Cote Rotie, La Mouline

Specification

Producer

E. Guigal

Region

Rest of world

Where

Ampuis, Northern Rhône

Classification

Côte-Rôtie AOC

Grapes

Syrah, Viognier

Vintage

2012

Case

6 x 75cl OWC

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

GUIGAL126X75-2

About this wine

La Mouline, first made in 1966, is the oldest of Guigal's single-vineyard Côte-Rôties. It comes from an amphitheatre of old terraces on the Côte Blonde, and its Syrah is fermented with a significant share of Viognier, giving an exceptionally perfumed, silky wine. Despite its finesse it ages very well, gaining depth and complexity over twenty years and more.

About E. Guigal

E. Guigal was founded in 1946 in Ampuis, at the foot of the Côte-Rôtie slopes, by Étienne Guigal, and has since been run by his son Marcel and grandson Philippe. From modest beginnings it has become the leading house of the northern Rhône, making wines across the Rhône Valley as both grower and négociant.

Its reputation rests above all on three single-vineyard Côte-Rôties, La Mouline, La Landonne and La Turque, known together as the 'La Las'. Made in small quantities and aged for around three and a half years in new oak, they are among the most collected wines of France.