In the glass
Aroma: iron, smoked meat, black olive, dark plum, graphite
Palate: massive black fruit, licorice, mineral iron, charred wood, dense tannins
The most powerful and structured of the trilogy. Pure Syrah from the Cote Brune iron-rich soils delivers a wine of granite-and-iron intensity that demands decades.
What it pairs with
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Ribeye steak with bone marrow
The wine's iron minerality and dense tannins demand richly marbled beef. -
Braised wild boar
Game intensity matches La Landonne's dark, smoky fruit register. -
Aged Comté cheese
Nutty crystalline cheese softens the wine's firmest tannins.
History
Vinified separately from the Cote Brune lieu-dit beginning in 1975. 100% Syrah from iron-rich schist produces the most tannic and mineral of the Guigal single-vineyard trilogy.
- 1975 — First vintage of La Landonne produced separately by Marcel Guigal
- 1978 — La Turque added to complete the La La La trilogy
Facts
- Producer
- E. Guigal
- Grapes
- Syrah (100%)
- Classification
- Cote-Rotie AOC
- Oak
- 42 months in new French oak barriques
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Price
- EUR 400-700 at retail
- Drinking window
- 15-40 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1975