E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie ‘La Mouline’ 2021

97 POINTS

James Suckling

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.

95 POINTS

Yohan Castaing - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

At this stage, the 2021 Côte-Rôtie La Mouline is the most reduced of the three cuvées, offering up a bouquet of oak, sweet spices, dark berries, fresh licorice and violet. Medium- to full-bodied, concentrated and seamless, it’s layered and refined, with a sweet core of fruit framed by velvety tannins and a deep mid-palate that leads to an ethereal, endless finish. This is a sumptuous rendition.

94 POINTS

Nicolas Greinacher - Vinous

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. Points: 93-95

93 POINTS

Nicolas Greinacher - Vinous

The 2021 Côte-Rôtie La Mouline begins aromatically with finely shaped wood smoke, cloves, red plum, black cherry and tints of white pepper. Mid-bodied, round and refreshing, the 2021 is an elegant La Mouline, tidily underpinned by a bright core of fresh acidity. Finishes with elegant persistence on the long finish.

93 POINTS

Matt Walls - Decanter

Pretty berry fruits on the nose, that are perfumed and delicate. Light-bodied, it has taken its oak remarkably well. Only very delicately tannic. The acidity is low too, this is light in concentration, and drinkable already. A petite vintage of La Mouline, not terribly long. From lieu-dit Côte Blonde. At the beginning of its 40 months in new French oak barriques.