Dee p, saturated ruby. Knockout nose combines black fruits, gunflint, iron, licorice and brown spices. Like liquid velvet in the mouth, with wild flavors of blackberry, black cherry, roast coffee, licorice and gunflint. Extremely dense and concentrated, finishing with great aromatic persistence.

Dense ruby color. Room-filling, pungent nose offers an almost surreal display of Cote-Rotie aromatics: fresh blackcurrant, blackberry, dark plum and cherry give way to earthier but very sweet tones of fresh tobacco, licorice candy, black cardamom, espresso and floral oils. Extremely viscous, even oily on the palate, with densely packed dark berry and floral flavors boasting great depth and thrust. Finishes with sweet but powerful tannic structure and lingering spice notes.

The 2003 Cote Rotie la Landonne continues to blow me away every time I taste it and it's a desert island wine for me. One of the stars of this extreme vintage, it offers sensational levels of fruit and decadence, perfumed, intense aromatics, beautiful freshness and a to-die-for texture and finish. Still youthful, with masses of sweet tannin, it's nevertheless a a heavenly drink today. Drink 2015-2040.
100 points – Jen Dunnuck (eRobertParker.com, Sept 2015)

Dense purple to the rim with a nose of graphite, creosote, earth, olives, and black, black, black fruits, the primordial, full-bodied, monumental 2003 Cote Rotie La Landonne is amazing stuff. I suspect this is more akin to a dry vintage port than most Cote Roties ever tend to be, but the purity, the richness, the texture, the length are all out of this world. This wine does need some patience on the part of its purchasers, probably five years, more likely 8-10, but then one of the world's most compelling elixirs will be at its peak for another 20-30+ years. Drink 2007-2037.
100 points – Robert Parker (Wine Advocate #170, April 2007)

The 2003 Cote Rotie la Landonne continues to blow me away every time I taste it and it's a desert island wine for me. One of the stars of this extreme vintage, it offers sensational levels of fruit and decadence, perfumed, intense aromatics, beautiful freshness and a to-die-for texture and finish. Still youthful, with masses of sweet tannin, it's nevertheless a a heavenly drink today.