E. Guigal, Cote Rotie, La Landonne 2009
Standard - 75cl
Stock location: United Kingdom
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- Vintage2009
- ColourRed
- ProducerE. Guigal
- CountryFrance
- RegionRhone
- Sub RegionCote Rotie
- DesignationAOP
- Bottle SizeStandard - 75cl
- ABV13
- LWIN11131982009
- Avg. Critic Score4.8★★★★★★★★★★
Wine Critic Reviews
Much more upfront and easy to read than the backward 2010, the 2009 Cote Rotie la Landonne is an insanely beautiful wine. Smoked meats, game, black olives, charcoal, black raspberries and pepper all literally soar from this beauty and it hits the palate with a massively concentrated, almost over-the-top decadence that's impossible to resist. Despite its wealth of fruit, it has a huge core of tannin and needs 4-5 years at a minimum. Like the 2010, it will have a half-century or more of longevity.
- Drinking Window: 2020 - 2059
- Reviewer Name: Jeb Dunnuck
- Review Date: September 2015
Glass-staining purple. Explosive aromas of dark berries, fresh violet and anise, with a hint of smokiness in the background. Sappy and incisive on the palate, offering deeply pitched, spice-tinged cassis and bitter cherry flavors accented by bitter herbs. Closes extremely long, with firm tannic grip and alluring sweetness, leaving a zesty mineral note behind. Showing a surprising degree of elegance for the vintage and for this bottling, which is usually the most forbidding of Guigal's big-gun Cote-Roties.
- Reviewer Name: Josh Raynolds
- Review Date: March 2014