CRITIC REVIEWS
Robert M. Parker, Jr.
The 2010 Cote Rotie La Landonne exhibits copious aromas of black olives, graphite, roasted meats, charcuterie, espresso roast and forest floor as well as hints of chocolate and melted road tar. Intense, full-bodied, mouth-saturating, teeth-staining black fruits saturate the palate for 60+ seconds. This should turn out to be a prodigious Cote Rotie.
Jeb Dunnuck
A wine thats certainly not for those seeking instant gratification, the 2010 Cote Rotie la Landonne is a powerhouse Cote Rotie that offers up deep, masculine notes of crushed rocks, smoked meats, game, espresso and assorted dark cassis and currant-like fruit. Full-bodied, tight, structured and backward, with fabulous mid-palate density and length, it needs to be forgotten in the cellar for a decade, but will have 40-50 years of overall longevity.