Domaine Jean-Michel Gérin - Côte-Rôtie La Landonne 2023
95/100
Wine Spectator
“An iron fist in a velvet glove”
A legendary hillside within the Côte-Rôtie appellation, La Landonne is a slope with an average gradient of 58% in this specific vineyard. It offers rare complexity, fullness, structure, and perfect balance. The tannins, with their noble firmness, blend with finesse to enhance the black fruit of this incredible terroir. A dense and deep texture, carried by a mineral freshness and impressive length. The finish, long, clean, and mouth-watering, reveals exceptional persistence with notes of smoke, warm stone, and violet. • Very limited quantities.
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Eye
Deep, intense red color
Nose
A captivating bouquet: blackcurrant, wild blackberry, violet, black olive, ink, and smoked bacon. As it opens up, notes of black pepper, licorice, cocoa, and graphite emerge, underpinned by a delicate floral touch
Palate
Rarely complex, full-bodied, structured, and perfectly balanced. The tannins, with their noble firmness, blend into a dense, deep texture, carried by a mineral freshness and impressive length. The finish—long, clean, and mouth-watering—reveals exceptional persistence with notes of smoke, warm stone, and violet.
Serve
At 16-18°C
Drink before
2043+
Food and wine pairings
Serve with a rack of lamb with herbs, game in sauce, duck breast, or beef skirt steak...
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Rated estate (2017 guide) Green Guide (Up-and-coming stars or quality winemakers producing wines of a high standard—you won’t be disappointed when tasting the wines from these estates)
About the estate:
The Jean-Michel Gerin estate was founded in 1983 with the purchase of a vineyard plot in Côte-Rôtie. Jean-Michel comes from a family that has been settled in the region for six generations. The estate’s first vintage was released in 1987, following the incorporation of the family’s vineyards (those of Marcel and Alfred Guerin) into the Jean-Michel Gerin estate. In 1988, the estate carried out its first separate vinification, first at the "Les Grandes Places" site, then in 1996 with grapes from the "La Landonne" plot. The winemaker undertook renovations in the early 1990s; the Jean-Michel Gerin estate then acquired a fermentation room and a barrel cellar. The vineyard expanded in 2003, when planting began on the "La Viallière" plot in Côte-Rôtie, on slopes ranging from 40% to 60%. The first vintages were produced in 2009. Michaël and Alexis Gerin later joined the Jean-Michel Gerin estate, which expanded to cover about a dozen hectares in the 2010s.
Wine Spectator
Wine rated 95/100 (2022 vintage) (Exceptional wine)
ESTATE PRICE
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