Product Overview
93 Points - Wine Spectator
"A polished, modern style, with a rush of black fruit, bitter cherry and incense layered with smoldering tobacco and cigar box. Succulent acidity races through, bringing balance to the svelte, smoky finish. Syrah and Viognier. Drink now through 2034. 20,000 cases made, 2,000 cases imported." -KB, 3/31/24
93 Points - Wine Advocate
"Notes of dark berries, smoke, spices and chocolate, mingled with discreet hints of oak, preface the 2020 Côte-Rôtie Brune et Blonde, a medium- to full-bodied, dense and enveloping wine built around a structured chassis of ripe tannins and a deep, layered mid-palate. Generous and somewhat solar in style, it remains beautifully balanced, concluding with a long, resonant finish. This is a fine effort that will age gracefully over the next decade and beyond." -YC, 11/20/25
92 Points - Vinous
"The 2020 Côte-Rôtie Brune et Blonde de Guigal is showing well. Ripe black fruits race out of the glass, mingling with pencil shavings, cured meat and licorice. Medium-bodied and concentrated, the 2020 concludes with intensity on the savory finale." -NG, Oct/2023