2021 Côte-Rôtie La Mouline Côte-Blonde Guigal

The 2021 Côte Rôtie La Mouline is also pretty and elegant, with a more medium-bodied, silky, perfumed profile that shows its Côte Blonde origins. Flowers, pepper, game, and both red and black fruits emerge on the nose, and it has beautiful tannins.

The medium-bodied 2021 Côte-Rôtie La Mouline exhibits fragrant orange blossom, rose petal, violet and mocha paired with ripe red fruits. Blackberry traces add another layer. Albeit not sharing the same concentration and depth as the surrounding two vintages, the 2021 La Mouline is shaping up to be a remarkably refined iteration of this cuvée. It closes with persistence on the savory finale.

A fine-tuned, precise and layered La Mouline with aromas of red berries, warm herbs, dried spices and leather. A hint of fire pit, too. It's medium-bodied with ultra fine tannins. Pleasant harmony here, with a polished structure that drives the fruit and a lift of sweet spices and raw cocoa in the long finish. Drink or hold.

Bright notes of spices and perfumed fruit give this a lovely lightness, with winey red currant flavors enrobed in toasty, salty cedar. Stylish tannins carry the long finish, with echoes of smoked sage and oregano. Give this time for all of the elements to further integrate. Syrah and Viognier.