1996 Clos Mogador Priorat
Community Tasting Note
NineteenEightyTwo Likes this wine:
Monday, May 6, 2013 - Cloudy maroon color. Cork was soaked through with signs of seepage, and this seemed a bit stewed at first. However, an hour of decanting let the funk blow off and this revealed a lovely, concentrated nose of cedar, chocolate-covered cherries, and old sweaty leather shoes (delightfully so). On the palate this is all tart cherry and garrigue, with a persistently salty ketchup note to finish. This still has structural support, with a late trumpet blast of spicy, chalky tannin before finishing dry and long. Great terroir. Overall, this is akin to mature Rhone wine or the better California Cabernets of the 1980's. Layers and layers of "the right stuff." Showing stunningly, with perhaps three years of optimal drinking left at a maximum, so don't be shy about opening this now.
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5/7/2013 6:49:00 PM - Decanted overnight, on day two the fruit scents on the nose have deepened. This also takes on a gamey nose of roast venison, complimented by herbaceous anise and thyme aromas. On the palate this is more broad to start, but retains tart tightness and dry minerality on the finish, indicating a good few years of life in this one, yet. Superlative.