Côte-Rôtie La Mouline
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2026 - 2050
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Roasted duck breast, wild game birds, slow-cooked lamb shoulder
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Hailing from the legendary Côte Blonde, La Mouline is a tiny, amphitheater-shaped parcel of ancient vines, some dating back over a century. The 2018 vintage captures the essence of this unique terroir, where the steep, terraced slopes of decomposed granite, limestone, and loess bask in intense Mediterranean sun. Co-fermented with a significant proportion of Viognier, this wine undergoes Guigal's signature, painstaking 40-month maturation in 100% new French oak. The hot, dry summer of 2018 yielded a remarkably plush, voluptuous expression of La Mouline. It weaves a tapestry of exotic floral aromas, red currant, and cured meats, underpinned by silky, seamless tannins that define this historic vineyard's feminine and seductive character.
🍾 wine.about_producer
Founded in 1946 by Étienne Guigal in the ancient village of Ampuis, Domaine E. Guigal has become one of the Rhône Valley's most illustrious and influential wine estates. Now managed by Marcel and Philippe Guigal, the family is headquartered at the historic Château d'Ampuis, where they craft legendary wines that define the northern and southern Rhône. The estate is globally renowned for its iconic Côte-Rôtie single-vineyard bottlings—La Mouline, La Turque, and La Landonne—as well as the opulent Condrieu La Doriane. Their uncompromising production philosophy emphasizes extremely long barrel aging in their custom, in-house cooperage, resulting in wines of extraordinary depth, structure, and longevity.