Guigal La Landonne Côte-Rôtie

Côte-Rôtie, France

The most powerful and structured of Guigal's la-las. La Landonne is from the Côte Brune — iron-rich, schist-clay soils. 100% Syrah (no Viognier). Dark, dense, almost inky in youth. The wine represents the iron-muscular side of Northern Rhône Syrah. 42 months in new oak. Needs 20+ years minimum. Only produced in certain vintages — not made in lighter years. ~3,000 bottles per year.

Pairings

• main: La Landonne's iron-graphite-game character is perfectly suited to venison — the gamey red meat amplifies the wine's natural game notes. Black truffle bridges the wine's earthiness; bitter chocolate in the jus mirrors the wine's dark intensity without sweetness.
• main: La Landonne's extraordinary iron-tar is one of wine's most powerful flavour experiences; only a 60-day dry-aged rib has the intensity to match; marrow's fat softens the iron while Périgueux bridges the truffle note
• main: La Landonne's Syrah power belongs with the seven-hour lamb daube; the Taggiasca olives bridge the northern Rhône herbs
• main: La Landonne's powerful Côte-Rôtie belongs with the côte de boeuf; the most masculine Guigal for the most substantial cut
• cheese: Black olive tapenade directly mirrors one of La Landonne's most distinctive aromatic notes; Comté's hazelnut-iron bridges the wine's mineral iron; a powerful cheese pairing for a powerful wine
• main: La Landonne's all-Syrah power demands the richest game; griotte cherries bridge the wine's dark mineral character
• main: Wild boar's primitive intensity and the hunter's sauce reduction are the only game preparations with the depth to match La Landonne's iron-smoke at maturity
• main: Venison's iron-red meat intensity and the black truffle sauce's volatile earth create the dual-register flavour intensity that La Landonne's tar-iron requires