Guigal La Landonne 2010 (750ML)

100 WA / 99 WS / 96-98+ RP

A wine thats certainly not for those seeking instant gratification, the 2010 Cote Rotie la Landonne is a powerhouse Cote Rotie that offers up deep, masculine notes of crushed rocks, smoked meats, game, espresso and assorted dark cassis and currant-like fruit. Full-bodied, tight, structured and backward, with fabulous mid-palate density and length, it needs to be forgotten in the cellar for a decade, but will have 40-50 years of overall longevity. Jeb Dunnuck, Wine Advocate

Terrifically dense, with tightly coiled flavors of warm ganache, fig paste and blackberry confiture. Shows plenty of range as well, with well-embedded notes of bay, chestnut, juniper, black tea and charcoal. This is intensely grippy through the fine-grained and lengthy finish. Should age marvelously and slowly. Best from 2017 through 2040. Ò James Molesworth

The 2010 Cote Rotie La Landonne exhibits copious aromas of black olives, graphite, roasted meats, charcuterie, espresso roast and forest floor as well as hints of chocolate and melted road tar. Intense, full-bodied, mouth-saturating, teeth-staining black fruits saturate the palate for 60+ seconds. This should turn out to be a prodigious Cote Rotie. Ò Robert Parker