Guigal Côte-Rôtie & Condrieu – West London Wine School
Thursday 1 October 2015
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Domaine Guigal is the most famous producer of Cote Rotie in the Rhone valley. Guigal also produces great wines from a myriad of appellations in the Rhone valley including; Chateauneuf du Pape, Hermitage and Cote Rotie. The benchmark for quality in the appellation is set by Guigal Cote Rotie wines.
It was founded in 1946 by Etienne Guigal, following his departure from Vidal-Fleury, another Northern Rhone winery, where he had worked for just under twenty years. His son, Marcel, joined the company in 1961 and is now the head of the company. Guigal pioneered the notion of single vineyard Côte Rôties and his 3 most famous wines, the La-La's; La Landonne, La Mouline and La Turque are amongst the most sought after wines in the world today. Marcel Guigal's attitude to winemaking is typical of the simple genius that one seems to stumble upon when looking at any of the world's greatest winemakers – low yields, organic viticulture and little or no intervention in the cellars – in short, a respect for nature and a passion for the wine itself.
Robert Parker commented on Marcel Guigal that "In the past 20 years I have spent visiting wineries and vignerons, I have never seen a producer so fanatical about quality as Marcel Guigal."
Wines on Tasting (9):
Cotes-du-Rhone 2011 AperitifCondrieu 2012Côte-Rôtie Brune et Blonde 2010Côte-Rôtie Brune et Blonde 2009Côte-Rôtie Brune et Blonde 2008Côte-Rôtie Brune et Blonde 2007Côte-Rôtie Brune et Blonde 2006Côte-Rôtie Brune et Blonde 2003Côte-Rôtie Brune et Blonde Mystery Vintage