1999 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie La Mouline Côte-Rôtie Rhône France Wine Tasting Note

Yes, yes, and YES! Did I say yes enough? If you want to know why some tasters or just me go crazy for these wines, this is the right bottle to taste. It only takes 1 sniff to know how sublime the wine is, with its layers of flowers, exotic spices, smoke, dark red fruits, gravel, and hints of white peach. If the perfume didn't hook you, the show-stopping, endless layers of opulently-textured, sweet, vibrant, perfectly-ripe, racy fruits that coat your palate will do the trick. It's a mystery how they manage to produce a wine with this much concentration that's balanced with vibrancy, but they do. The exotic, seamless finish holds on for over 60 seconds. Drink from 2022-2049.

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With insane levels of concentration, intensity and tension, the explosive perfume displays flowers, smoke, kirsch liqueur, earth and black cherries galore. If you think that's where the fun stops, think again. The wine coats your palate with waves of perfectly ripe, dense, fresh, red and black fruits that never seem to quit.

Fresh picked cherry blossoms, licorice, wet earth, flowers, peach, smoke, thyme, boysenberry and spice notes were almost off the charts. There is such an amazing level of intensity, focus and purity to the fruit, it leaves you breathless. If that is not enough to seal the deal, the exotic textures and sixty second finish really knocks you out!

Smoke, incense, flowers, licorice, black cherry liqueur and cocoa spring with no effort. Intense and concentrated, lush, luscious and sensuous, this is so sexy, it must be taste to believe. The finish lasts over 60 seconds. It's the type of wine that's difficult to savor as it's so good!

More often than not, La Mouline is my favorite of the famed La La trio from Guigal. But not on this night. Clearly, this is more exotic than most other wines on the planet, the wine did not show quite the same level of depth and concentration found in La Turque or La Landonne. Perhaps the powerful peach, floral, pure kirsch, mineral, vanilla, spice, boysenberry and earthy perfume was more open than the other two wines, but on this night, it lacked same length and persistence. That is not too say this is not an amazing bottle of wine. It is! My score and enthusiastic prose says that. At some point in the future, my view could change and once again, this would be my favorite of the three. But on this night, this bottle was just a little less than its stablemates.

1999 La Mouline is filled with smoky bacon fat, kirsch, oak and pepper. Round opulent textures are paired with a mélange of red and black fruits. This bottle seemed tight and not as fresh, concentrated or lively as other bottles. I do not think this is a perfect example as this wine usually knocks me out.

This Cote Rotie has not budged over the past few years. Still very young and primary. But, that does not stop it from offering glimpses of its ample, future charms. 99 La Mouline is incredibly concentrated. Almost black in color. The wine is so rich and thick it feels like molten fruit flowing over your senses as it enters your palate. La La lovers with this in their cellar are sitting on liquid treasure.

This displays every quality a great wine needs in an embarrassing display of over abundance. Incredibly sensuous, deep layers of lush, opulent, rich, ripe fruit melt over your senses. The perfume has so many layers, it’s easy to get lost in the wine. Cherry liqueur, raspberries, flower and hints of summer fruit kick off the array of fragrance found in this magic elixir. Everything in this amazing wine is in perfect balance including the long, pure, seamless finish in this majestic Cote Rotie.

An exotic, kirsch note starts the aromatic fireworks that includes flowers, peach, spice, a melange of red furit, coffee, pepper and earth that takes the wine to another dimension! This is so, opulent, rich, fat, sexy, silky, lush and opulent, it should be illegal. La Mouline can be enjoyed young, but with time, this bottle will develop into an otherworldly elixir.

Another off the charts wine! Sherry, pepper, flowers, coffee and a liqueur or red and black fruits and spices start off with a bang. This is incredibly concentrated and complex. I found myself asking, does wine get any better? Or, it is just a matter of style?