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Chateau de la Negly la Clape L'Ancely 2016 - First Bottle

Reviews

97 Jeb Dunnuck -
Another smoking effort, the 2016 Coteaux Du Languedoc La Clape L'Ancely is a Mourvèdre-dominated blend that includes 10% of Syrah and Grenache that was brought up in new demi-muids and foudre. Complex notes of spiced meats, sandalwood, black currants, and loamy soil all flow to a full-bodied, silky, balanced effort that has plenty of tannins, a rock-solid mid-palate, and a great finish. It’s certainly worth drinking today, but I’d recommend 2-4 years of bottle age. It’s a brilliant wine and up with the finest to date.
97-100 Jeb Dunnuck -
Deeper colored than the 2015, the not yet bottled 2016 La Clape Ancely offers a touch more opulence, with rocking notes of blackberries, gravely, earthy minerality, and assorted leafy herbs. Straight up huge on the palate, with a blockbuster, thick, multi-dimensional texture, it has terrific purity of fruit, ripe, yet present tannin, and a great, great finish. My note finished with "Incredible."
95 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -
The final blend of the 2016 La Clape L'Ancely is about 85% Mourvèdre, 10% Grenache and 5% Syrah. It's perfumed and floral on the nose, with additional notes of ripe raspberries and pencil shavings. Full-bodied, ripe and supple, it's not as dense as the la Porte du Ciel, with redder fruit and a more forward personality. Hints of cocoa show up on the long, silky finish.

Technical Details

  • Blend85% Mourvèdre, 10% Grenache and 5% Syrah
  • CountryFrance
  • RegionLanguedoc Roussillon
  • AppellationLa Clape, Coteaux du Languedoc
  • Alcohol15.5%
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Chateau de la Negly la Clape L'Ancely 2016

Rhone Blend  |  France
JD97, WA95

New $79.95 | 750mL
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So...are we drinking a $500 bottle of Sine Qua Non here? Nope, it’s another masterpiece from the wizards and geniuses (Claude Gros) at Chateau de la Negly. How do they do it? In a world-class vintage like 2016, you should be ALL IN. We got our bottles!

This is outrageously rich and hedonistic, and is living proof of the amazing potential of this unheralded area of France -- an instant classic. 2016 was about as good as it gets for the entire south of France and this is definitely no exception. 

A few cases to sell! $74.95, free ground shipping on 6+. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED…!

About the Producer

The Chateau de la Negly is located in the Languedoc, overlooking the Mediterranean, in the exceptional terroir of La Clape. They original Negly vineyard spanned 123 acres on clay limestone soils which gives Negly its signature palate impact and broad shoulders. In 2006 they acquired the neighboring 62 acres on alluvial sand and sandstone soils which was replanted and now is farmed sustainably and by hand. Consultant Claude Gros has further refined the work in the cellar it's not a mystery why La Negly is the top of the class in Southern France.