December 19, 2022 - Very much alive, with good typicity and persistence. A touch of VA but otherwise a real pleasure nearly 30 years on.
December 24, 2021 - A great disappointment. Our last bottle and it was corked. We could tell that there was great wine underlying the wet cardboard smell. Very sad turn of events.
February 8, 2020 - Delicious. Alive, complex, ready to drink.
May 25, 2018 - Soft and pleasant nose, mild brett, and a fresh juicy strawberry. Nose is actually pretty intriguing with florals and licorice. Palate has a big dose of primary black and blue berry fruit flavor with a nicely devolved texture, and even the high alcohol is integrating agreeably here.
March 22, 2018 - {Bought on release [for $40!]- perfect fill, have had many bottles}
Mature, lots of secondary notes. Still has good attack - this is a FOOD wine and shows less well if you try to drink it without protein or fat in the mouth. Agree the Clos Erasmus style evolved with using more ripe fruit and different cepage as time went on... having said that....
Fair amount of acid (see RA1 note), still very Priorat fruit and nose, some drying tannins tonight, medium length. Fairly dramatic difference if you try it without, or with, food. Giving this bottle 90 points but have always thought this a 92-94 pointer, one friend thinks this is best wine he has had in his life, so this may be a weak bottle. Sophisticated wine. If you have an adequate stock would try a bottle now to assess if needs drinking up soon; much better at 2 hours, and initially striking acidity more in balance.
September 30, 2016 - Unique. Overall a crowd pleaser. Would have again. Don't think it needs more time, if anything drink up now.
December 27, 2015 - Tasted blind. Electric raspberry-licorice nose. Clean, sweetly-fruited, tense, but somewhat simple and direct. Seems young, and has the tingling energy of good Priorat. Okay, very old Erasmus, before the super-concentrated style, but still a tight wine that needs air to unwind but maybe isn't a top notch Priorat either.
December 20, 2015 - Tasted blind. Tight, fairly expressionless nose. As it opens up, it reveals maple syrup, grape leathers, and a hint of camphor. Medium bodied, yet pretty tannic. Supple fruit begins to come out. This has a lot of potential, but is stagnant right now. Perhaps it needs to lay down longer to bring out minerals and earthiness. Right now it is more one dimensional. I'll guess Priorat.
February 14, 2013 - I would agree with some of the other notes, particularly gss1970. Beautiful bouquet of game, wood, earth. Palate varied from dark berries/strawberries to earth and spicy wood, with a dusty finish. I thought the finish was a bit short at times, as at times the wine seemed as bit angular. But overall a great and very interesting wine that was a pleasure to drink. A lot of sediment removed from double decant, but the acidity was so high it would have been hard to guess this is from the early 1990s if it was poured blind...
October 20, 2012 - very enjoyable. lots of sediment needed double decanting. next time would give at least 6 hours. a little more "dust" on nose and palate than what is expected from a priorat.