Deep purple color, fragrant nose with black raspberries and roasted red meat. Very dense, concentrated, and long. Still very tannic so this needs a lot of aging but it is clearly an amazing wine. Plenty of fruit to obscure the 15% alcohol content.
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Medium-red with light bricking. Ripe red cherry and oak bouquet. Cherry fruit flavor entry, soft and mature flavors. Delicious now. Vanillin undertaste.
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I have no idea how prior reviewers disliked this wine; it is drinking very well with a solid core of fruit and enough structure to add balance. Ready now and will be at peak for at least 3-5 years.
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Yikes, a horrible showing which I'd love to chalk up to a bad bottle, but I'm not so sure. There is so much rich oaky fruit combined with a high toned volatile acidity that equates to a hot mess. Undrinkable.
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The Rotating Dinners, I.5: Blinds from Around the World (Chicago, IL): Served double blind in a flight of grenache blends. Very high-toned modern wine, with vanilla, oak, blue fruit, and a massive obnoxious dose of volatile acidity. At the same time, there's some odd acidity that just sticks out on the finish. Guessed this was some sort of new world wine, though to be honest, I had stopped caring about half a sip in.
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A big bold, but also fruity and very pleasant wine. Lots of rounded tannins and lots of fruit to counter it. Although pleasant, it is way to early to drink it now.
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HdR 2012 - Why Spain (still) Rocks! (Paso Robles, CA): Mostly opaque dark garnet in the glass. Pretty and complex nose with a piercing/lifted herbal note a bit like tarragon/licorice and a bit like Eucalyptus, with a slight glue note bringing down the party a bit. Ripe, medium full bodied with nice combination of power and elegance. Good length. Very good. 92-93
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Tasted at La Musica del Vi. Aromatic on nose, perfume like, rose petals, red fresh fruit, licorice, strawberries. On palate it's medium bodied, present tannins, sweet, perfumed, subtle minerality, exuberant nasal, very long, ethernal finish. Incredible mouth feel. As per Daphne Glorian, the 2009 vintage has the tools of a traditional, long lived Priorat wine. Very impressive. (94-95)
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10/16/2022 - DH90 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Deep purple color, fragrant nose with black raspberries and roasted red meat. Very dense, concentrated, and long. Still very tannic so this needs a lot of aging but it is clearly an amazing wine. Plenty of fruit to obscure the 15% alcohol content.
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7/15/2022 - BaroloRob wrote: 94 Points
Entering drinking window. Nice wine. No detectable VA present. Cant understand the bottle variation described here.
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8/13/2021 - VinhoVerde Likes this wine: 91 Points
Medium-red with light bricking. Ripe red cherry and oak bouquet. Cherry fruit flavor entry, soft and mature flavors. Delicious now. Vanillin undertaste.
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8/19/2020 - carstenf wrote: 93 Points
No notes but fine Priorat from Spain. Typical nose and the right moment now.
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11/3/2018 - warrenpeace Likes this wine: 95 Points
I have no idea how prior reviewers disliked this wine; it is drinking very well with a solid core of fruit and enough structure to add balance. Ready now and will be at peak for at least 3-5 years.
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8/22/2016 - Nanda wrote: flawed
Yikes, a horrible showing which I'd love to chalk up to a bad bottle, but I'm not so sure. There is so much rich oaky fruit combined with a high toned volatile acidity that equates to a hot mess. Undrinkable.
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8/18/2016 - acyso wrote: 80 Points
The Rotating Dinners, I.5: Blinds from Around the World (Chicago, IL): Served double blind in a flight of grenache blends. Very high-toned modern wine, with vanilla, oak, blue fruit, and a massive obnoxious dose of volatile acidity. At the same time, there's some odd acidity that just sticks out on the finish. Guessed this was some sort of new world wine, though to be honest, I had stopped caring about half a sip in.
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1/24/2015 - Neras Likes this wine: 95 Points
A big bold, but also fruity and very pleasant wine. Lots of rounded tannins and lots of fruit to counter it. Although pleasant, it is way to early to drink it now.
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4/27/2012 - OneLastSyrah Likes this wine: 92 Points
HdR 2012 - Why Spain (still) Rocks! (Paso Robles, CA): Mostly opaque dark garnet in the glass. Pretty and complex nose with a piercing/lifted herbal note a bit like tarragon/licorice and a bit like Eucalyptus, with a slight glue note bringing down the party a bit. Ripe, medium full bodied with nice combination of power and elegance. Good length. Very good. 92-93
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3/26/2012 - Periko wrote: 95 Points
Tasted at La Musica del Vi. Aromatic on nose, perfume like, rose petals, red fresh fruit, licorice, strawberries. On palate it's medium bodied, present tannins, sweet, perfumed, subtle minerality, exuberant nasal, very long, ethernal finish. Incredible mouth feel. As per Daphne Glorian, the 2009 vintage has the tools of a traditional, long lived Priorat wine. Very impressive. (94-95)
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