Cote Rotie La Mouline 2008

Guigal, Etienne

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Tasting Notes

Already up-front and easy-drinking, with a surprising lack of depth and concentration, the 2008 Cote Rotie la Mouline gives up plenty of peppered game, underbrush, and sweet fruit to go with a medium-bodied, elegant and straightforward profile on the palate. While I think it will still be better in a couple of years, it’s easily the weakest la Mouline in over a decade and will need drinking in its first 10-15 years of life. In contrast, a recent bottle of 2008 La Torque delivered noticeably more depth and concentration.

Score: 89

Jeb Dunnuck, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2014-2029 01 August 2014

As are most of the top Guigal wines, the wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered. I retasted the 2008 Cote Rotie La Mouline and it clearly is the least impressive example of this cuvee I have tasted in my thirty years of visiting Guigal. Nevertheless, as the score indicates, it is excellent. While more angular, narrowly constructed and shorter than the great vintages, it is ripe, reveals no vegetal characteristics, and still has a residue of the ethereal La Mouline perfume of spring flowers, black raspberries and a touch of bacon fat. Drink it over the next 5-7 years.

Score: 89

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2012-2019 01 December 2012

The 2008 Cote Rotie La Mouline exhibits a dense, dark plum color, an evolved nose of roasted herbs, licorice, camphor, truffles, sweet game, cassis and black cherries, medium to full body and a velvety, ripe, fruity style. Enjoy it over the next decade.

Score: 90 - 93

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2011-2021 01 February 2011