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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.9 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 13 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by DH90 on 10/16/2022 & rated 94 points: Deep purple color, fragrant nose with black raspberries and roasted red meat. Very dense, concentrated, and long. Still very tannic so this needs a lot of aging but it is clearly an amazing wine. Plenty of fruit to obscure the 15% alcohol content. (1075 views) | | | Tasted by BaroloRob on 7/15/2022 & rated 94 points: Entering drinking window. Nice wine. No detectable VA present. Cant understand the bottle variation described here. (1107 views) | | | Tasted by VinhoVerde on 8/13/2021 & rated 91 points: Medium-red with light bricking. Ripe red cherry and oak bouquet. Cherry fruit flavor entry, soft and mature flavors. Delicious now. Vanillin undertaste. (1649 views) | | | Tasted by carstenf on 8/19/2020 & rated 93 points: No notes but fine Priorat from Spain. Typical nose and the right moment now. (2033 views) | | | Tasted by warrenpeace on 11/3/2018 & rated 95 points: I have no idea how prior reviewers disliked this wine; it is drinking very well with a solid core of fruit and enough structure to add balance. Ready now and will be at peak for at least 3-5 years. (2832 views) | | | Tasted by Nanda on 8/22/2016 flawed bottle: Yikes, a horrible showing which I'd love to chalk up to a bad bottle, but I'm not so sure. There is so much rich oaky fruit combined with a high toned volatile acidity that equates to a hot mess. Undrinkable. (3774 views) | | | Tasted by acyso on 8/18/2016 & rated 80 points: The Rotating Dinners, I.5: Blinds from Around the World (Chicago, IL): Served double blind in a flight of grenache blends. Very high-toned modern wine, with vanilla, oak, blue fruit, and a massive obnoxious dose of volatile acidity. At the same time, there's some odd acidity that just sticks out on the finish. Guessed this was some sort of new world wine, though to be honest, I had stopped caring about half a sip in. (4508 views) | | | Tasted by Neras on 1/24/2015 & rated 95 points: A big bold, but also fruity and very pleasant wine. Lots of rounded tannins and lots of fruit to counter it. Although pleasant, it is way to early to drink it now. (4114 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 4/27/2012 & rated 92 points: 2012 Hospice du Rhone Seminar I: Why Spain (still) Rocks! (Eric Solomon Selections) (Hospice du Rhone, Paso Robles, California): Opaque black red violet color; ripe berry, baked plum, baked berry, berry jam, black fruit, fine French oak, baking spice nose; plush, tart berry, ripe black fruit, roasted plum, baking spice, oak, baked plum and berry palate; needs 2+ years; medium-plus finish 92+ points (Garnacha 70%, Syrah 30%; 22 mos. in French oak; old vines at altitude of 1100 to 1300 ft) (1756 views) | | | Tasted by OneLastSyrah on 4/27/2012 & rated 92 points: HdR 2012 - Why Spain (still) Rocks! (Paso Robles, CA): Mostly opaque dark garnet in the glass. Pretty and complex nose with a piercing/lifted herbal note a bit like tarragon/licorice and a bit like Eucalyptus, with a slight glue note bringing down the party a bit. Ripe, medium full bodied with nice combination of power and elegance. Good length. Very good. 92-93 (6602 views) | | | Tasted by Periko on 3/26/2012 & rated 95 points: Tasted at La Musica del Vi. Aromatic on nose, perfume like, rose petals, red fresh fruit, licorice, strawberries. On palate it's medium bodied, present tannins, sweet, perfumed, subtle minerality, exuberant nasal, very long, ethernal finish. Incredible mouth feel. As per Daphne Glorian, the 2009 vintage has the tools of a traditional, long lived Priorat wine. Very impressive. (94-95) (4976 views) |
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Vinous, November/December 2011, IWC Issue #159
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CLOS I TERRASSES
Priorat
Clos I Terrasses was born in 1989, when current Priorat legends Alvaro Palacios and Rene Barbier persuaded their friend Daphne Glorian to do something crazy: spend all her savings on some old Garnacha vines planted on 17 terraces of hillside vines, just outside the village of Gratallops. They thought they might just make a decent bottle of wine out of it, but Priorat’s reputation as a region for fine wines was yet to be established. The first 10 vintages were made at Barbier’s Clos Mogador, until Daphne purchased an old cellar from Palacios. The wines have gone from strength to strength, mixing the characteristic dense fruit, exotic spice and licorella minerality with a freshness and elegance that sets the wine apart from many of this grand appellation. Grenache Blend. Spain Vinos de España - Wines of Spain (Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior) | Wikipedia
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Spain is the third largest wine producing nation in the world, occupying the majority of the Iberian Peninsula with vast diversity in climate, culture, and of course, wine. From inky, dark reds of the [Priorat] to dry, white Finos from Andalusia, Spain can easily boast of elaborating a wide variety of notable styles. Within Spain there are currently 62 demarcated wine regions, of which a handful have gained international recognition: [Rioja], Priorat and [Ribera del Duero]. Yet these regions are only a small sample of the high quality wines Spain produces. Regions such as Cava, Penedes, Somontano, Galicia, Rueda and Jerez are only a few of the numerous regions worthy of exploration throughout Spain. Spain can also lay claim to having the most land under vine in the world, growing up to, by some accounts, 600 indigenous varietals of which Tempranillo is their most well known. Other popular varietals include [Garnacha], Bobal and Monastrell for reds and for whites; the infamous [sic] Palomino Fino grape which is used in the production of sherry wine, Pedro Ximenez in Montilla Morilles, Albarino used in the creation of the bright, effervescent wines of Galicia, and Verdejo in Rueda. - Source: - Catavino.net
Spain is not in the forefront of winemaking for its dessert wines, other than for its sweet wines from Sherry country including the highly revered Olorosos (when sweetened). But apart from Sherry Spain has a range of styles of dessert wines, ranging from the those made from the Pedro Ximenez grape primarily in Jerez and Montilla-Moriles) to luscious, red dessert wines made in the Mediterranean from the Garnacha (Grenache) grape. Some good Moscatels are made in Mallorca, Alicante and Navarre. The northwest corner of Spain, Galicia, with its bitter Atlantic climate, is even making dessert wines, called “Tostadillos” in the village of Ribadivia (similar to France’s “Vin de Paille”). The Canary Islands have made interesting dessert wines for centuries (they are mentioned by Shakespeare, for example) and in recent years the quality of winemaking has been improved and the Canary Islands wines are being better marketed now. The winemaking styles for “Vinos Dulces” are also diverse, from “Late Harvest” (Vendimia Tardía) to “Fortified Wines” (Fermentación Parcial). Based on in-spain.info.Catalunya Map on weinlagen-infoPrioratAbout 100 kilometers from Barcelona, Priorat originated as a distinct recognized wine region in 1932, and was approved in 1954.
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