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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.7 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by tederf on 3/7/2018 & rated 93 points: Six hour decant -- -which it needed. Silky and well balanced - 100% Carignan. Dark fruit, tannins smoothed out at the 9-year mark. Went very well with the flatbread - this needs some food. This is an excellent Priorat. Gorgeous label:) (1444 views) | | | Tasted by tederf on 8/2/2017 & rated 92 points: Excellent fruit on the nose - after 6 hour decant. Very silky. Well balanced - good food wine. (1577 views) | | | Tasted by galewskj on 6/27/2016 & rated 91 points: Sunfish 400th Tasting (Sunfish cellars): A small tasting pour. Lots of fruit. Black earth, tar and oak. A bit modern, but I can dig it. (2229 views) | | | Tasted by rocknroller on 6/25/2016 & rated 89 points: Sunfish Cellar High End Tasting (Sunfish Cellars, St. Paul, MN): Tasting pour. Very big, modern, big black fruits, ripe blackberry, oak, scorched earth. Just not something I generally care to drink. (2367 views) | | | Tasted by Philippe_C on 9/9/2014 & rated 94 points: Very elegant nose of very black fruit, characoal, minerality, hint of licorice... taste has high acidity with super silky tannins, gives you a very warm feeling, tannins a bit present, a hint of green in the finish (2195 views) |
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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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