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2018 E. Guigal, Cote Rotie, La Landonne
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6.9% of All Fine WineWhy We're Buying
The 2018 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie La Landonne might be the most La Landonne to ever La Landonne. What does that mean? It’s full-bodied. It’s dense, rich, and loaded with grippy tannins. It has an extremely long finish and enough richness to put Croesus to shame. Put another way, this titanic wine checks all the boxes of a quintessential La Landonne. Any serious collector lucky enough to own this 2018 syrah will notice the distinctive nose. The fruit is never destemmed, contributing to earthy and herbal aromas with a sprinkle of spice. The well-rounded body features flavors of ripe black and red fruit, cured meats, espresso, and black olives, along with a healthy tang of acidity. In his review, wine critic Jeb Dunnuck wrote, “The 2018 Côte Rôtie La Landonne is another wine that’s going to be up at the top of the scale, and all three of these 2018s will be candidates for perfection.” The Final Sip: Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate has only given one wine more perfect scores than La Landonne. If it’s good enough for Robert Parker, it’s good enough for us.
Critics Scores
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Subtle hints of fresh pea shoots accent characteristic dark notes of roasted meat, espresso and black olives in the full-bodied 2018 Cote Rotie La Landonne. Rich, concentrated and velvety-textured, with ample length and plenty of ripe tannins on the finish, it should benefit from a decade or more of bottle age—once it gets there. It's a brooding beast of a Cote Rotie that serious collectors will want to have in their cellars.
Vinous
Aromas of ripe dark fruits, exotic flowers, smoked meat and olive paste pick up intense spice and pipe tobacco notes as the wine opens up. Stains the palate with concentrated black currant, bitter cherry, candied violet and dark chocolate flavors that are energized by building spice and mineral flourishes. Plays richness off energy with a deft hand and finishes extremely long and precise, delivering steadily mounting tannins and resonating floral and mineral notes.
Decanter
This is very full-bodied, dense, firm and muscular. There is an extremely deep weave of tannins that are massy and ripe alongside acidity that’s just on the low side. This La Landonne is never destemmed, and in 2018 the stems had lignified, which has resulted in slightly less pepper and herbal notes, but still displays black olive and bay leaf. A thunderous wine with exceptional length. From the northern part of this lieu-dit, planted in 1975 to commemorate the birth of Philippe Guigal. At the beginning of its 42 months in new French oak barriques. Drinking Window 2029 - 2045
Jeb Dunnuck
The 2018 Côte Rôtie La Landonne is another wine that’s going to be up at the top of the scale, and all three of these 2018s will be candidates for perfection. Always the biggest, richest wine of the three flagships, it’s inky hued and has a primordial nose of blackberries, cassis, and currants fruits as well as huge ground pepper, cured meats, espresso, and underbrush. As Landonne as Landonne gets, it’s full-bodied, has a dense, powerful mid-palate, masses of tannins, and is going to be just about immortal.