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Etienne Guigal, Cote Rotie La Turque 2000
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Description
Côte-Rôtie "La Turque" is one of the flagship of the Domaine GUIGAL. A powerful wine with spicy notes, its terroirs from côte brune with “blond accents” lends it a great elegance.
Tasting notes
Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
Deep ruby-red. Sappy aromas of red berries, roasted nuts and sexy oak spices, with complicating notes of brown spices and mocha. Sweeter and larger-boned than La Mouline but without quite the same finesse and density of texture. Spreads out and lingers impressively on the back end, but the tannins are a bit harder than those of La Mouline. Or is there simply less mid-palate flesh here?
Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
Bright full ruby. Pure griotte cherry, violet and licorice on the nose. Sweeter and denser than the Mouline, with extremely primary, grapey black fruit flavors. Finishes with a powerful tannic spine and great slow-building length. Today, this fine-grained wine seems the best of the La-La 2000s.
Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
Solid bright ruby. Tight aromas of cherry, licorice, leather and mocha. Sweeter and more pliant today than La Mouline, with a rather suave texture and noteworthy elegance. But still a powerful wine with an almost medicinal impression of austerity. Finishes with substantial toothcoating tannins. This is 13.2% alcohol without chaptalization.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
Now this is a great success, my favorite of the three La-La 2000's. A lifted nose of blueberry, melted tar, cassis, dark chocolate and what I call "mahogany bureau". Very complex. The palate just has a gorgeous purity and balance with swathes of blackberry, spice, dates and a little prune. Very focused and extravagant with great length. Mighty impressed. Tasted May 2006.
Reviewed by: Robert M. Parker, Jr.
The medium to full-bodied 2000 Cote Rotie La Turque (which includes 7% Viognier) offers notes of espresso, Chinese black tea, plum, fig, and black currant fruit. It is undeniably a top success for this somewhat challenging vintage. It is already drinking well, and should age nicely for 12-15 years. Importer: Fred Ek and Patrick Will, Ex Cellars Wine Agencies, Solvang, CA; tel. (805) 686-9153
Reviewed by: Robert M. Parker, Jr.
The 2000 Cote Rotie La Turque exhibits a deeper ruby color than the La Mouline, in addition to more smoke, melted tar, creosote, meat, pepper, incense, and leathery characteristics, medium to full body, and a moderately long finish. Consumption during its first 10-15 years of life is recommended. Importer: Fred Ek, Ex Cellars Wine Agencies, Solvang, CA; tel. (805) 686-9153
Reviewed by: Robert M. Parker, Jr.
The 2000 Cote Rotie La Turque offers sweet black cherry fruit intermixed with smoke, asphalt, and truffles. It exhibits good denseness as well as richness. While seemingly bigger and chewier than La Mouline, it does not possess the size or dimension of its predecessors, the 1999, 1998, and 1997. It will be best drunk during its first 12-15 years of life. The 2000 vintage, which certainly produced less promising raw materials than 1997, 1998, or 1999, has turned out well. Keep in mind, as I have reiterated time and time again, Guigal's wines put on extraordinary weight during their elevages, as tastings from bottle so frequently attest. Importer: Fred Ek, Ex Cellars Wine Agencies, Solvang, CA; tel. (805) 686-9153
About the Producer
In 1946, Etienne Guigal founded Château Guigal in the village of Ampuis, the winemaking heart of the Rhône. The village of Ampuis is rich in history, with vineyards that are over 2,400 years old and buildings that still date back to Roman times, and it was here that Etienne Guigal arrived in 1923 at the age of 14. He decided to devote himself to winemaking, which he did for more than 67 years. In 1961, the young Marcel Guigal took over the management of the estate from his father. Thanks to Marcel's efforts, Château Guigal began to acquire some well-known wineries and grew in strength.
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