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| Drinking window: Drink between 2005 and 2010 (based on 96 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 2 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by forceberry on 4/7/2018 & rated 89 points: A blend of Callet, Mantonegro and Fogoneu (total 80%) with some Syrah (20%). Aged for 13 months in French (80%) and American (20%) barriques of which a proportion was new. 13% alcohol. Tasted blind.
Moderately translucent and rather developed cherry red color with a mature maroon hue. Juicy, ripe and quite rich nose with aromas of sweet blackcurrants, some dried dark fruits, a little bit of plummy fruit, hints of savory oak spice and a touch of tomato leaf. The wine feels moderately full-bodied, somewhat developed and quite oaky on the palate with flavors of toasty oak spice, ripe plummy fruit, some ripe blackcurrant, a little bit of blackberry jam, oaky hints of woody bitterness and dark chocolate and a touch of tomato. The wine is quite balanced with moderately high acidity and surprisingly firm and ample - yet not aggressive - tannins. The finish is quite rich, somewhat developed and quite oak-forward with intense flavors of milk chocolate, some blackcurrant jam, light blackberry marmalade notes, a little bit of ripe plummy fruit, hints of cocoa and a touch of woody bitterness.
It came as a surprise that this wine was a Mallorcan wine well past its 15 year mark. You just don't think of Balearic wines when a glass of developed, bold and quite tannic red wine is in front of you, blind. The wine was still not only wonderfully alive, but still climbing its way up - most likely this wine has still years left before it is on its plateau of maturity and even then it will have still years of mileage left. Overall the wine was a bit too heavily oaked for my taste, but otherwise a very impressive and tasty effort. Very nice stuff, hopefully the wood tones will continue to integrate with the fruit. (723 views) | | | Tasted by Oh Dae-su on 10/7/2009 & rated 89 points: I had this together with Guigal Cotes du Rhone 2005.
Pretty unique red blend of Syrah and various different Mallorcan varietals. Quite powerful body and masculine structure. It shows flavours of cherries and aged raspberries. There is also a bit tabacco and liquice. Rather strong oak influence as well. Slightly sweet but within a well balanced overall picture. Maybe still a bit young - could wait another year:
Impressive strong wine, which is hard to compare with the Guigal. Surely on class better anyway! (1701 views) |
| Anima Negra Producer web site
This is the kind of story that people in the wine business love to tell. Three bright, young men from Mallorca decide that the indigenous vines of their famed island are capable of producing far better wine that has been turned out in the past. One is a skilled enologist, one an eloquent salesman and one owns an ancient stone farmhouse. They contract with 135 tiny local vineyards to acquire rights to vines of native grapes that are 50 to 85 years old. These stressed vines are dry-farmed and are not fertilized. The old farmhouse was turned into a winery and they began to hand-produce a trickle of unique and elegant wine. Very soon, they are famous and have more eager customers than bottles of wine.Red 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.Balearic Islands Vins Illes Balears (Illes Balears Qualitat) |
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