(98-100 points) As always, the 2019 Côte Rôtie La Landonne is all Syrah that was not destemmed and will spend four years in new French oak. A wine with perfection written all over it, it's one of the most impressive barrel samples to ever pass this critic's lips. Deep purple/black-hued with a massive, full-bodied, brooding style, it has classic smoky, meaty black fruits, a touch of iron, graphite, tobacco, and pepper, building tannins, and a huge finish. This is pure brilliance in Syrah, yet as with just about every vintage here, it will require a solid decade of bottle age.

Inky dark in color, the wine is equally dark in its fruit profile on the nose and palate. Full-bodied, intense, powerful, balanced, refined, and stately, there is an aristocratic edge to the structure here. The intensity is off the hook. The wall of fruit is well-defined, fresh, and vibrant. The finish builds while coating your palate with its layers of deep, black, smoky fruits, roasted espresso, spice and leafy herbs. Drink from 2033-2060.100 Read more at:https://www.thewinecellarinsider.com/search-wine-tasting-notes/?szSearch=2019%20Guigal

(98+ points) Due to its vinification with 100% whole clusters, the 2019 Côte-Rôtie La Landonne exudes a firm, gently stem-inflected bouquet of green bell pepper, dark berries, spices, pepper, licorice and gentian. Full-bodied, dense and structured, it’s concentrated and layered, with a multidimensional core of fruit and an ample, fleshy mid-palate framed by a robust chassis of tannins, concluding with a long, mordant and faintly saline finish. As always, it will require time to evolve gracefully in the cellar. - Yohan Castaing

An earthy style, with menthol, freshly turned earth and rolling tobacco. Full and dense, really quite massive. A driving, brooding style with a massive structure and huge, muscular tannins. The balance is impressive for such a huge wine, this has great length. There is some chewy oak tannin on the finish, but this will be a highly impressive wine, when it's ready. But don't open it before 2033. From lieu-dit La Landonne, onschist-clay soils with iron oxide and manganese. Fermented in stainless steel, aged in new barriques.

Still very youthful, this has a deep nose of smoke, bitter chocolate and herbal liqueur. The gigantic tannin structure on the palate will need many years of further aging to completely resolve, but the tannins are fine which gives the super-long finish an extraordinary texture, like old-fashioned velvet. So much smoke and crushed rock character! A pure syrah which is then fermented with 100% whole bunches. Matured in 100% new oak for 42 months. Drinkable now, but best from 2026, and even then you should decant it. - Stuart Pigott, Senior Editor

The smashing 2019 Côte-Rôtie La Landonne unfurls with boatloads of graphite, a core of ripe black fruits, menthol, wood smoke, crushed violets and a splash of espresso. Dense, bold and sexy, the 2019 is an alluring La Landonne of pedigree and class. Its massive tannic structure requires at least ten additional years in bottle. After that, this full-bodied elixir will shine brightly for a long time. -- Nicolas Greinacher

Firing on all cylinders, this simmers with massive power and range. Boasts a dark, brooding core of black plum, fig paste, strappy black licorice and fruitcake flavors supported by a formidable iron spine. Chewy in feel, with grilled aniseed and warm mesquite smoke adding salty sweetness. Though its tannins are mellowing, this still has a lifetime ahead in the cellar. A showstopper. Best from 2025 through 2040. — K.B.