2020 E. Guigal "La Turque" Côte-Rôtie

Name: 2020 E. Guigal "La Turque" Côte-Rôtie
SKU: 1802728
Rating: 83.42857142857143 (7 reviews)

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Jeb Dunnuck

Reviewed March 2024

The 2020 Côte Rôtie La Turque brings a touch more mid-palate density and offers a straighter, more inward bouquet of cassis, graphite, smoked meats, and iron, with subtle gamey, bloody background nuances. It too is full-bodied and has a concentrated, structured mouthfeel, remarkable purity, and a killer finish.

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Vinous

Review Date: 03/2024

The 2020 Côte-Rôtie La Turque is shaping up to be terrific. Bold and supremely complex, it unwinds with expressive mocha, ripe black fruits, cured meat, pencil shavings and cedarwood nuances. Refreshing acidity neatly balances the elevated flavor concentration, all framed by a firm yet polished tannic corset. Simply put, the 2020 La Turque is a wine of class and precision, with notable inner energy and verticality. (NG)

James Suckling

Review Date: 05/2024

The nose is like what you smell when you enter a spice market in the Far East. Great concentration and underplayed power on the full-bodied palate, but also graceful, the generous dose of toasty oak almost perfectly integrated. Extremely long finish that keeps on pumping out the berry fruit, butter, orange and stone character.

Decanter

Review Date: 09/2021

This feels like a classic, with the weight and tannins necessary to help this age, but it's not as massive as some recent vintages. Star anise, cinnamon and nutmeg - very much about the spice this year - this is bold and sweetly fruited, with juicy, pliable tannins and a long finish. Vines are on the Côte Brune, planted by Marcel Guigal in 1980 (first vintage 1985) after being abandoned since 1935. La Turque is a central part of Côte Brune, less than 1ha. This is only at the beginning of its 40 months in new French oak barriques. (MW)

Notes

John Livingstone-Learmonth for Cradle of the Rhône: "dark robe; blue fruit that is cool, with a link to iron on the nose, a line of cassis, the fruit well defined. The bouquet has salting and lift, gives a good start. The palate is elegant and poised, well expressed and clear, notable on that front, with every part of it in sync, very harmonious. The late spicing is typical, and it carries the neatness of a rocky venue in its stride. The fine juicing also pleases. This is STGT (soil to glass transfer) and beguiling wine beyond its oaking." (02/2024)

Details

Origin	Cote Rotie, Rhone, France
Type/Varietal	Shiraz/Syrah
SKU	1802728