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Cote Rotie La Mouline 2010

Guigal, Etienne

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Tasting Notes

Bottled earlier this year, the 2010 Cote Rotie la Mouline is an incredible effort that gives up classic crème de cassis, spring flowers, licorice, coffee bean and spiced meat-like aromas and flavors to go with a full-bodied, sexy, seamless and blockbuster-styled profile on the palate. While more reserved and focused than the 2009, it nevertheless has incredible amounts of fruit and texture, thrilling purity and a finish that just won’t quit. It will certainly rival the 2009, 2005, 2003 and 1999, and when all is said and done, the 1978. It will have 4 to 5 decades of longevity.

Score: 100

Jeb Dunnuck, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2014-2064 01 August 2014

Another blockbuster, the opaque ruby/purple 2010 Cote Rotie La Mouline exhibits enormous concentration and massiveness yet it remains ethereal with sublime elegance. It offers a floral character (because of the Viognier component) intermixed with notions of blackberries, vanillin, coffee, licorice and sweet, caramelized dark fruits as well as beautiful unctuosity and richness. This exquisite 2010 La Mouline will take a little longer to hit its peak than the 2009, but it should last just as long, possibly even longer (25-30 years). While one expects greatness from La Mouline in vintages such as 2009 and 2010, it is astounding to see what this vineyard and the Guigals were capable of achieving in 2011.

Score: 98 - 100

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 01 December 2012