E. Guigal La Turque
Cote-Rotie
1991-2019 Up to 100 Points
All In Stock - Very Limited
"The 1991 La Turque behaves as if it wants to be the Northern Rhone's answer to Richebourg and Musigny." - Robert Parker
Domaine E. Guigal is perhaps the reference point estate for Northern Rhones, and one of the world’s greatest wine estates full stop. Created in 1946 by Etienne Guigal, it’s Etienne’s son, Marcel Guigal, and his son Philippe, who "continue to keep Domaine Guigal at the leading edge of the appellation." The team now also includes Jacques Desvernois, previously at Paul Jaboulet Aîné.
We're pleased to offer limited quantities of top vintages of La Turque, some of the finest wines one can collect and enjoy, with additional cuvees from Guigal available on our website.
"La Turque is Guigal’s most recent addition to the single-vineyard Cru Côte-Roties, coming over as part of their purchase of the Vidal-Fleury firm in 1980. La Turque had produced outstanding wines in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but had not been used for wine production for nearly 50 years. The Guigals acquired the vineyard and re-planted it in 1980 and 1981, based on Etienne Guigal’s memory of the quality of the wines it produced during his tenure at Vidal-Fleury. The first vintage was the magnificent 1985. In both position and style, it sits between La Mouline and La Landonne: the complex soils lend an exotic character to La Turque, and its concentration and elegance exhibit the virility of the Côte Brune with the subtlety and femininity of the Côte Blonde." - Vinous Media
 1991 Guigal La Turque
99 RP / 97+ VM / 19 JR
The 1991 La Turque behaves as if it wants to be the northern Rhone's answer to Richebourg and Musigny. However, with the exception of Domaine Leroy, you cannot find a Richebourg or Musigny with the richness and complexity possessed by this awesome wine. The saturated dark purple color is followed by a wine that is surprisingly lighter in the mouth than its great flavor intensity and rich extraction would suggest. It is a winemaking tour de force in that Guigal has been able to cram phenomenal levels of fruit, complexity, and richness into this velvety-textured wine without causing it to taste heavy.
- Robert M. Parker Jr.
2009 Guigal La Turque
100 JD / 98 WS / 95 JS / 18.5 JR
Possibly my favorite vintage ever for the Northern Rhône (2010 and 2015 are both in the running), the 2009 Côte Rôtie La Turque is a mammoth of wine that offers everything you could want. Deep purple/plum-hued, this full-bodied, thick, opulent Côte Rôtie offers loads of sweet tannins, a deep, layered mid-palate, and straight-up heavenly notes of smoked meats, Asian spices, bacon fat, espresso roast, and loads of sweet, perfectly ripe black fruits. It’s much more opulent and sexy than the more classically built 2010 (and 2005 and 2015) and if this doesn’t put a smile on your face, I don’t know what will. It’s going to shine for another 2-3 decades. - Jeb Dunnuck
$449/ 750ml (In Stock) Buy Now
100 JD / 99 WA / 99 WS / 98 JS / 18+ JR / 97 VM
A perfect wine in every way, the 2015 Côte Rôtie La Turque comes from an incredible terroir on the Côte Brune and includes 7% Viognier. Stylistically, it normally fits between the more ripe, exuberant La Mouline and the more austere, tannic La Landonne. A deep purple color is followed by extraordinary notes of spring flowers, crushed violets, vanilla bean, and cured meats. This gives way to a full-bodied Côte Rôtie that has a stacked mid-palate, lots of ripe, silky tannins, no hard edges, and a finish that won’t quit. Syrah, or red wine for that matter, doesn’t get any better! Hats off to the Guigal family for another magical wine. Give bottles 6-7 years of bottle age and enjoy over the following 30 years or more. Jeb Dunnuck
2016 Guigal La Turque
98 WA / 98 DE / 97 VM / 96-99 JD / 18+ JR
Loaded with exotic perfumes of spring flowers and ripe berries, the 2016 Cote Rotie La Turque looks more like the wine I first tasted back in 2017. Medium to full-bodied, it's exquisitely silky and elegant from start to incredibly long finish; while there is ample concentration and a fine, lacy framework of tannins to support the fruit, the tannins virtually melt away into the background, leaving behind lingering notes of salted licorice and mocha. Approachable now, it should drink well for at least two decades.—Joe Czerwinrski, The Wine Advocate
2019 Guigal La Turque
98-100 WA / 98-100 JD / 98 JS / 97 DE / 95-97 VM / 19 JR
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. - JC, Wine Advocate
Also newly available:
2019 Guigal Cote Rotie Chateau D'Ampuis
$153.89 / 750ml (In Stock) Buy Now
95-97 JD / 96 JS / 94-96 WA / 95 WS
The 2019 Cote Rotie Chateau d'Ampuis is a super example of this cuvée, which blends fruit from seven different lieux-dits (three on the Cote Blonde and four on the Cote Brune). Smoky, herbal and complex, with a solid foundation of blueberry and raspberry fruit, it's full-bodied and concentrated yet silky, elegant and long on the finish.—CJ, The Wine Advocate
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Xavier Simental
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