Guigal Côte-Rôtie La Turque 2015

100 points Jeb Dunnuck: "A perfect wine in every way, the 2015 Côte Rôtie La Turque comes from an incredible terroir on the Côte Brune and includes 7% Viognier. Stylistically, it normally fits between the more ripe, exuberant La Mouline and the more austere, tannic La Landonne. A deep purple color is followed by extraordinary notes of spring flowers, crushed violets, vanilla bean, and cured meats. This gives way to a full-bodied Côte Rôtie that has a stacked mid-palate, lots of ripe, silky tannins, no hard edges, and a finish that won’t quit. Syrah, or red wine for that matter, doesn’t get any better! Hats off to the Guigal family for another magical wine. Give bottles 6-7 years of bottle age and enjoy over the following 30 years or more. Drink: 2026-2056. (12/12/19)"

100 points Jeff Leve (The Wine Cellar Insider): "As the vines here continue aging, this wine has never been better! The wine blends concentration, depth, opulence, decadence and freshness. There is a s8blime sense of purity in the fruit here that must be tasted to be believed! The intoxicating perfume grabs you with its cherry liqueur, flowers, espresso, pepper, kirsch, licorice and spice. On the palate, the wine is full bodied, opulent, fresh, invigorating and the finish, with its power, liquid silk texture and density is off the hook. This is probably the best vintage of La Turque yet and this is really saying something. (Feb 2019)"

99 points Joe Czerwinski (Wine Advocate): "Like the La Mouline, the 2015 Cote Rotie La Turque comes across as slightly closed—I wouldn't be surprised to see it inch up to a perfect rating in a decade or so. Lashings of ground spices—pepper, allspice, cardamom—are sprinkled over mixed berries, but this full-bodied wine is locked up tight, finishing with firm tannins. Give it at least 5-6 years, maybe even a decade or so, before pulling a cork. Drink: 2025-2045. (Dec 2019)"

99 points Wine Spectator: "[$525 list] Dark plum, boysenberry and fig fruit is steeped with notes of anise, black tea, ganache and roasted apple wood. A warm cast iron spine drives the finish, pulling all the components together along the way. Delivers serious cut and drive, holding a deep well of fruit in reserve. Best from 2025 through 2045. 88 cases imported. (11/30/19)"

99 points (19.5/20) Bettane & Desseauve Guide: "Since our last tasting, it has recovered well from bottling, with the black fruit still as pure as ever and extremely refined tannins. This dense, precise wine offers magnificent freshness on the palate. Great development expected."

98 points James Suckling: "The personality of this wine is in full, flamboyant flight in 2015 with such expressive aromas of fragrant spices, roses and violet flowers, orange zest, white pepper, dark stones, exotic baking spices and beautifully ripe blackberries, blood plums and some redder fruit notes. The palate delivers plenty of energy and depth with ripe, dark and juicy tannins, wrapped around a very rich, intense and fleshy blackberry core. Impressive and still just a baby. Try from 2026. (7/19/19)"

98 points (19/20)/'Le Coup de Coeur,' La Revue du Vin de France: "La Turque has mastered its long aging process perfectly. (2020)"

97 points Josh Raynolds (Vinous): "Saturated purple. Hugely perfumed aromas of dark berry preserves, incense, potpourri, smoky bacon and spicecake. Cola, olive and cracked pepper flourishes build with air. Youthfully and broad in the mouth, offering deeply concentrated, sharply defined black/blue fruit, spicecake, vanilla and violet pastille flavors that are brightened by a smoky mineral accent. Chewy and appealingly sweet on the extremely long, floral-dominated finish framed by youthful, slow-building tannins. Drink: 2027-2039. (Sep 2019)"