2003 Château de la Négly Coteaux du Languedoc Clos des Truffiers

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 93.4 points

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  7/15/2021 - apple1813 wrote: 95 Points

  2003 Château de la Négly Coteaux du Languedoc Clos des Truffiers was robust, intense and mineral-driven. The developing Languedoc Syrah was clear deep garnet in colour with loads of fine sediments. I double-decanted wine to remove the sediments, and left it in the bottle for three hours before my first glass. Profound aromas of ripe dark plum, blackberry and violet were preceded by truffle, liqourice, smoked beef and crushed rocks.
  
  The mouthfeel was dry and full-bodied, accompanied by medium level of balancing acidity and high level of velvety, integrating tannin. Flavours of plum sauce, cassis cocoa and black pepper spices transitioned into smoke, earth and wet stone minerals in a persistent aftertaste. The 14.5% alcohol was well-concealed in the generous texture and complex flavours. This is a fine example that Languedoc is capable of producing complex, age-worthy, world-class wine.

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  6/6/2020 - cch1966 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Medium garnet. Aromas of ripe, sweet blackcurrant and blackberry. Also pepper aromas is present. The palette matches the nose. Mid- acidity and soft tannins. A little bitter finish.

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  10/7/2018 - M DU VIN Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Wonderful black fruit and soft tannins.

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  12/20/2017 - Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Coravined half the bottle then set the rest aside. Stunning concentrated fruit in perfect balance with earth and other secondary flavours. After an hour in the glass it really shined. Long finish. Not as deeply acidic as earlier bottles seems more in prime drinking window now. 94

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  11/5/2017 - Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine: 93 Points

  After an hour in the decanter the wine became less tightly coiled with some dark cherry, burnt earth, dark plum and other flavours with a thick long finish. Never fully opened up and had a muted nose but still drinkable and paired well with our stur fried beef. Drink with some air or hold for a few more years. You can feel the heat of the vintage with no sense of the Truffiers terroir but it is still very well made and supremely balanced, if just quite massive. 93-94

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