1986 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie La Landonne

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 92.6 points

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  5/10/2024 - palfr2 wrote:

  Dinner at Edouard's - Cassis , savory, medium lenght. Another data point for me of how great old world Syrah ages. IMO it loses past the 15-20 year mark its highly distinctive varietal+terroir expression of bacon, bloodmeat, pepper etc...So I found this a bit unidimensional next to HB 86 which had a few extra gears.

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  6/22/2023 - Antoine G wrote: 90 Points

  Not a stunning expérience. Wine is still enjoyable but vibrations are limited. Decanting helps. Maybe another 48h on carafe could help.

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  4/20/2019 - LW31 Likes this wine:

  Not as heralded a vintage as others in this era but this was superb. At first it was all nose—iron, blood, red autumnal fruits but it was a bit tense and closed. After about 1 hr open (in bottle) the palate woke up and it really came alive with a fabulous silky mouth, succulent dark red fruits, iron on the finish. Lacking some of depth of fruit of more famous vintages but very much alive and energizing. In a higher toned style to my taste. (Perfectly stored bottle that was bought on release.)

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  5/26/2017 - AllRed wrote: 94 Points

  Intimate Dinner Series (Carlucci's, Downers Grove): Popped and allowed to sit a while before being poured and followed over the course a few hours. Notes of red currant, pepper and herbs, perhaps also a touch vegetal. Red fruit and pepper on the palate. Develops an intriguing pine needle/evergreen note. Vegetal notes appear and fade between fruit and spice aromas. Develops a nice floral note after a couple of hours in the glass. By the end of the evening, about four hours after the cork was pulled, the fruit had really come forward and added weight on the palate.

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  5/14/2016 - mikita77 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Surprised to find this still so youthful on the palate. Stunning ripe nose, lilies and some dried meat. On the palate it's less exciting. Very good example for a top syrah, though. Length a bit disappointing. Was it worth the money (roughly 350 dollars at a restaurant)? To a certain extent only.

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