Vintages 2001

Wine Advocate #156 - Dec 2004

Score : (95-97)

Meaty and rich, with notes of Asian spices, espresso roast, creosote, blackberries, and cherries, the 2001 Cote Rotie La Turque is an earthy, powerful, tannic effort with a long, heady, rich finish, and crisper acids than the 2000. Give it 5-8 years of cellaring, and consume it over the following 20-25 years. Drink: 2004 - 2029.  Robert Parker.

Wine Spectator - Web Only - 2011

Score: 96

This is still rather shuttered, with coffee and dark tarry grip up front holding the core of roasted fig, bay leaf, dark olive and anise in check. There's terrific underlying grip perfectly embedded in the fleshy fruit, and the length is very impressive, despite how tight this still is. Patience.—Non-blind 2001 Côte-Rôtie retrospective (April 2011). Best from 2013 through 2030. 350 cases made. James Molesworth.

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar - Jan/Feb 03

Score : 94-96

Ruby-red, a bit less saturated than the Mouline. Extremely primary aromas of bitter cherry, flowers and licorice; still a baby. Then dense and sweet if a bit unformed, with grapey flavors of griotte cherry and spices. Wonderfully fresh and extremely long on the aftertaste. Stephen Tanzer.

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar - Jan/Feb 05

Score : 93-96

Medium ruby-red. More reticent but wilder aromas of raw currant, black cherry, leather, brown spices and game. Sharply delineated flavors of black cherry, licorice and leather. This is vertical while the 2001 La Mouline is horizontal. A wine of great clarity and thrust, and a brilliant expression of this two-acre parcel. Finishes with captivating brown spice character. Stephen Tanzer.

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar - Jan/Feb 06

Score : 94

Deep red. Wilder, more earthy and more powerful on the nose than the Mouline, with aromas of bitter cherry, creme de mure, fruity dark chocolate, licorice candy, espresso and pungent violet. Dense and broad on the palate, the cherry compote and blackcurrant flavors complicated by dense, dark tones of coffee, high-octane chocolate and black truffle. Quite solid but also lush, sweet and broad on the finish, with hints of complex flowers and herbs. Packs a real tannic punch, but the tannins are thoroughly buffered by the wine's material. Definitely the most sauvage of the trio of '01s right now. Josh Raynolds.