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  • 93+ pts Wine Advocate
    93+ pts RPWA
  • 94 pts Wine Spectator
    94 pts WS
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2010 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie Brune Et Blonde 750 ml

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Wine Spectator’s 94pt Côte-Rôtie … and Robert Parker’s “Greatest Winemaker on the Planet”

Robert Parker must have been hedging his bets when he wrote, “There is no winemaker on planet Earth who has produced so many compelling wines, irrespective of vintage conditions, as Marcel Guigal.” Guigal’s single-vineyard “La-Las” — “La Landonne,” “La Mouline,” and “La Turque” — have garnered 19 perfect 100-point reviews from Parker since 1990. To put that achievement in perspective, that’s more than Châteaux Petrus, Lafite-Rothschild, Haut-Brion, Mouton-Rothschild, and Margaux — COMBINED!!

Of course,“La-Las” are hard to come by. Importer allocations are quoted by the bottle, not by the case. In the case of what Parker and Wine Spectator have suggested is the greatest vintage in the history of the Rhône — 2010 — a single bottle will set you back $500+.

The 2010 growing season in the Northern Rhône was cool and dry, yielding classically styled wines of extraordinary depth, purity, focus, and elegance. Guigal took full advantage: “La Mouline” garnered still another 100-point review (the other “La-Las” earned solid 98-100s), with The Wine Advocate writing that 2010 “will rival 2009, 2005, 2003 and 1999, and when all is said and done, (even) 1978.”

Guigal’s fourth 2010 Côte-Rôtie, the spectacular “Brune et Blonde de Guigal,” is comprised largely of Syrah with a co-fermented splash of Viognier. Grown on the backbreaking 60-degree slopes above Ampuis, the soils are a mix of fine sand, limestone, paper-thin schist, and clay, accounting for the massive concentration, refinement, and complexity of the greatest “Brune et Blonde” since… yes, since the herculean 1978.

The 2010 Guigal Côte-Rôtie “Brune et Blonde de Guigal” is brilliant ruby to the rim, infused with fabulously complex, ultra-mineral aromas of wild raspberry, licorice, lavender, and sweet spice, very gently tinged with cedar. Rich, finely layered, and marvelously light on its feet, the core is loaded with a fleshy mix of raspberry, black cherry, and blood orange spice, finishing with precise tannins, clarity, and cut. Drink now for its youthful hedonism, or far better, lay down this extraordinary vintage from Parker’s “greatest winemaker on the planet” until the mid-2020s. As always, it could well use the rest.

94 points from Wine Spectator. 93+ more from Parker’s Wine Advocate. $80 on release. Just $55 today — ONLY on WineAccess. Shipping included on 4.