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• Wamrod wrote: 90 points

  March 31, 2023 - Cellared from purchase. Absolutely delicious. 18 years old, and hardly any bricking at the edges. Plenty still going on on the palate. Winner

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• originalverkorkt wrote: 88 points

  February 12, 2020 - This is an absolute surprise! In my cellar there are wines for which I have no expectations when I open them. This was also the case with the 2005 Acústic by the Acústic Cellers from Montsant. Albert Jané's winery was still very young at the time. I think it was his first regular vintage. I met him in Hamburg two years ago and he said that he hadn't drunk 2005 Acústic himself for a long time and hadn't had 2005 in his cellar anymore. At that time the wine probably cost around € 9,-, today it costs around € 12,95. It is the price entry wine of the winery. Today the winery is certified organic. The wine is a cuvée from Garnacha and Carinyena.
  
  Yesterday I opened the wine, which was already described as very tired here. But there is no sign of that. At the edge a little brick brown, otherwise dark red and fragrant. A few tertiary aromas are noticeable, some undergrowth and leather. Otherwise this wine is a blend of dark fruit and cinnamon. It is more than silky on the palate, rather soft, but interspersed with a fine, fresh acidity. This wine presents itself almost elegantly, which has far exceeded all my expectations. Chapeau!

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• prism wrote:

  November 9, 2016 - Definitely past its prime. Decent fruit, recognizably Spanish terroir but woody and dusty. Drink now. Right now.

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• lewisrise wrote: 85 points

  January 31, 2016 - This wind was well past its peak. Decanted for one hour and the flavors were severely muted.

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• jshufelt wrote: 88 points

  July 19, 2015 - Decanted for two hours prior to service; wasn't even remotely enough time, to my surprise. In the glass, a very dark, clear, purple tinted red. On the nose, a mix of grenache liqueur and port-like reductive secondary notes. On the palate, raspberries, a touch of wood and a faint hint of cedar, overtaken almost immediately by a wall of tannins. There is still plenty of fruit here, but I can't imagine how long it will take for this to resolve; this tastes very young, not at all like a 10 year old wine.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2005
• Type Red
• Producer Acústic Celler
• Varietal Grenache Blend
• Designation Acústic
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Spain
• Region Catalunya
• SubRegion Tarragona
• Appellation Montsant

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• In Cellars 79 (19%)
• Consumed 339 (81%)

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