Notes for Château de la Négly Coteaux du Languedoc L'Ancely. Pristine bottle, high fill, only the bottom of cork is wet, very promising, the nose is a bit shy with dark tones, licorice and something burnt. The palate follows the nose, cassis and currants, raspberries, licorice entwined with salty sea breeze, hints of anise, very ripe and full bodied, low acidity and tannin level, good and enjoyable but a tad subdued and does not quite rise up to the level of the bottle tasted 2-3 years ago, serve chilled.
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Good wine given a 3 hour decant but it never really shone like the bottle 5 years ago, cassis and liquorice trying to come thought but a bit solid and four square this time.
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Salt, licorice, black fruit on the nose. Burnt wood, garrique, licorice, salt, lavender on the palate. What many Walla Walla wines want to be. ;-) You can feel the Mediterranean salt air cutting into this. Brise marine. Heavily extracted, low yields, this is an artisinal wine of aspiration. Perfect time to enjoy this now, as it is in a nice sweet spot in its evolution.
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Dark coloured wine with an amazingly complex and ripe nose which combines freshness with secondary aromas. Aromas jump out of the glass: fresh fully ripe plum, kirsch, fig are some of the fruits that come to mind, it is also full of beautiful lifting floral violet nuances, mint and the tell-tale meaty Mourvedre notes. Coffee, licorice and chocolate are also present. Full bodied and sweet but in no way tiring this comes down in glugs. Structure is amazing as tannins and acidity help balance the immense concentration almost without being felt. Alcohol at 14.5% is fully integrated. Fantastic wine which changed a lot while in the glass. Comparable to the best CdP.
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An amazing wine. Dark ruby-garnet. Fantastic nose, with kirsch liqueur, garrigue, charcoal, violets, spice and some meaty scents. Extremely complex. Full-bodied and perfectly round, with velvety tannins, rich and vibrant fruit, balancing acidity and an extremely long afttertaste. Liquid poetry. Alongside the 1998 Grange, this is the best wine I tasted/drank this year to date.
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A Languedoc tour de force - no other way of putting it. An enormous, brooding wine of Ch Latour proportions (100% Mourvedre) but with great balance as well. It needs plenty of air - 3-4 hours in the decanter at least. For the first couple of hours this reminded me quite a bit of an Argentinian malbec rather than its closer mourvedre cousin Bandol - big, meaty with plenty of black fruits but then the nose started to become so expressive: earthy, a bit of red fruit but by the end soaring liquorice aromas - like liquid liquorice allsorts and a touch of pine resin thrown in for good measure. The fabulous nose is matched by great density of flavour, great complex liquoricy fruit, but this is power with finesse, balance and texture. Superb.
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Deep, dark red. Awesome bouquet on notes of forest wood, leaves, and wax. Powerful and intense in mouth with high levels of glycerin. Deliciously smooth and sweet with marvellous integration of all elements and a high measure of balance. Powerful, yet elegant. There's so much fat and ripe fruit here and a long, complex aftertaste. 96 points
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Notes for Château de la Négly Coteaux du Languedoc L'Ancely. Pristine bottle, high fill, only the bottom of cork is wet, very promising, the nose is a bit shy with dark tones, licorice and something burnt. The palate follows the nose, cassis and currants, raspberries, licorice entwined with salty sea breeze, hints of anise, very ripe and full bodied, low acidity and tannin level, good and enjoyable but a tad subdued and does not quite rise up to the level of the bottle tasted 2-3 years ago, serve chilled.
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1/12/2016 - Connaître Likes this wine: 99 Points
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12/26/2012 - kevin h wrote: 90 Points
Good wine given a 3 hour decant but it never really shone like the bottle 5 years ago, cassis and liquorice trying to come thought but a bit solid and four square this time.
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6/26/2012 - slaughterer wrote: 96 Points
Salt, licorice, black fruit on the nose. Burnt wood, garrique, licorice, salt, lavender on the palate. What many Walla Walla wines want to be. ;-) You can feel the Mediterranean salt air cutting into this. Brise marine. Heavily extracted, low yields, this is an artisinal wine of aspiration. Perfect time to enjoy this now, as it is in a nice sweet spot in its evolution.
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12/14/2011 - Stefanos T. wrote: 97 Points
Dark coloured wine with an amazingly complex and ripe nose which combines freshness with secondary aromas. Aromas jump out of the glass: fresh fully ripe plum, kirsch, fig are some of the fruits that come to mind, it is also full of beautiful lifting floral violet nuances, mint and the tell-tale meaty Mourvedre notes. Coffee, licorice and chocolate are also present. Full bodied and sweet but in no way tiring this comes down in glugs. Structure is amazing as tannins and acidity help balance the immense concentration almost without being felt. Alcohol at 14.5% is fully integrated. Fantastic wine which changed a lot while in the glass. Comparable to the best CdP.
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12/14/2011 - Yiannis wrote: 98 Points
An amazing wine. Dark ruby-garnet. Fantastic nose, with kirsch liqueur, garrigue, charcoal, violets, spice and some meaty scents. Extremely complex. Full-bodied and perfectly round, with velvety tannins, rich and vibrant fruit, balancing acidity and an extremely long afttertaste. Liquid poetry. Alongside the 1998 Grange, this is the best wine I tasted/drank this year to date.
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10/29/2007 - kevin h wrote: 95 Points
A Languedoc tour de force - no other way of putting it. An enormous, brooding wine of Ch Latour proportions (100% Mourvedre) but with great balance as well. It needs plenty of air - 3-4 hours in the decanter at least. For the first couple of hours this reminded me quite a bit of an Argentinian malbec rather than its closer mourvedre cousin Bandol - big, meaty with plenty of black fruits but then the nose started to become so expressive: earthy, a bit of red fruit but by the end soaring liquorice aromas - like liquid liquorice allsorts and a touch of pine resin thrown in for good measure. The fabulous nose is matched by great density of flavour, great complex liquoricy fruit, but this is power with finesse, balance and texture. Superb.
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10/17/2004 - Joe Belmaati wrote: 96 Points
Deep, dark red. Awesome bouquet on notes of forest wood, leaves, and wax. Powerful and intense in mouth with high levels of glycerin. Deliciously smooth and sweet with marvellous integration of all elements and a high measure of balance. Powerful, yet elegant. There's so much fat and ripe fruit here and a long, complex aftertaste.
96 points
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