The gem of the lineup (and my money is on the wine of the vintage), the 2013 Côte Rôtie La Landonne sports a deep purple color and killer notes of blackcurrants, black olives, game, and spice. It picks up more minerality with time in the glass and offers a full-bodied, powerful, concentrated style on the palate. With awesome tannin quality (but lots of them) and integrated, yet high acidity, forget bottles for 7-8 years. It should keep for 2-3 decades.The gem of the lineup (and my money is on the wine of the vintage), the 2013 Côte Rôtie La Landonne sports a deep purple color and killer notes of blackcurrants, black olives, game, and spice. It picks up more minerality with time in the glass and offers a full-bodied, powerful, concentrated style on the palate. With awesome tannin quality (but lots of them) and integrated, yet high acidity, forget bottles for 7-8 years. It should keep for 2-3 decades.

Bright purple. Explosive aromas of ripe dark berries, licorice, incense, vanilla and Indian spices, joined by a smoky nuance as the wine opens up. Deeply concentrated yet impressively lively and precise on the palate, offering intense, finely etched black and blue fruit, cherry liqueur and floral pastille flavors complemented by hints of olive paste and star anise. Smoothly blends richness and finesse, offering wonderful clarity and no rough edges. Shows superb energy and thrust on the dark-fruit-dominated finish, which features building tannins that add shape and closing grip.

From a granite vineyard, with some limestone, clay and iron-oxide supporting 35 year old vines. As with the other 'Las', this has spent 42 months in new oak barrels. Lifted but deep cedar and incense aromas are joined by pure, fresh, dark fruits. It's very full-bodied and quite extracted in style - tannic and muscular with grippy, dry tannins. There are some saline, mineral notes too. It's still far too young to drink, but will be very good in time.

La Landonne is never destemmed and is always the last of the single-vineyard wines to be picked. Philippe Guigal calls it “the most Pauillac of the Cote Roties,” and the 2013 Cote Rotie La Landonne bears that out. It’s slightly austere and firmly tannic, with attractive floral aromas and layers of dark fruit that will require time to fully emerge.

La Landonne is never destemmed and is always the last of the single-vineyard wines to be picked. Philippe Guigal calls it “the most Pauillac of the Cote Roties,” and the 2013 Cote Rotie La Landonne bears that out. It’s slightly austere and firmly tannic, with attractive floral aromas and layers of dark fruit that will require time to fully emerge. Joe Czerwinski

Aged for 40 months in new oak. Beautiful vegetal notes allow contrast to the deep dark fruit, allowing for more light and shade than their La Mouline and La Turque. There's something almost Cabernet Franc-esque about this, which really works in its favour, for me. Very firm tannins – absolutely too young to drink now. A powerhouse. (RH)

100% Syrah. Quite different to its brethren (perhaps due to the lack of Viognier?) with a stemmy, herbal note adding a welcome extra dimension to the palate. Sleek black fruit, lovely fine but bold tannin which gives a long, chewy finish. There’s a lot of complexity and breadth on display here, and if you like that stemmy element, it is very appealing indeed. (RH)