Domaine E. Guigal
About Domaine E. Guigal
Domaine E. Guigal was created by Etienne Guigal in 1946 and has since passed to his son Marcel, and grandson Phillippe. Alongside wine-maker Jacques Desvernois (previously of Paul Jaboulet Aîné), the three generations of Guigals have forged one of the world's greatest estates, consistently producing some of the most sought-after wines around the globe.
Standing as one of the world's greatest estates with a long and successful history of producing some of the globe’s greatest bottles. No single winemaker nor family has done as much to craft the fine wine world’s perception of Côte-Rôtie as a truly ethereal appellation as the Guigal. The family has been described as the "reference point" estate in Northern Rhône by Jeb Dunnuck.
Vinicultre
One of Guigal's crowing achievements is the creation of three spectacular and rare cuvées that demonstrate the greatest of Rhone terroir.
Of the three, La Mouline is perhaps the most floral, feminine and seductively elegant. Indescribably silky in its construction. A product of vines with an average age of 75 years old, the scent of La Mouline is as beguiling as any wine – heady violets, flowers, wet slate, exotic black fruits and the darkest espresso imaginable rise unrelentingly from the glass.
La Landonne is a pure Syrah wine – as fine an example of the varietal’s potential as one could ever hope to taste – and often requires the most bottle age to become approachable of the three.
La Turque is the youngest cuvée of the holy triumvirate, both in that it made its debut after the other two and its average vine age is 25 years. Something of a hybrid of the two, La Turque seems to blend the choice aspects of its siblings together into a simply otherworldly wine. Darker and denser than La Mouline, yet less tannic and imposing than La Landonne, the true beauty of La Turque lies in its complexity and inherent ripeness
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Rhone | 1 | 95 (WA) |
Inc. GST
SG$2,834.96 |
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Wine Advocate (95)The 2012 Côte Rôtie Château d’Ampuis is a bigger, richer wine that offers full-bodied richness and a broad, expansive style on the palate. Black raspberries, toasted spices, cured meats and licorice all emerge from this incredibly sexy, complex and nuanced Côte Rôtie, and my notes finish with “wish I could drink a glass.” Enjoy bottles anytime over the coming 15 or more years. |
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Rhone | 1 | 95 (WA) |
Inc. GST
SG$1,390.23 |
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Wine Advocate (95)The 2012 Côte Rôtie Château d’Ampuis is a bigger, richer wine that offers full-bodied richness and a broad, expansive style on the palate. Black raspberries, toasted spices, cured meats and licorice all emerge from this incredibly sexy, complex and nuanced Côte Rôtie, and my notes finish with “wish I could drink a glass.” Enjoy bottles anytime over the coming 15 or more years. |
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Rhone | 2 | 97 (WA) |
Inc. GST
SG$4,890.74 |
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Wine Advocate (97)The 2012 Côte Rôtie La Mouline reminds me of the 2011 with its upfront, incredibly perfumed nose of spring flowers, cured meats, roasted herbs, olives and sweet cassis fruit. Full-bodied, beautifully textured, mouth-filling and already impossible to resist, it expands on the palate and I guarantee this beauty will put a smile on your face anytime over the coming two decades. |
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Rhone | 1 | 97 (WA) |
Inc. GST
SG$1,173.64 |
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Wine Advocate (97)The 2012 Côte Rôtie La Mouline reminds me of the 2011 with its upfront, incredibly perfumed nose of spring flowers, cured meats, roasted herbs, olives and sweet cassis fruit. Full-bodied, beautifully textured, mouth-filling and already impossible to resist, it expands on the palate and I guarantee this beauty will put a smile on your face anytime over the coming two decades. |
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Rhone | 3 | 97 (WA) |
Inc. GST
SG$2,510.77 |
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Wine Advocate (97)The 2012 Côte Rôtie La Mouline reminds me of the 2011 with its upfront, incredibly perfumed nose of spring flowers, cured meats, roasted herbs, olives and sweet cassis fruit. Full-bodied, beautifully textured, mouth-filling and already impossible to resist, it expands on the palate and I guarantee this beauty will put a smile on your face anytime over the coming two decades. |
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Rhone | 7 | 98 (WA) |
Inc. GST
SG$2,584.91 |
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Wine Advocate (98)Similar to the La Mouline with its forward, incredibly sexy style, the 2012 Côte Rôtie La Turque (there’s 7% Viognier in the blend) offers a saturated purple color to go with meaty, smoky notes of cassis, cured meats, chocolate and roasted herbs. It’s a big mouthful of a wine, with full-bodied richness and a stacked mid-palate, but it has a seamless, weightless texture, perfectly ripe tannin and a blockbuster finish. I’d happily drink a glass today, but it should be at its finest from 2020-2046. |
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Rhone | 1 | 96+ (WA) |
Inc. GST
SG$4,546.26 |
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Wine Advocate (96+)The 2012 Hermitage Ex Voto (which I suspect won’t be produced again until 2015) was bottled in January of this year and it’s a big, voluptuous beauty that’s loaded with fruit and texture. Crème de cassis, black raspberries, crushed rocks and a touch of beef blood all soar from the glass of this beauty, which hits the palate with a wealth of sweet fruit, building, ripe tannin and blockbuster length. Liquid Viagra would suffice as a descriptor for this wine, and while it’s already impossible to resist today, it will age effortlessly for 25 or more years. |
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Rhone | 1 | 96+ (WA) |
Inc. GST
SG$1,207.41 |
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Wine Advocate (96+)The 2012 Hermitage Ex Voto (which I suspect won’t be produced again until 2015) was bottled in January of this year and it’s a big, voluptuous beauty that’s loaded with fruit and texture. Crème de cassis, black raspberries, crushed rocks and a touch of beef blood all soar from the glass of this beauty, which hits the palate with a wealth of sweet fruit, building, ripe tannin and blockbuster length. Liquid Viagra would suffice as a descriptor for this wine, and while it’s already impossible to resist today, it will age effortlessly for 25 or more years. |
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Rhone | 10 | 96+ (WA) |
Inc. GST
SG$2,240.43 |
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Wine Advocate (96+)The 2012 Hermitage Ex Voto (which I suspect won’t be produced again until 2015) was bottled in January of this year and it’s a big, voluptuous beauty that’s loaded with fruit and texture. Crème de cassis, black raspberries, crushed rocks and a touch of beef blood all soar from the glass of this beauty, which hits the palate with a wealth of sweet fruit, building, ripe tannin and blockbuster length. Liquid Viagra would suffice as a descriptor for this wine, and while it’s already impossible to resist today, it will age effortlessly for 25 or more years. |
Product Name | Region | Qty | Score | Price | |||||
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Rhone | 1 | 95 (WA) |
In Bond
SG$2,490.00 |
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Wine Advocate (95)The 2012 Côte Rôtie Château d’Ampuis is a bigger, richer wine that offers full-bodied richness and a broad, expansive style on the palate. Black raspberries, toasted spices, cured meats and licorice all emerge from this incredibly sexy, complex and nuanced Côte Rôtie, and my notes finish with “wish I could drink a glass.” Enjoy bottles anytime over the coming 15 or more years. |
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Rhone | 1 | 95 (WA) |
In Bond
SG$1,220.00 |
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Wine Advocate (95)The 2012 Côte Rôtie Château d’Ampuis is a bigger, richer wine that offers full-bodied richness and a broad, expansive style on the palate. Black raspberries, toasted spices, cured meats and licorice all emerge from this incredibly sexy, complex and nuanced Côte Rôtie, and my notes finish with “wish I could drink a glass.” Enjoy bottles anytime over the coming 15 or more years. |
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Rhone | 2 | 97 (WA) |
In Bond
SG$4,380.00 |
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Wine Advocate (97)The 2012 Côte Rôtie La Mouline reminds me of the 2011 with its upfront, incredibly perfumed nose of spring flowers, cured meats, roasted herbs, olives and sweet cassis fruit. Full-bodied, beautifully textured, mouth-filling and already impossible to resist, it expands on the palate and I guarantee this beauty will put a smile on your face anytime over the coming two decades. |
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Rhone | 1 | 97 (WA) |
In Bond
SG$1,050.00 |
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Wine Advocate (97)The 2012 Côte Rôtie La Mouline reminds me of the 2011 with its upfront, incredibly perfumed nose of spring flowers, cured meats, roasted herbs, olives and sweet cassis fruit. Full-bodied, beautifully textured, mouth-filling and already impossible to resist, it expands on the palate and I guarantee this beauty will put a smile on your face anytime over the coming two decades. |
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Rhone | 3 | 97 (WA) |
In Bond
SG$2,250.00 |
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Wine Advocate (97)The 2012 Côte Rôtie La Mouline reminds me of the 2011 with its upfront, incredibly perfumed nose of spring flowers, cured meats, roasted herbs, olives and sweet cassis fruit. Full-bodied, beautifully textured, mouth-filling and already impossible to resist, it expands on the palate and I guarantee this beauty will put a smile on your face anytime over the coming two decades. |
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Rhone | 7 | 98 (WA) |
In Bond
SG$2,320.00 |
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Wine Advocate (98)Similar to the La Mouline with its forward, incredibly sexy style, the 2012 Côte Rôtie La Turque (there’s 7% Viognier in the blend) offers a saturated purple color to go with meaty, smoky notes of cassis, cured meats, chocolate and roasted herbs. It’s a big mouthful of a wine, with full-bodied richness and a stacked mid-palate, but it has a seamless, weightless texture, perfectly ripe tannin and a blockbuster finish. I’d happily drink a glass today, but it should be at its finest from 2020-2046. |
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Rhone | 1 | 96+ (WA) |
In Bond
SG$4,060.00 |
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Wine Advocate (96+)The 2012 Hermitage Ex Voto (which I suspect won’t be produced again until 2015) was bottled in January of this year and it’s a big, voluptuous beauty that’s loaded with fruit and texture. Crème de cassis, black raspberries, crushed rocks and a touch of beef blood all soar from the glass of this beauty, which hits the palate with a wealth of sweet fruit, building, ripe tannin and blockbuster length. Liquid Viagra would suffice as a descriptor for this wine, and while it’s already impossible to resist today, it will age effortlessly for 25 or more years. |
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Rhone | 1 | 96+ (WA) |
In Bond
SG$1,080.00 |
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Wine Advocate (96+)The 2012 Hermitage Ex Voto (which I suspect won’t be produced again until 2015) was bottled in January of this year and it’s a big, voluptuous beauty that’s loaded with fruit and texture. Crème de cassis, black raspberries, crushed rocks and a touch of beef blood all soar from the glass of this beauty, which hits the palate with a wealth of sweet fruit, building, ripe tannin and blockbuster length. Liquid Viagra would suffice as a descriptor for this wine, and while it’s already impossible to resist today, it will age effortlessly for 25 or more years. |
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Rhone | 10 | 96+ (WA) |
In Bond
SG$2,000.00 |
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Wine Advocate (96+)The 2012 Hermitage Ex Voto (which I suspect won’t be produced again until 2015) was bottled in January of this year and it’s a big, voluptuous beauty that’s loaded with fruit and texture. Crème de cassis, black raspberries, crushed rocks and a touch of beef blood all soar from the glass of this beauty, which hits the palate with a wealth of sweet fruit, building, ripe tannin and blockbuster length. Liquid Viagra would suffice as a descriptor for this wine, and while it’s already impossible to resist today, it will age effortlessly for 25 or more years. |