2017 Chateau de Nalys Grand Vin Chateauneuf-du-Pape 750 ml

The Guigal name sends chills down the spines of collectors worldwide, and this 2017 knockout from Château de Nalys shows why. Just the second vintage Guigal’s made from the Châteauneuf estate, it earned 97 points from Wine Enthusiast, which tied it for the region's second highest-scoring wine of the vintage. It’s a landmark achievement for a domaine that’s just hitting its stride. 

Guigal has been a legendary house for decades—Robert Parker called patriarch Marcel Guigal “this planet’s greatest winemaker”—with a reputation built on over TWENTY 100-point wines. The family’s stronghold in the Northern Rhône’s Côte-Rôtie rivals Petrus, Latour, La Tâche and Yquem on France’s vinous honor roll.

Now, Marcel Guigal and his son Philippe have made a major splash by acquiring an ancient 125-acre estate in the heart of Châteauneuf-du-Pape—and openly declaring their desire to produce the greatest wines in the Southern Rhône. Consider this 2017 a VERY convincing statement of intent—one we’re thrilled to have.

It’s not hard to see why Philippe and his legendary father pulled the trigger on Nalys. The estate, which dates back to the 1600s, was long known more for its untapped potential than for the actual quality of its wines. Producers in the region used to gripe that the terroir was being wasted. So who better to unearth the estate’s hidden greatness than Guigal, who Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate called “the modern world’s greatest testament to a family-run winery with impeccably high standards, integrity and an uncompromising vision of the future”?

The result: a bottle stands with the best of Châteauneuf-du-Pape. From one of the greatest wine families in the world, we’d expect no less.