1985 | E. Guigal | Cote Rotie La Landonne

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Red Wine: 1985 | E. Guigal | Cote Rotie La Landonne

The 1985 is powerful and savoury, exhibiting intense notes of dried black fruits, dark cherry, leather, woodsmoke, liquorice, soy and truffle.

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Producer: E. Guigal

Ratings: WA | 100 WS | 100

Vintage: 1985

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12.5%

Varietal: Syrah / Shiraz

Country/Region: France, Northern Rhone

The 1985 is powerful and savoury, exhibiting intense notes of dried black fruits, dark cherry, leather, woodsmoke, liquorice, soy and truffle.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Once again the darkest, thickest, most powerful, and formidably concentrated of Guigal’s single-vineyard Cote Roties, the 1985 La Landonne is also the least flattering and most intimidating. Like its two siblings, it is throwing a hefty sediment, with the inside of the bottle resembling that of a 15-year-old vintage port. The color is still a murky, inky purple. The nose offers up aromas of beef blood, vitamins (iron?), minerals, smoke, and truffles. Extremely thick, full-bodied, and massive, with noticeable tannin, this monster wine reveals no hard edges, but it does possess teeth-staining extract and power. It is a remarkable effort!

• Wine Spectator: One of the greatest Northern Rhne wines ever made. Intense, concentrated and beautifully balanced, it’s packed with characteristic game, tar, plum, spice and vanilla flavors. Luscious now, it may live forever.

Producer Information

E. Guigal is one of the most notable wine producers in the Rhne Valley. It was founded in 1946 by Etienne Guigal in Ampuis where the headquarters remain to this day on the western banks of the Rhne river, a stone’s throw from the famous sun-roasted slopes of the Cte Rtie, and Guigal’s flagship wines, the famous “LaLa”s: La Landonne, La Mouline and La Turque.Guigal has a long history of winegrowing, and today the company hold plots throughout the nothern and southern Rhne and produces wines from classic northern Rhne and Mediterranean varieties including Grenache, Mourvdre, Viognier and Roussanne, although the focus has always been on Syrah and the Cte Rtie.The company’s sizeable holdings include the likes of Saint-Joseph, Hermitage, Gigondas, Condrieu and Chteauneuf-du-Pape, and wines are made from each, often labeled simply by their appellation title a format that runs into the more affordable Ctes du Rhne range (which can be found in red, white and ros form).