Côte-Rôtie La Mouline
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2050
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, wild game bird, slow-cooked lamb shoulder
✨ Technical Specifications
La Mouline, situated in the heart of the Côte Blonde, is a legendary amphitheater-shaped vineyard whose history of viticulture stretches back over 2,400 years to Roman times. The name itself whispers of the past, derived from an ancient watermill that once stood nearby. The 2015 vintage represents a high-water mark for this historic parcel, benefiting from a historically warm and sunny growing season that yielded grapes of unprecedented concentration and structural power. Here, the Syrah is co-fermented with a significant portion of Viognier, a traditional practice that coaxes out an ethereal floral perfume and softens the dark, muscular fruit of the Syrah. Grown on steep, terraced slopes of gneiss, loess, and decomposed granite, the vines yield a wine of remarkable complexity. Following fermentation, the wine underwent its signature, painstaking maturation of 40 months in 100% new French oak barrels, resulting in a seamless integration of exotic spices, velvety tannins, and vibrant minerality.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1946 by Étienne Guigal in the historic village of Ampuis, Domaine E. Guigal is one of the most prestigious and defining estates in France's Rhône Valley. The family's legacy was further elevated under Marcel Guigal and his son Philippe, marked by the meticulous restoration of the Renaissance Château d'Ampuis and an uncompromising commitment to long oak aging through their own on-site cooperage. Renowned globally for setting the quality benchmark of Northern Rhône viticulture, Guigal is legendary for its peerless Syrah bottlings—particularly the iconic single-vineyard Côte-Rôtie 'La-La-Las' (La Mouline, La Landonne, and La Turque)—as well as opulent, aromatic Viognier expressions such as Condrieu La Doriane.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Syrah 89%, Viognier 11%
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5%