2015 Côte-Rôtie La Turque Côte-Brune Guigal

Meaty, pungent, very ripe and exciting. Spicy and hedonistic - for the very long term. Masses of muscle but masses of ripe fruit too. Very long indeed. 2028 - 2050.

Its customary 42 months in new oak barriques has only just begun - it will be on the market in 2019. Deep, dark, full, really rounded and concentrated black fruits. Aromatically more smoky and roasted than the perfumed La Mouline. "It was very difficult to make bad wines in Côte-Rôtie in 2015," says Philippe Guigal, and the quality of the juice here is extremely impressive. 2023- 2045 .

The personality of this wine is in full, flamboyant flight in 2015 with such expressive aromas of fragrant spices, roses and violet flowers, orange zest, white pepper, dark stones, exotic baking spices and beautifully ripe blackberries, blood plums and some redder fruit notes. The palate delivers plenty of energy and depth with ripe, dark and juicy tannins, wrapped around a very rich, intense and fleshy blackberry core. Impressive and still just a baby. Try from 2026.

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.

Like the La Mouline, the 2015 Cote Rotie La Turque comes across as slightly closed-I wouldn't be surprised to see it inch up to a perfect rating in a decade or so. Lashings of ground spices-pepper, allspice, cardamom-are sprinkled over mixed berries, but this full-bodied wine is locked up tight, finishing with firm tannins. Give it at least 5-6 years, maybe even a decade or so, before pulling a cork.

| Red Dark plum, boysenberry and fig fruit is steeped with notes of anise, black tea, ganache and roasted apple wood. A warm cast iron spine drives the finish, pulling all the components together. Delivers serious cut and drive, holding a deep well of fruit in reserve. Best from 2025 through 2045.

Dybere i duften, mere ulmende, mørk frugt, stor energi bag, flæsket med fin mineralsk tone, igen fantastisk balance mellem frugt og eg. Meget rig smag, en lille eksplosion i munden, stor med meget lang, rig eftersmag med mørk frugt med utrolig intensitet.