1999 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie Château d'Ampuis

Community Tasting Notes (247) Avg Score: 93.7 points

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  2/28/2024 - palfr2 wrote:

  Hosting Dinner for friends at home. This is still relatively youthful. Capsid and pepper on the nose. Very classic and restrained and none of the "chocolatey" opulence I would naturally associate with the higher end Guigals and especially the LaLas. It must be that the oak has largely integrated. I did not find either the lifted and floral aromatics imparted by viognier. This was opened at the end of the night and it is entirely possible this did not receive the attention. It deserved.

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  2/23/2024 - TheGreenFrog wrote: flawed

  Corked

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  2/22/2024 - Ruminator Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Medium brownish garnet color. Sediments. Bricking.
  
  Scents of violet, licorice, clove, and forest floor. Kirsch-like liqueur note. A distant hint o Brett(smoke and leather). Black berry fruit is very dark, fresh and elegant. Cured meat sensation in midpalate. Long savory finish with black pepper and tobacco leaf.
  
  Good intensity and wonderful nuances. The fruit is getting mature, but not fading at all. Tertiary complexity emerging.
  
  Going strong. Can go for another 7-8 years easily.

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  6/18/2023 - chatters wrote:

  Sunday lunch (Porcine, Oxford Street): Dark berry fruit, is fresh, smidge of peppery and charcuterie is joined d by a little leather and earth. This all translates to the palate which proves juicy and, considering the age, surprisingly fresh, tannins here; a slightly chalky burr, but are integrated, a little dark fruit, leather and pepper, joins on the finish. Yum.

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  4/29/2023 - Vini Ciclismo Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Primary red, darker core. No brick.
  Soft, lightly fragrant , dark berries and spice, char and licorice.
  Red berries, raspberry, sour cherry zest with a seam of dark spice, hint of leather, soft and supple mouthfeel. Delicious now. Soft fine tannins.

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