2019 Côte-Rôtie, La Turque, E. Guigal, Rhône
- Red
- Dry
- Full Bodied
- Syrah
Not ready
- Alistair Cooper MW
- 19/20
- Josh Raynolds
- 95-97/100
- Matt Walls
- 97/100
- Jeb Dunnuck
- 98-100/100
- Joe Czerwinski
- 98-100/100
- James Suckling
- 98/100
Product: 20198116431
Description
A big step up in quality from La Mouline this year, it's deeply savoury with smoked meats on the nose at this stage. Full-bodied but not excessive, this is round and generous with massy and ripe tannins. The oak is robust and well-judged, and it ends very deep with a powerful but lifted, saline finish. There is great depth on show, very fine; it's big but not excessive. On the Côte-Brune, planted by Marcel Guigal in 1980 (first vintage 1985) after having been abandoned since 1935. La Turque is a central part of Côte Brune, less than one hectare. At the beginning of its 42 months in new French oak barriques.
Drink 2029 - 2041
Matt Walls, Decanter.com (October 2020)
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2019
Alcohol % 14.5
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Syrah
Body Full Bodied
Producer Maison Guigal
Critics reviews
Alistair Cooper MW 19/20
Cask sample, tasted at the domaine—lots of clove and peppercorn. Incredible energy, drive and vibrancy on the palate – this is all about verve, direction, definition and tantalising freshness. The subtle intricacies of clove and smoke adorn the pure and densely rich palate. Drink 2025 - 2045Alistair Cooper MW, JancisRobinson.com (November 2020)
Drink 2025 - 2045
Josh Raynolds 95-97/100
Bright and energetic on the intensely fragrant nose, displaying ripe black/blue fruit, vanilla and floral scents that pick up olive and exotic spice notes as the wine stretches out. In a powerful, fruit-driven style, offering appealingly sweet cherry, blackberry, mocha and allspice flavours, plus suggestions of liquorice and cola. It finishes extremely long and smooth, with just a hint of fine-grained tannins and an assertive jolt of minerality.josh_raynolds, Vinous.com.com (May 2020)
Drink 2025 - 2045
Matt Walls 97/100
A big step up in quality from La Mouline this year, it's deeply savoury with smoked meats on the nose at this stage. Full-bodied but not excessive, this is round and generous with massy and ripe tannins. The oak is robust and well-judged, and it ends very deep with a powerful but lifted, saline finish. There is great depth on show, very fine; it's big but not excessive. On the Côte-Brune, planted by Marcel Guigal in 1980 (first vintage 1985) after having been abandoned since 1935. La Turque is a central part of Côte Brune, less than one hectare. At the beginning of its 42 months in new French oak barriques.Drink 2029 - 2041matt_walls, Decanter.com (October 2020)
Drink 2025 - 2045
Jeb Dunnuck 98-100/100
I was blown away by the 2019 Côte Rôtie La Turque, which comes from a tiny parcel in the Côte Brune and is fermented with a touch of Viognier as well as a small amount of stems. It too has a smoky, meaty, gamey profile as well as full-bodied richness and tons of mid-palate depth and concentration. It's another serious 2019 with structure to spare, remarkable purity, flawless balance, and a great finish. As usual, it's not for the instant gratification crowd and is going to demand 10-15 years of bottle age.jeb_dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com (December 2022)
Drink 2025 - 2045
Joe Czerwinski 98-100/100
The extroverted 2019 Cote Rotie La Turque is about as impressive a young wine as I've tasted at Guigal, with extravagant, blossom-like aromas and oodles of cassis and blueberries. Full-bodied, it's simultaneously concentrated and rich yet airy and almost weightless, an outrageous juxtaposition of characters that must be tasted to be understood.Drink 2025 - 2045Joe Czerwinski, Wine Advocate (February 2022)
Drink 2025 - 2045
James Suckling 98/100
From the haunting nose through to the end of the extremely long finish this wine embodies the rocky personality of Cote-Rotie, along with the special ripeness that the syrah achieves here. As floral as it is stony, as structured as it is concentrated, yet all of this builds an imposing and enchanting whole. A cuvee of 93% Syrah and 7% Viognier. Matured in 100% new oak for 42 months. Drinkable now, but best from 2025.james_suckling, jamessuckling_com (May 2023)
Drink 2025 - 2045
About this wine
Syrah/Shiraz
A noble black grape variety grown particularly in the Northern Rhône where it produces the great red wines of Hermitage, Cote Rôtie and Cornas, and in Australia where it produces wines of startling depth and intensity. Reasonably low yields are a crucial factor for quality as is picking at optimum ripeness. Its heartland, Hermitage and Côte Rôtie, consists of 270 hectares of steeply terraced vineyards producing wines that brim with pepper, spices, tar and black treacle when young. After 5-10 years they become smooth and velvety with pronounced fruit characteristics of damsons, raspberries, blackcurrants and loganberries. It is now grown extensively in the Southern Rhône where it is blended with Grenache and Mourvèdre to produce the great red wines of Châteauneuf du Pape and Gigondas amongst others. Its spiritual home in Australia is the Barossa Valley, where there are plantings dating as far back as 1860. Australian Shiraz tends to be sweeter than its Northern Rhône counterpart and the best examples are redolent of new leather, dark chocolate, liquorice, and prunes and display a blackcurrant lusciousness. South African producers such as Eben Sadie are now producing world- class Shiraz wines that represent astonishing value for money.
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Maison Guigal
Guigal is the most famous produer in Côte Rôtie and one of the finest in the Rhône Valley. It was founded in 1946 by Etienne Guigal, following his departure from Vidal-Fleury, where he had worked for just under twenty years. His son, Marcel, joined the company in 1961 and is now the head of the company.
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