3 BOTTLES PER LOT
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CôTE-RôTIE, LA LANDONNE--VINTAGE 1985
RHôNE. E. GUIGAL
VERY GOOD APPEARANCE AND LEVELS
TASTING NOTE: 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! ANTICIPATED MATURITY: 2000-2025. 100 POINTS. ROBERT PARKER, RHONE BOOK # B3 (JAN 1997)
3 BOTTLES PER LOT
RHôNE. E. GUIGAL
VERY GOOD APPEARANCE AND LEVELS
TASTING NOTE: 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! ANTICIPATED MATURITY: 2000-2025. 100 POINTS. ROBERT PARKER, RHONE BOOK # B3 (JAN 1997)
3 BOTTLES PER LOT