2018 Côte-Rôtie, La Mouline, E. Guigal, Rhône

Red • Dry • Full Bodied • Syrah
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Code: 20180600750018012531

Description

Just about pure perfection as well as a desert Island wine, the 2018 Côte Rôtie La Mouline comes from a tiny parcel in the Côte Blonde lieu-dit and spent four years in new barrels. Incredible notes of black raspberries, spring flowers, bacon fat, smoked game, violets, and pepper all emerge on the nose. These carry to a full-bodied, round, supple, sexy Côte Rôtie offering ultra-fine tannins, an insane level of purity, no hard edges, and a monster of a finish. As with the other 2018s here, it leads with its fruit and has a supple, ethereal style on the palate. It doesn't have the sheer wealth of material or density of the 2010, 2015, or 2019, but it’s possibly a slightly richer, sexier version of the 2016. Hide bottles for just 4-5 years, count yourself lucky, and enjoy over the following two decades or so.
99/100, Jeb Dunnuck, jebdunnuck.com (December 2022)
  • Colour
    Red
  • Sweetness
    Dry
  • Vintage
    2018
  • Alcohol
    14.5%
  • Grape
    Syrah
  • Body
    Full Bodied
  • Producer
    Maison Guigal

Critics reviews

Jeb Dunnuck
97-100/100

Scheduled to be bottled early in 2022, the 2018 Côte Rôtie La Mouline is a blockbuster of a wine offering full-bodied aromas and flavors of black raspberries, cassis, spring flowers, espresso, and violets. Coming from a steep, terraced, warmer terroir and fermented with 10% Viognier, it’s always the sexiest, more exotic, and seamless, as well as approachable, of the flagship releases. The 2018 will unquestionably pure a smile on your face as soon as it’s released, but it will ideally be given 7-8 years of bottle age and drunk over the following 30 years.

Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com (February 2022)
Joe Czerwinski
98-100/100

Does the scale go higher than 100? Guigal's 2018 Cote Rotie La Turque is a sure candidate for perfection down the road. With more concentration and richness than the aromatic 2017, it seamlessly blends grilled cherries, espresso, black olives and even exotic hints of black truffle into a full-bodied, powerhouse that should drink well for at least two decades.

Drinking window: 2025 - 2045

Joe Czerwinski, Wine Advocate (December 2019)

About The Wine

Syrah/Shiraz

Syrah — also known as Shiraz- bold, complex and deeply expressive — is one of the world’s great black grape varieties. Renowned for producing powerful, age-worthy reds, its character shifts dramatically depending on where it's grown, ranging from peppery elegance in the Rhône to lush richness in Australia. Whether labelled Syrah or Shiraz, this grape delivers wines with depth, spice and undeniable presence.
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