Delas Cote Rotie Seigneur de Maugiron 2015

Professional Ratings

• 96 Wine Spectator
  The larger production release is the 2015 Côte Rôtie Seigneur de Maugiron and it’s another seriously impressive Côte Rôtie. Revealing more obvious tannin and brighter acidity, as well as lots of black and blue fruits, crushed rock, licorice, and floral aromas and flavors, this full-bodied red will need 3-4 years of bottle age and see its 20th birthday in fine form.
  Range:94-96
• 95 Jeb Dunnuck
  The 2015 Côte Rôtie Seigneur De Maugiron is a little gem of a wine, and I suspect the finest vintage I’ve tasted for the cuvée. Rounded, full-bodied, voluptuous, and impeccably balanced, it offers lots of spice, cured meats and black fruits, sweet tannin, and a great mid-palate. It has considerable elegance and purity, and is more sexy and approachable than the more structured Côte Rôtie La Landonne. It should keep for 10-12 years easily. If you want to check out the style of this estate, this is a great place to start.
• 93 James Suckling
  Dark polished woody aromas with spiced, peppery dark plum and black cherry fruits, and stony, too. The palate has a smooth wave of ripe, plush plum, blakcberry and mulberry fruits. Tannins are velvety and ripe.
• 93 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  The 2015 Cote Rotie Seigneur de Maugiron is a blend of several parcels in the Côte Brune and the Côte Blonde, aged in new and second use barrels. It's less aromatic than many of its brethren at this point, but it does offer attractive red berry aromas bolstered by red and black fruit on the palate with hints of cracked pepper and smoke. It's a serious effort, with dusty tannins that suggest it will age gracefully for a decade or two.
• 92 Wine & Spirits
  A selection from plots in the côtes Brune and Blonde, this is impressively fresh and juicy for all its smoky oak and dark-berry concentration. It’s as if the tannins include air in their weave, allowing details of bacon fat and black olives, porcini and baking spice to show through.