2015 Côte-Rôtie Trilogie (Turque, Mouline, Landonne), E. Guigal, Rhône, Three-Bottle Assortment Case

This unique collection brings together a bottle of each of Domaine Etienne Guigal's historic Côte-Rôtie vineyards, affectionately knicknamed the La La's.

2015 Côte-Rôtie, La Turque - 97 points

Saturated purple. Hugely perfumed aromas of dark berry preserves, incense, potpourri, smoky bacon and spicecake. Cola, olive and cracked pepper flourishes build with air. Youthfully and broad in the mouth, offering deeply concentrated, sharply defined black/blue fruit, spicecake, vanilla and violet pastille flavors that are brightened by a smoky mineral accent. Chewy and appealingly sweet on the extremely long, floral-dominated finish framed by youthful, slow-building tannins.

Josh Raynolds, vinous.com (Sep 2019)

2015 Côte-Rôtie, La Landonne - 97 points

Deep, bright-rimmed purple. An exotically perfumed, expressive bouquet evokes dark fruit liqueur, spicecake, smoky bacon, incense, vanilla and incense. A sexy floral nuance emerges with air and carries onto the palate, which displays intense blueberry, cherry liqueur, candied licorice and floral pastille flavors that deepen and spread out steadily on the back half. The floral, bacon and mineral notes come back strong on a strikingly long, youthfully tannic finish, that leaves a juicy blue fruit note behind.

Josh Raynolds, vinous.com (Sep 2019)

2015 Côte-Rôtie, La Mouline - 98 points

Opaque, bright-rimmed ruby. Expansive, mineral-tinged aromas of ripe red and blue fruits, incense, bacon fat, olive, mocha and pungent flowers are accented by an exotic Moroccan spice nuance. Sappy and deeply concentrated and energetic on the palate, offering vibrant boysenberry, black raspberry, olive paste, smoked meat, five-spice powder and violet pastille flavors that are underscored by a vein of minerality. Supple, gently gripping tannins build steadily a floral- and mineral-driven finish that hangs on with resonating spiciness and superb tenacity.

Josh Raynolds, vinous.com (Sep 2019)