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E. Guigal La Landonne 2016

  • Jeb Dunnuck
    99 Points
  • Vinous
    98 Points
  • Joe Czerwinski
    98 Points
  • Wine Spectator
    97 Points
  • Decanter
    96 Points
E. Guigal La Landonne 2016
  • Jeb Dunnuck
    99 Points
  • Vinous
    98 Points
  • Joe Czerwinski
    98 Points
  • Wine Spectator
    97 Points
  • Decanter
    96 Points
E. Guigal La Landonne 2016
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E. Guigal La Landonne 2016

SKU: GLAL201610 UCAU
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Since 1946, Guigal has shaped the Rhône into one of the world’s most celebrated wine regions. Known for their unwavering commitment to quality and tradition, they have earned a reputation for excellence that spans generations.

La Landonne is one of Guigal’s flagship wines, known for its power and intensity. As part of the iconic “La La” trio, it reflects the estate’s mastery in producing wines that capture the strength and complexity of the Côte Brune terroir.

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Tasting Notes

E. Guigal La Landonne 2016 is a masterful expression of the Rhône Valley’s esteemed Côte Brune terroir, capturing the essence of power, depth, and intricate complexity. Crafted by Guigal, a legendary name in Rhône winemaking since 1946, this vintage exemplifies decades of dedication to quality, tradition, and the art of producing world-class Syrah wines.

As one of Guigal’s flagship wines, La Landonne is celebrated for its robust structure and intense character. It forms part of the iconic “La La” trilogy alongside La Mouline and La Turque, each representing the finest single-vineyard Côte Rôtie sites. The 2016 vintage benefits from balanced ripeness and excellent weather conditions, which contributed to its remarkable concentration, rich flavors, and exceptional aging potential.

Meticulously sourced from a premium private cellar, this single-vineyard Côte Rôtie offers a dense, layered bouquet featuring ripe dark fruits such as blackberry and black cherry, nuanced by aromatic spices, subtle smoky undertones, and hints of licorice and violet. On the palate, it reveals firm tannins and vibrant acidity, weaving a rich tapestry of flavors with a long, elegant finish that highlights the full-bodied Syrah character emblematic of the region.

Guigal’s unwavering commitment to showcasing the unique strength and complexity of the Côte Brune soil is evident throughout this wine. The legacy of Guigal’s craftsmanship and the exceptional terroir converge in this 2016 release, making it a distinguished example of Rhône’s most prestigious and powerful wines.

  • Since 1946, Guigal has shaped the Rhône into one of the world’s most celebrated wine regions, earning a reputation for quality and tradition that spans generations.
  • La Landonne stands as one of Guigal’s flagship wines, renowned for its intensity and power, and as part of the “La La” trio, it embodies the strength and complexity of Côte Brune terroir.
  • Sourced from a premium private cellar, ensuring exceptional provenance and quality.

The 2016 vintage of La Landonne is a testament to the Rhône Valley’s unique terroir and Guigal’s meticulous winemaking, delivering a bold and elegant Syrah that promises longevity and continual evolution in the bottle.

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Critic Scores

99Jeb Dunnuck

The 2016 Côte Rôtie La Landonne shows the more elegant and classical style of the vintage. As always, it’s 100% Syrah, from a great terroir in the Côte Brune side of the appellation, that will spend 48 months in new French oak barrels. It has textbook La Landonne notes of smoked meats, black fruits, and crushed rocks as well as full-bodied richness, surprising elegance and finesse for this cuvée (but that’s the vintage), flawless balance, and a great finish. I suspect it will have some early charm, but I’d still recommend 7-8 years of bottle age.

98Vinous

Bright purple. A deeply perfumed bouquet evokes ripe dark berries, cherry liqueur, incense and potpourri, while olive and exotic spice nuances build in the glass. Intense, alluringly sweet black/blue fruit, spicecake and violet pastille flavors show sharp delineation and a spine of juicy acidity. Closes extremely long and precise, displaying a smoky, intensifying mineral quality and youthfully gripping tannins that build steadily.

98Joe Czerwinski

The 2016 Côte Rôtie La Landonne is showing a bit more grip than last time I tasted it, with hints of green coffee bean on the nose alongside ripe black cherries and a heap of dried spices. Medium to full-bodied, with ample concentration and plenty of tannin, it should prove to be the longest-lived of Guigal's 2016s

97Wine Spectator

This sports some ripe black cherry, bitter plum and black currant fruit flavors allied to a bolt of cast iron through the middle, while mesquite, bay leaf and savory notes scurry about. Shows lots of energy and detail on the finish, with the cast iron edge extending lengthily. Should cruise in the cellar.

96Decanter

Not destemmed. Always the deepest and most austere of the single vineyard 'La La' wines, the 2016 La Landonne exhibits some classic peppery spice and smoky bacon aromatics alongside dark plum and roast espresso - intense, vivid and expressive in aroma. It's full-bodied, concentrated and dense in style, and at this stage the oak is just about in balance. Lush, concentrated fruit is allied to a sinewy texture coming from the stems. It's quite grainy, in fact, but the tannins are sure to resolve during their extended oak ageing - the wine is only at the start of its long elevage, and will spend a total of 42 months in new oak barriques, reaching the market in early 2020

Vinification & Cultivation

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Vineyard Cultivation

La Landonne's granitic terroir again produced Syrah of remarkable precision in 2016, a warm but balanced vintage with moderate rainfall. The steep, north-facing gradient provides natural altitude advantage, moderating heat stress. E. Guigal's canopy management throughout the growing season ensured even ripeness and optimal colour development without overripeness. The 2016 growing season was marked by steady, warm conditions with good diurnal temperature variation, ideal for maintaining the wine's signature freshness and mineral character within a ripe fruit profile. Soil management and vine maturity contributed structural elegance and complexity to the finished wine.

Vinification

Grapes underwent complete destemming prior to fermentation in temperature-controlled vats with natural yeast inoculation. Guigal practices extended maceration to enhance colour and textural grip. Malolactic fermentation proceeded naturally post-primary fermentation. The wine then entered a 42-month élevage in French oak barrels, predominantly new, allowing phenolic integration and tertiary flavour development. Guigal's house style emphasises the interplay between fruit ripeness and structural elegance through careful oak management and systematic racking during the élevage period. Regular monitoring and oxygen control shape the wine's evolution and complexity throughout maturation.

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