Guigal

In 2000, Guigal bought and absorbed two other wineries: the estate Jean-Louis Grippat in Saint-Joseph and the Domaine de Vallouit, with vineyard holdings in Côte-Rôtie, Hermitage, Saint-Joseph and Crozes-Hermitage, which added some high-end vineyards in other appellations to the Guigal range.

Parker comments that "In the past 26 years I have spent visiting wineries and vignerons, I have never seen a producer so fanatical about quality as Marcel Guigal.

"[3] This attention contributed to the Rhône wines' improved international fame in general, and in particular led Côte-Rôtie to be seen more on par with Hermitage than in previous times.

[7] Guigal produces a wide range of red, white and rosé wine from the northern and southern Rhône appellations.

Guigals total vineyard holdings is slightly over 45 hectares (110 acres),[8] of which around half is in Côte-Rôtie.

The label on a bottle of Guigal La Mouline one of the "La La's"
Four bottles of Guigal wine showing the different label designs. The two bottles on the left carry the standard Guigal label and the two bottles on the right are high-end wines with individual label designs.