Conrad Green

9.5

Pure and resolved. Great fruit- rounded with blood, dried herbs, plum, tangy black cherry. Some stone, saddle leather. Very good. — 6 days ago

with David

Mike Saviage

9.4

Dark brooding color, opaque in the glass. Great nose from the start. Notes of black fruit, red cherries, dark spice, menthol, slate stone and dark earth. Silky smooth and savory in the mouth. Blind I might have guessed this as a rich Guigal La Mouline. Still in the early part of its journey, this can be drunk now and over the next 10 years. — 3 years ago

Sylvain Rhainds

9.8

1990
2 e vin pour de cette journée folle!! Tout juste après la Mouline 90!
Finesse magique et arômes remarquable. Nez spectaculaire — 5 years ago

Henrik Poulsen

9.5

The best bottle I’ve had of this ever.
Amazingly fresh, sweet and full-bodied I was guessing ‘99 Guigal La Mouline...and that is a HUGE compliment! — 7 years ago

Shay A

9.4

My contribution to a large Rhône dinner. Standouts were ‘07 Chapoutier Le Meal Blanc, ‘89 and ‘90 Jaboulet La Chappelle, ‘11 Guigal La Mouline.

An over-generalization, but what I love about Cornas is the rusticity and sometimes feral nature of the wines (which I don’t find in Hermitage or CR) and this ‘05 is in that vein. I followed this from pop (after all, we are at the almost 20yr mark) and over the course of three hours.

Interplay of red and black berry fruits, black pepper, slightly herbal (maybe closer to potpurri floral) aromatically. Bright and nimble on the palate, nothing about this is ripe or soft. Energetic acidity all the way through surrounded by notes of iron (sanguine-like) and rocky minerality. Crunchy red and black fruits (whole-cluster?), hint of gaminess but not in the meaty-style I semi-expected. Clean and pure style of Syrah. Big structure at the finish…hard to imagine drinking this 10+yrs ago. Acidity and tannin will carry this a long time, but I think this is peak window for getting depth of fruit and complexity. — 6 days ago

Sylvain Rhainds

9.7

1990
Vin légendaire... tout proche de la Mouline et de Angelus! Il faut boire 1x dans sa vie. — 5 years ago

Douglas Renall

8.9

Rustic, warm, powdery tannins — 7 years ago

Gilbert Van Hassel

9.5

La mouline to finish. Good lineup for the night. Dalforno1st, piano 2nd, la mouline3rd, lambrays 4th, gonon 5th. Problem they are all excellent so difficult to put a rating. Good birthday. — 2 months ago

Mike Saviage

9.8

Tasted blind. Bright purplish tawny color, mostly translucent. Amazing aroma. Sweet nose with notes of rich dark fruit, smoked meats, and some bacon fat. Great richness in the mouth, like velvet. The nose though is amazing and I keep a glass of this by my side all day to keep going back to. To me it seems like this is a super rich Guigal Mouline so I go with that and a 1990 guess. So exciting to have the reveal show it's the rare Cathelin bottling which I've never had. My wine of the day for sure. I can still smell this the next day. Thks Steve! — 3 years ago

Evan Bienstock

9.5

Side by side Chave and Guigal La Mouline from 2000. Pretty special. These wines are both extraordinary in every sense of that word. — 7 years ago