La Turque
⏳ Drinking Window
2018 - 2050
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted venison, wild boar stew, truffled beef tenderloin
✨ Technical Specifications
La Turque is one of E. Guigal's legendary 'La La' wines, representing the pinnacle of Côte-Rôtie. Sourced from a tiny, steep, south-facing parcel of just under one hectare on the Côte Brune, this vineyard was historically owned by the Vidal family before being acquired and revitalized by the Guigals, with its maiden vintage debuting in 1985. The terroir consists of iron-rich schist and clay soils, which impart a formidable structure and dark-fruited intensity to the wine. Uniquely, La Turque is co-fermented with a small percentage of Viognier, adding an exotic, floral lift to the powerful Syrah. The wine undergoes an incredibly rigorous aging regimen of 42 months in 100% new French oak barrels crafted in the estate's private cooperage. This painstaking process yields a wine of monumental complexity, seamlessly blending the muscular power of La Landonne with the seductive, aromatic elegance of La Mouline.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1946 by Étienne Guigal in the historic village of Ampuis, Maison Guigal has grown into an undisputed titan of the Rhône Valley, elevated to global renown under Marcel Guigal and currently guided by third-generation winemaker Philippe Guigal. Anchored at the restored 12th-century Château d'Ampuis, the estate oversees 75 hectares of prime northern Rhône vineyards alongside a benchmark négociant operation. The family's viticulture is practiced via sustainable lutte raisonnée across dramatically steep, hand-worked amphitheaters comprising mica-schist, granite, and loess terraces. In the cellar, Guigal is famous for uncompromising patient élevage, maturing premier cuvées in custom barrels produced at their in-house cooperage for up to 40 months. Their legendary single-vineyard Côte-Rôties—La Mouline, La Landonne, and La Turque—remain global pinnacles of Syrah, mirrored in white viticulture by the opulent Condrieu La Doriane and the monumental Ermitage Ex-Voto Blanc.
🍇 Grapes
Syrah 93%, Viognier 7%
🍷 ABV
13.5-14%