Etienne Guigal, Cote Rotie La Turque 2014

robert_parker97

Reviewed by: Jeb Dunnuck

The 2014 Côte Rôtie La Turque is another incredible effort in a more challenging vintage. Its deep purple color is followed by classic notes of smoked black currants, licorice and charred meats, and this beauty offers full-bodied richness, serious mid-palate depth and juicy acidity. It will have two decades or more of longevity.

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Reviewed by: Joe Czerwinski

Still in barrel, the 2014 Cote Rotie La Turque shows classy floral aromas and red raspberries up front, then delivers herbal notes, layers of red fruit and lithe, wiry structure on the medium to full-bodied palate. It manages to be silky in texture yet firm at the same time, concentrated yet seemingly weightless, and long on the finish.

robert_parker96

Reviewed by: Jeb Dunnuck

The most approachable of the recent vintages, albeit it has a long way to go before being bottled, the 2014 Cote Rotie la Turque (incorporates 7% Viognier) has a supple, sexy style to go with classic La Turque black cherry and black raspberry fruits, dried violets, licorice and smoked meats. Full-bodied, upfront and with sweet tannin, it’s reminiscent of a lighter weight 2011, yet I expect it to put on weight over the coming 2-3 years.

robert_parker98

Reviewed by: Joe Czerwinski

Now that it's in bottle, the 2014 Cote Rotie La Turque has exceeded all of my earlier expectations. It's got those classic Côte Rôtie elements on the nose of smoked bacon, olives and violets, seamlessly entwined with supple tannins and raspberry fruit. Medium to full-bodied, it's silky and fine, showing tremendous length and complexity on the finish. On this occasion, La Turque came to the head of the class as the most approachable, exciting and elegant of the three La Las.

vinous94

Reviewed by: Josh Raynolds

Inky ruby. Powerful, deep-pitched aromas of ripe black and blue fruits, violet, incense, exotic spices and minerals. Stains the palate with intense blueberry, cherry liqueur and floral pastille flavors that stretch and become sweeter with aeration. The mix of power and finesse here is fabulous. A strikingly long, youthfully tannic finish shows superb delineation and leaves sweet blue fruit and spicecake qualities behind.

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Reviewed by: James Suckling

Super-charming perfume here. Plenty of sweet spice and very fragrant, lifted, lighter red berries, white pepper and mocha. The palate has immense, rich, dark plums, boysenberries and black cherries with a super-fleshy core of ripe, red-plum flavors. Smooth tannins build to a firmer finish, it simultaneously offers commanding power with extreme finesse. This has a lot on offer but really needs some more time to settle in. The pick of the “La La” trio in 2014! Try in 2022.