANO vs. ITALIA (RISTORANTE TRE GALLI TORINO): Degustato alla cieca. Probabilmente bottiglia non al 100%. Granato avanzato, torbido, opaco, molto sedimento. Nonostante il colore, il naso è freschissimo, quasi floreale e sensuale. Dolcezza di fondo del frutto cotto, quasi un liquore alle ciliegie con un accenno di terziarizzazione. Naso bellissimo, stratificato a cui non manca una piccantezza balsamica. In bocca è diverso dalla Turque tannica e chiusa che si si aspetterebbe. Entra morbido, lattiginoso, anguria e melograno. Medio corpo, scorrevole e quasi diluito. Equilibrio estremo tra la doclezza del frutto, il tannino affusolato e il finale molto fresco, quasi vegetale e acidulo. Vino "old style" che non ha il gusto di un Syrah giovane, ma di sopraffina fattura.
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Bright, crisp, acidic and fresh in character, this is still young, tannic and while its expressive, it requires a few more years to come together. That being said, this will probably remain on the crisp side of the style range.
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Siggy's BBQ Featuring a Trio of 2001 La La's and a Bevy of 2001 CDP's (Siggy & Jenny's Place, Mpls, MN): This was more close knit and took some time to open in glass, but after about 30 minutes this really began to shine on par with the others. This was the biggest, deepest, spicier, white pepper, blackberry, blueberry, more tannin showing. This eventually develops its perfume and carries an impressive finish. Needs a little more air than the others. All 3 of these had a slow-O for six or so hours I believe.
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The theme of this flight was - one grape, four countries, served blind. The grape turned out to be syrah, and the countries were Australia, France, Italy and the U.S. Wines ended up to be 02 Clarendon Hills Astralis, 01 La Turque, 02 Sine Qua Non Just for the Love of it, and 01 Macchiole Scrio. The first three were all terrific and only the Scrio couldn't stand up to the competition. For me, the SQN just squeeked out a victory over the Guigal, with the Astralis just a whisker behind (maybe I've been watching too much horse racing this triple crown season). The La Turque was medium-plus body, with black fruit, smoke, some flowers and a long finish. Maybe not as much bacon as you sometimes get from this wine. This is a good time to be drinking this wine. Perhaps it would have gotten an even better score served by itself and not compared in my head to the same wine from even better years. Small quibbles for a terrific wine that totally pleased the crowd.
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Drank over 5 hours. Sleek yet robust, coffee, caramel, meaty notes, dark fruit, vanilla and a hint of tobacco. Rich, round and full in the mouth. Great balance. Long finish. Still very primary but this will develop nicely. Enjoyable now.
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2001 La, La shoot out. Medium ruby. Nose of black fruits, oak, quite complex but with a touch of alcohol. Medium bodied on the palate with present tannins and pronounced acidity but not as bad as in the La Mouline. OK, but I have seen much better Turques that this bottle and, needless to say, wine in general in this price range.
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I'm afraid I don't agree with many of the comments posted about this wine. It was four square, and the classic bacon fat, sexy aromas and fruit were conspicuous in their absence. The wine could be going through a dumb phase, but several hours in the decanter did not coax it into showing the wares one would expect from this wine. Disappointing.
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A great Cote Rotie but unfortunately paled in comparison to the 2nd Rhone wine of the evening (CDP Marie Beurrier from H. Bonneau). A very "feminin" wine. Will most likely not purchase in the future, I believe there is much better value for money in that appellation.
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Dark purple with no significant signs of bricking. Reticent nose, with some dark fruit aromas, dominated by black cherry, though there's a hint of peppercorn as well. On the palate, there are again notes of black cherry, some earthy/iron oxide notes, as well as significant black peppercorn flavours. Tannins have started to mellow, but it's quite obvious that they used to be quite chewy. Long finish. A very clean and incisive wine; balanced between the acidity and fruit. If it weren't for the prominent peppercorn notes, you could mistake this for a Vosne from a hot year. Excellent now, but will certainly benefit from more age.
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G6 (Petite Maison): Dark purple color. Blackberry fruit with barbecued meats on the nose. Tastes of blackberry, black cherry, cedar, and violet. Grapey mid palate with some chewy tannins. Full bodied. Rich powerful finish. Seems a bit one dimensional with little complexity and nothing like the bottle we had before. Not corked but something is off? Respectfully left unrated.
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Confraria - Cote Rotie (Casa do Jan): Muito envolvente e evoluido. Complexo nos aromas de bacon, glicerina, mineral e um leve maduro muito agradavel. Espetacular equilibrio. Macio, aveludado e super longa persistencia. Monstro! Uma aula! Nao foi a total unanimidade da noite, dividindo a preferencia com o Torbreck, mas pra mim foi superior.
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An evening of Guigal La La's, Champagne and a few treats! (Scott & Jo's): Purple color, ruby rim. The nose has spice, charcoal, black raspberry, and dark cherries. With air some dusty, leather notes emerge. Seemed like a middle ground wine of the three. Complex and youthful, it is starting to show some layers and depth. Incredible texture. Great balance. Great wine.
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5 spice, licorice, kirsch, violets, bacon fat, blackberry, fennel, earth and fresh pepper aromas grab your attention. This full bodied, powerful, sexy, exotic, spicy, kinky wine, finishes with fresh cherries and spice This wine keeps getting better and better. Another few years of bottle age will add a lot to this wine.
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This huge wine has wonderful dark rasberry and violet fruit with hints of pepper and spice. The tannins are ferocious and somewhat rustic making this almost impossible to drink now although the quality of the wine is quite apparent. Will need long-aging but certainly has the stuffing. We'll see but to drink this now is crazy.
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Popped and poured and it was good from the get go. Floral and still a bit oakey, multiple layers of dark and red fruit and long nice dry finish, excellent. This has been the most backward of the three 01 Lalas so nice to see that it is coming around.
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Pretty good. Still young and tight. Cherry, blackberry, licorice, coffee, a bit of white pepper with still unresolved tannins and a solid finish. Good depth and breadth too.
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decanted. very fine, complex, big bang theory syrah that should expand and span the wine universe as it develops. only hinting at it's potential. pour this into stephen hawking's sippy cup, and watch the universal equation be solved. hold! 95+
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G6 (Dave): Deep ruby hue. Gorgeous black cherry nose with some nice floral accents. Tastes of black cherry, currant, violets, blueberry and earth. Incredibly well balanced. Deeply complex in the expansive mid palate. Powerful finish with amazing depth and elegance. A monumental wine that has many years left. My personal red WOTN.
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One of the finest Rhone wines I have ever tasted. The nose has the elegance of Burgundy, on the palate there's abundant spice, black and red fruits, and outrageous structure. So many layers, so much to contemplate, soft but substantial tannins -- in sum this is the epitome of elegance. Brilliant! (Note this wine was decanted for about 3 hours prior to serving.)
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Aromatically one of the most unique profiles from a wine I have experienced. It had a intense nose of clove, flinty, wood-fire, incense which was continually evolving over the evening to present aromas of coffee, and roasted meat. On the palate it was a multilayer-ed wine with nice complex flavors and of medium density. The palate was slightly disjointed in that the tannins on the finish were not extremely fine grain and were not entirely harmonious. The nose was better than the palate. Way to young. 42 months in oak and 6% viogner. If the palate was better this wine would be scored higher
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Saturday Tasting Group (Knightsbridge Wine Shop (Northbrook, IL)): First La Turque. Gorgeous streamlined spicy raspberries and dark cherries. Heady and voluptuous. High acidity with firm tannin structure. A distinct flavor of star anise is interwoven in the dark fruit and roasted and expansive espresso bean driven finish. Fantastic bottling. If I could afford it, I would purchase an '01 to put away for ten or more years.
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Big expressive nose of black fruit; mostly berries, with a lot of dark spice, leather, grilled game sausage. Very fruit forward with lots of acid on the palate. Huge tannins with a long, spicy finish.
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Offering scents of raw beef, pepper and blackberries. In the mouth, fresh plums which combine sweet and tart with just enough acidity to make the wine fresh finishing with a lush palate feel. Give it time or allow it air.
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dinner with brad england in minneapolis, my bottle. double decanted 2 hours. it's a rare treat (for me) to drink the three la la's side by side by side. this vineyard was a bit lighter in depth of fruit, and characteristically reticent. on the whole, i prefer the 99s, but in retrospect, collector's should be holding these wines at this stage in their development. i would expect them all to improve.
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2/29/2024 - Mag357 Likes this wine:
Great wine, elegant and intense, the oak and extraction are very well judged in this vintage in the sense that the fruit is not overshadowed by any external element, the wine is very refined, very pure. It gradually became more complex and more intense in an elegant manner after 5 hours of air, which is not what La Turque is known for. This wine is just too young, it is still primary, and it should be drunk either after a 24 hours decant or in 10 to 20 years. Lots of potential ahead.
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2/14/2023 - Peech wrote: 91 Points
served about 30 minutes after decanting. A little dusty on the nose, with notes of leather. Not bad, with some fragrance and sweet fruit on the nose. Acidity was relatively high on the palate. Not nearly the beautiful La Turque I was hoping for.
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12/5/2022 - TWSA Likes this wine: 90 Points
Nose: burnt bacon, red fruits, banana, tar, marshmallows, toffee
Notes: fantastic notes and nose. Still quite fresh and delicious. It's fair to comment that this is not a top vintage la la la as the palate is relatively short and although the nose is quite fantastic the palate is unable to deliver the same kind of profile. Having said so La Turque has never been the top one from la la la and tends to be overripe comparing to mouline and landonne. I think this is ready now and should last for another 10 years.
Drink: now - 2032
Rating: 90
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11/16/2022 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Complete, exotic, lovely. This is in a happy place in its secondary phase, with soft fruit and beautiful spice. Appealing garnet color, plum, and incense. Uncertain about the long term future of this wine, I'd be inclined to drink sooner than later and enjoy it in its current superb state.
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9/16/2022 - Rieslingfan wrote:
Pulled the cork and got an immediate hit of bacon. Ah Côte Rôtie! Once in the glass it wasn’t so much bacon, but plenty of roasted meat, smoke, deep cherry & plum fruit. The palate was even more impressive, as it carried the flavors along a layer of bright acidity that made the wine fresh and amazingly food friendly. Tannins kicked in on the finish, but we’re not at all obtrusive. Finishing the wine about four hours after it was opened it remained rock steady. Fabulous showing, and tons of time to go. No regrets opening this bottle. None at all.
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6/22/2022 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 94 Points
A private dinner (Scharzhof, Wiltingen, Germany): Deep and rich and spicy, oaky and structured, balsamic, big and concentrated but lacks finesse (for my palate, you may disagree). Needs even more time, too young still.
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4/21/2022 - Peech wrote: 90 Points
drank 2 hours after decanting. Acidity was higher than expected. Smoke and grilled meats on the nose, but what happened to the fruit and floral notes? After 2 hours and 15 minutes it showed some cooked fruits like stewed prunes. Some 3½ hours after decanting this showed some lead pencil. So disappointing.
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10/20/2021 - bookert wrote: 91 Points
Still primary
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10/17/2021 - mcktuck wrote: 94 Points
Spicy black fruits with a touch of sweet fruit on the finish, pepper, and olive brine. Still structured on the palate, but there's a delicateness that weaves through. Long, lingering finish.
For me, this wine didn't bring the fireworks that the fame and reputation suggest, but it's still a very good wine with plenty of life ahead.
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10/6/2020 - _water.into.wine_ Likes this wine: 94 Points
Deep black to purple
Violets and perfume
Black pepper, menthol and mint
Thick tannins
Good size and structure
Iicorice
So much potential ahead
From ESH
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9/26/2020 - Zweder wrote: 94 Points
For old times sake: Stable smells, smoke and autumn forest in the bouquet. On the palate red and dark berries, full bodied and good acidity and tannin with still a soft bite. Lovely wine. 93 - 94
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12/7/2019 - GBFan Likes this wine: 97 Points
Lighter in body than you might expect, but gorgeous on the nose and the palate. Lacks the power of the 2001 Penfold's Grange that we had with it that night, but it's definitely the more interesting wine. Sublime. I see no reason to wait longer to drink it.
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11/7/2019 - chatters wrote:
2015 Guigal single vineyard cote rotie release dinner (Golden Century, Sussex Street): Perfumed, lightly spiced, muted black fruits, a little liquorice/aniseed. Juicy, volatile, liquorice, fruit muted, talc textured tannins. Hmm.
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10/28/2019 - sphBacchus Likes this wine: 94 Points
Fabulous - deep red and strong fruit on the nose . Raspberries with just a hint of tobacco.
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4/12/2019 - rgawlowski Likes this wine: 94 Points
Great balance, color, long palate. Still developing though.
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8/29/2018 - dream Likes this wine: 95 Points
Just opening up and showing a fantastic floral quality. Really fine and elegant on the palate with delicious dark raspberry fruit and a savory, smoky quality. The finish is very silky and finely complex with notes of violet spice and licorice. A great vintage for this wine and drinking better than the La Mouline right now. Business & Wine Society Summer dinner.
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8/3/2018 - rcg62 wrote: 92 Points
Relatively light in color, but still no sign of age. Good fruit nose with raspberry dominating. Jammy flavors with some meaty notes. Tastes nice but somewhat of a disappointment given the name.
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6/15/2018 - retired_and_roving Likes this wine:
Amali BYO Dinner (Amali Restaurant - NY, NY): Definitely still very youthful, but also pretty darn tasty. Gobs of dark fruit, tempered with meaty savory notes and good acidity. This is a youngster that should continue to develop very nicely over the next 10 years. Fun to try.
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6/15/2018 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Another Amali BYO dinner (Amali in NYC): Officially it's still infanticide, but man I like this wine. Young LaLa's always show the oak and this was no different, but on top of that you get this great plum and fig and slightly meaty and just interesting wine that is really quite tasty. One of my favorites.
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5/15/2018 - canan wrote: 94 Points
BYO (MG): Very expressive and elegant wine. Opens up very nicely with air and has an elegant raspberry/blueberry fruit but also some game flavors.
Piercing and refreshing acidity that really livens everything up and clearly impresses. The wine is all about elegance and intensity. Very impressive.
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1/19/2018 - rlove wrote: 96 Points
Expressive, well-delineated nose of dark fruit, roast meat, and iron. Broad, expansive, and savory on the palate. While certainly a large-scale wine, the 2001 La Turque offers a surprising elegance, packaging intense and concentrated flavors into a light body. Drink now through 2028+.
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12/17/2017 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Beautiful, floral nose, fully resolved tannins. Best I've had yet, and last bottle ��
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9/2/2017 - DrinkBordeaux wrote: 94 Points
An excellent showing for such a young La Turque. Very approachable, and obviously needed lots of air. Lots of pepper and smoked meat on the nose and palate. Light on its feet. Drinking extremely well and should improve from here.
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5/27/2017 - Papies wrote: 94 Points
The Athens Wine Event to put all the others to shame (Paleo Reastaurant, Piraeus): Tasted blind and followed in the wake of the perfect 1989 La Turque.
We went straight again ( maybe we figured out the "game" our friend was playing here) for a younger Cote Rotie .
A lot more broody, dark fruited, richer less savouty and yet with a lot of evolution in the horizon. It keeps on improving and having tried this wine 3 times in the last 7 years its scores are going higher and higher. Very beutiful wine now but having tried older siblings of these patience will be rewarded here. 94
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5/20/2017 - Kemo Sabe Likes this wine: 95 Points
Best of the flight with an 04 Landonne and Mouline. A touch sweeter on the nose. Candy mixed with spices. Good tannins. Also sweeter on the palate. Drinks bigger than the 04s and more mouth coating. More and more spices coming out of the glass the longer this sits. Really good. At this stage this can probably benefit from a decant of an hour plus.
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2/3/2017 - jkoenen wrote: 93 Points
Very nice, solid and elegant wine, but somehow I had the impression that this particular bottle was a little bit far down the evolutionary road...
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2/3/2017 - Zweder wrote: 94 Points
Game dinner with friends Champagne and Northern Rhône: Just limited notes. Juicy dark and red berry fruits, earthy, mature. The tannin is still sticky. Elegant wine.
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1/17/2017 - eudora wrote: 98 Points
Lala dinner
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10/21/2016 - jsebiri wrote:
Well made , excellent.....star of the night
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8/17/2016 - Papies wrote: 93 Points
Has definitely improved since 5 years ago when we tried this but a few more years will definitely help it. Needs a bit of decanting and we did for approx 1 hour.
Class act of Cote Rotie, spicy, cardamon notes on the nose along with dark fruits, light roast meat touch but more of a fruit/spice mix nose than the evolved nose we loved in these wines. Very elegant and complex with good depth on the palate but really just starting to show its charms. Needs another 5 years we feel. 93 for now
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3/17/2016 - rossi.wine wrote: 97 Points
Tasted next to 2001 La Mouline and La Landonne. More backbone compared to La Mouline a bit more meaty, spicier with more dark fruit, less floral. On the palate certainly more backward with more powerful, but nevertheless ripe and polished tannins. On the palate lots of fruit, structure and acidity in near perfect balance. Wonderful lift to the super persistent finish. Not only my favourite of the three LaLas, but also my WOTN. Approachable, but I would keep La Turque (and La Landonne) a bit longer. 96-98
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12/7/2015 - phil the agony wrote: 96 Points
Ahhh La Turque.À mon sens, presque un vin parfait.
Il le sera dans quelques années à mon avis.
Poivre long , fruits rouges confits de petite jeunesse insolente.
Une longueur incroyable et soyeuse.Millésime assez moyen mais une grande bouteille.
Un petit côté roasted et de tabac blond.
19/20 +
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10/24/2015 - robertek wrote: 91 Points
Nice and elegant. Good but not great.
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9/29/2015 - tooch wrote: 90 Points
Senndoff (Adrian's Apartment - Chicago, IL): Drank alongside the 2002 Turque, this was far more enjoyable to me...which wasn't all that surprising. There was still a lot of oak lingering on the nose and palate, but it had a nice pure core of dark fruit, earth, and something like bacon. Some of the newer LaLa's seem to get overrun by the oak, and while it's a part of this wine, the fruit is winning out. Maybe give it some more time to let the oak recede a bit more? Or, age will just give the oak more of a starring role...I'm really unsure.
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9/27/2015 - acyso wrote: 88 Points
Senn-d off: This is definitely a step up from the 2002. Reading my old tasting note though, I have to wonder what I was smoking at the time. Vosne-Romanee? Seriously? This does have elegant crunchy red fruit on the nose, with a slight tinge of blackberry thrown in the mix. The vanilla note is still there, but definitely much more restrained here. The palate is a lot denser and richer than the 2002 as well, so it does handle the oak a lot better. Slightly peppery, with really tasty acidity. Still quite light (is it the viognier?). Decent syrah, but this really doesn't come close to the masters.
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9/5/2015 - Comte Flaneur wrote: 88 Points
As I have usually found the least impressive of the three La Las. It is designed to combine the best of Mouline and Landonne but winds up falling between two stools. What it does have is a dense and gritty mid palate, huge power and concentration, and kinky exotic overtones and New World exuberance. There is little balance and not a lot of complexity here, and no personality or finesse either; just unalloyed power. Clinical and soulless.
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4/26/2015 - AV2012 wrote: 91 Points
From an enomatic machine at the Sampler. Nose reminded me of berries that warmed up in the garden during the mid-day summer Sun. Sweeter on the palate than La Landonne, unexpectedly light body. There's pronounced tomato leaf aroma on the nose as well as Eastern spices, like cumine, this also had more accidity than Landonne. I liked the wine, but not for the price.
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4/20/2015 - PT insurgent wrote:
Tasted alongside the other La-La wines.
Nose of spice, pepper, plum, tar, ripe black fruits, jam, oak, smoke, spice box, ginger.
Palate - spice, ripe black fruits, jam, tar, tobacco, bacon, meat.
I found this wine to be a middle ground between La Landonne and La Mouline
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4/10/2015 - galenico Likes this wine: 93 Points
RODANO vs. ITALIA (RISTORANTE TRE GALLI TORINO): Degustato alla cieca. Probabilmente bottiglia non al 100%.
Granato avanzato, torbido, opaco, molto sedimento.
Nonostante il colore, il naso è freschissimo, quasi floreale e sensuale. Dolcezza di fondo del frutto cotto, quasi un liquore alle ciliegie con un accenno di terziarizzazione.
Naso bellissimo, stratificato a cui non manca una piccantezza balsamica.
In bocca è diverso dalla Turque tannica e chiusa che si si aspetterebbe. Entra morbido, lattiginoso, anguria e melograno. Medio corpo, scorrevole e quasi diluito. Equilibrio estremo tra la doclezza del frutto, il tannino affusolato e il finale molto fresco, quasi vegetale e acidulo.
Vino "old style" che non ha il gusto di un Syrah giovane, ma di sopraffina fattura.
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12/15/2014 - Jeff Leve wrote: 94 Points
Bright, crisp, acidic and fresh in character, this is still young, tannic and while its expressive, it requires a few more years to come together. That being said, this will probably remain on the crisp side of the style range.
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9/24/2014 - JJA Likes this wine: 94 Points
Very nice. But didn't blow me away.
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9/20/2014 - rocknroller wrote: 95 Points
Siggy's BBQ Featuring a Trio of 2001 La La's and a Bevy of 2001 CDP's (Siggy & Jenny's Place, Mpls, MN): This was more close knit and took some time to open in glass, but after about 30 minutes this really began to shine on par with the others. This was the biggest, deepest, spicier, white pepper, blackberry, blueberry, more tannin showing. This eventually develops its perfume and carries an impressive finish. Needs a little more air than the others. All 3 of these had a slow-O for six or so hours I believe.
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5/22/2014 - Topper wrote: 94 Points
The theme of this flight was - one grape, four countries, served blind. The grape turned out to be syrah, and the countries were Australia, France, Italy and the U.S. Wines ended up to be 02 Clarendon Hills Astralis, 01 La Turque, 02 Sine Qua Non Just for the Love of it, and 01 Macchiole Scrio. The first three were all terrific and only the Scrio couldn't stand up to the competition. For me, the SQN just squeeked out a victory over the Guigal, with the Astralis just a whisker behind (maybe I've been watching too much horse racing this triple crown season). The La Turque was medium-plus body, with black fruit, smoke, some flowers and a long finish. Maybe not as much bacon as you sometimes get from this wine. This is a good time to be drinking this wine. Perhaps it would have gotten an even better score served by itself and not compared in my head to the same wine from even better years. Small quibbles for a terrific wine that totally pleased the crowd.
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10/31/2013 - johnh1001 wrote: 94 Points
Drank over 5 hours. Sleek yet robust, coffee, caramel, meaty notes, dark fruit, vanilla and a hint of tobacco. Rich, round and full in the mouth. Great balance. Long finish. Still very primary but this will develop nicely. Enjoyable now.
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9/22/2013 - Tavastgatan wrote: 93 Points
This is not really singing in the way La Mouline does this year. Yet it's very good with deep and refined classy fruit.
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7/21/2013 - Collector1855 wrote: 92 Points
2001 La, La shoot out. Medium ruby. Nose of black fruits, oak, quite complex but with a touch of alcohol. Medium bodied on the palate with present tannins and pronounced acidity but not as bad as in the La Mouline. OK, but I have seen much better Turques that this bottle and, needless to say, wine in general in this price range.
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6/17/2013 - la turque wrote: 89 Points
I'm afraid I don't agree with many of the comments posted about this wine. It was four square, and the classic bacon fat, sexy aromas and fruit were conspicuous in their absence. The wine could be going through a dumb phase, but several hours in the decanter did not coax it into showing the wares one would expect from this wine. Disappointing.
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2/2/2013 - Rubberducky Likes this wine: 92 Points
A great Cote Rotie but unfortunately paled in comparison to the 2nd Rhone wine of the evening (CDP Marie Beurrier from H. Bonneau). A very "feminin" wine. Will most likely not purchase in the future, I believe there is much better value for money in that appellation.
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10/6/2012 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
Dark purple with no significant signs of bricking. Reticent nose, with some dark fruit aromas, dominated by black cherry, though there's a hint of peppercorn as well. On the palate, there are again notes of black cherry, some earthy/iron oxide notes, as well as significant black peppercorn flavours. Tannins have started to mellow, but it's quite obvious that they used to be quite chewy. Long finish. A very clean and incisive wine; balanced between the acidity and fruit. If it weren't for the prominent peppercorn notes, you could mistake this for a Vosne from a hot year. Excellent now, but will certainly benefit from more age.
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8/10/2012 - jeff nowak wrote:
well...this was a bit of a conundrum. it seemed somewhat lifeless, perhaps closed; yet i have to consider it a bad bottle. NR
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8/10/2012 - kstoddard wrote:
G6 (Petite Maison): Dark purple color. Blackberry fruit with barbecued meats on the nose. Tastes of blackberry, black cherry, cedar, and violet. Grapey mid palate with some chewy tannins. Full bodied. Rich powerful finish. Seems a bit one dimensional with little complexity and nothing like the bottle we had before. Not corked but something is off? Respectfully left unrated.
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6/14/2012 - Marcyrillo Likes this wine: 98 Points
Confraria - Cote Rotie (Casa do Jan): Muito envolvente e evoluido. Complexo nos aromas de bacon, glicerina, mineral e um leve maduro muito agradavel. Espetacular equilibrio. Macio, aveludado e super longa persistencia. Monstro! Uma aula!
Nao foi a total unanimidade da noite, dividindo a preferencia com o Torbreck, mas pra mim foi superior.
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2/11/2012 - BradE wrote:
Younger, primary, and a bit closed still, but really quite good.
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11/14/2011 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 95 Points
An evening of Guigal La La's, Champagne and a few treats! (Scott & Jo's): Purple color, ruby rim. The nose has spice, charcoal, black raspberry, and dark cherries. With air some dusty, leather notes emerge. Seemed like a middle ground wine of the three. Complex and youthful, it is starting to show some layers and depth. Incredible texture. Great balance. Great wine.
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9/21/2011 - Papies wrote: 92 Points
Guigal Cote Rotie Masterclass with Brett Crittenden (Handford Wines, London): Sweet core, lots of black fruit.Classic style of wine, with good acidity and structure. Slim though and cold in a way. a bit "lifeless" of such a level of wine. 90-92.
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6/17/2011 - ews3 wrote: 95 Points
Great Grapes for a Great Cause SQN Tasting -- 4th Annual; 6/17/2011-6/18/2011 (Mandarin Oriental, Washington DC): more fruity than the landonne, with cherry flavors. long finish.
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2/21/2011 - Jeff Leve wrote: 95 Points
5 spice, licorice, kirsch, violets, bacon fat, blackberry, fennel, earth and fresh pepper aromas grab your attention. This full bodied, powerful, sexy, exotic, spicy, kinky wine, finishes with fresh cherries and spice This wine keeps getting better and better. Another few years of bottle age will add a lot to this wine.
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10/11/2010 - PatrikO wrote: 95 Points
See previous notes, if anything felt like the fruit was even more pronuanced this time, very intense flavours that go on for a while.
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9/9/2010 - kreavin wrote: 96 Points
Very ready and open right now! Fresh and wild fruit. Explosive yet elegant.
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8/16/2010 - dream wrote: 92 Points
This huge wine has wonderful dark rasberry and violet fruit with hints of pepper and spice. The tannins are ferocious and somewhat rustic making this almost impossible to drink now although the quality of the wine is quite apparent. Will need long-aging but certainly has the stuffing. We'll see but to drink this now is crazy.
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8/14/2010 - placecarnot wrote: 93 Points
Still young, some VA in the nose, but everything else was just perfect in this wine. A long life ahead of it.
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6/29/2010 - PatrikO wrote: 95 Points
Popped and poured and it was good from the get go. Floral and still a bit oakey, multiple layers of dark and red fruit and long nice dry finish, excellent. This has been the most backward of the three 01 Lalas so nice to see that it is coming around.
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6/22/2010 - Anonymous wrote: 93 Points
Pretty good. Still young and tight. Cherry, blackberry, licorice, coffee, a bit of white pepper with still unresolved tannins and a solid finish. Good depth and breadth too.
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12/7/2009 - jeff nowak wrote: 95 Points
decanted. very fine, complex, big bang theory syrah that should expand and span the wine universe as it develops. only hinting at it's potential. pour this into stephen hawking's sippy cup, and watch the universal equation be solved. hold! 95+
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12/7/2009 - kstoddard wrote: 96 Points
G6 (Dave): Deep ruby hue. Gorgeous black cherry nose with some nice floral accents. Tastes of black cherry, currant, violets, blueberry and earth. Incredibly well balanced. Deeply complex in the expansive mid palate. Powerful finish with amazing depth and elegance. A monumental wine that has many years left. My personal red WOTN.
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12/7/2009 - Alex G. wrote:
One of the finest Rhone wines I have ever tasted. The nose has the elegance of Burgundy, on the palate there's abundant spice, black and red fruits, and outrageous structure. So many layers, so much to contemplate, soft but substantial tannins -- in sum this is the epitome of elegance. Brilliant! (Note this wine was decanted for about 3 hours prior to serving.)
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11/3/2009 - Harrypotter wrote: 93 Points
Aromatically one of the most unique profiles from a wine I have experienced. It had a intense nose of clove, flinty, wood-fire, incense which was continually evolving over the evening to present aromas of coffee, and roasted meat. On the palate it was a multilayer-ed wine with nice complex flavors and of medium density. The palate was slightly disjointed in that the tannins on the finish were not extremely fine grain and were not entirely harmonious. The nose was better than the palate. Way to young. 42 months in oak and 6% viogner. If the palate was better this wine would be scored higher
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10/24/2009 - beezer6 wrote: 93 Points
Saturday Tasting Group (Knightsbridge Wine Shop (Northbrook, IL)): First La Turque. Gorgeous streamlined spicy raspberries and dark cherries.
Heady and voluptuous. High acidity with firm tannin structure.
A distinct flavor of star anise is interwoven in the dark fruit and roasted and expansive espresso bean driven finish.
Fantastic bottling. If I could afford it, I would purchase an '01 to put away for ten or more years.
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10/24/2009 - MatthewF wrote:
Big expressive nose of black fruit; mostly berries, with a lot of dark spice, leather, grilled game sausage. Very fruit forward with lots of acid on the palate. Huge tannins with a long, spicy finish.
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6/10/2009 - Jeff Leve wrote: 95 Points
Offering scents of raw beef, pepper and blackberries. In the mouth, fresh plums which combine sweet and tart with just enough acidity to make the wine fresh finishing with a lush palate feel. Give it time or allow it air.
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10/2/2008 - jeff nowak wrote: 91 Points
dinner with brad england in minneapolis, my bottle. double decanted 2 hours. it's a rare treat (for me) to drink the three la la's side by side by side. this vineyard was a bit lighter in depth of fruit, and characteristically reticent. on the whole, i prefer the 99s, but in retrospect, collector's should be holding these wines at this stage in their development. i would expect them all to improve.
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