2003 Celler Vall Llach Priorat Embruix

Community Tasting Notes (76) Avg Score: 89.8 points

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  4/23/2022 - ikkaariainen Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Had with a lamb tagine course at the Chaine Charlotte NC chapter World Chaine Day dinner at Restaurant Boca in Hickory NC and dish was also simultaneously accompanied by an '03 Lazaret Cuvee CPD in a grenache shoot out - the Spaniard clearly won. HIGHLY recommend, an exceptional QPR wine at this point and fully mature, at or possibly slightly past prime. Drink not hold but with proper cellaring this clearly has years left. Recommend a short 30-60 minute decant if possible. Fully mature, well integrated, balanced, soft mouth feel, deep purple with no bricking, medium-full bodied and with a long lingering aftertaste. Soft nose of cedar, anise (very much agree on this with the TN below), dark cherry, raspberry and a more floral lilac or lavendar finish. Flavors largely secondary at this point and included cedar, dark cherry, more blueberry up front and more raspberry on the late palate, anise, black tea and leather.

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  11/17/2015 - snaff Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Hints of anise, sandalwood with black cherry on the nose. Still vibrant fruit with flinty notes good acidity and mixed red berries.

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  8/5/2015 - VDLT Wine wrote:

  More drinkable and enjoyable than most '03's. Shows the vintage heat but has balance and the fruit has freshness. Seems young and ultimately didn't hold my interest compared to other choices in front of me.

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  11/20/2014 - Henry Miller Likes this wine: 91 Points

  This old-word diamond in the rough is hanging over the finish line of magnificence--will it get over the finish line before reduction sets in? Clearly the old-vine Carinena is holding it back; it is otherwise satiny and plump, ripe with soft tannins but not quite there yet. One can sense that it is on the brink of a tightly contained explosion of blue flowers and black fruits. The question is whether another year or so will do the job--or kill the patient.

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  2/9/2013 - Periko Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Opened for 30 min. Dark-medium cherry color, denotes some age. Intense and complex bouquet with notable minerality, red ripe fruit, tobacco, some black pepper and liquor. This wine has aged gracefully and still has a lot of power left: it's medium bodied, carries a medium to high acidity, balanced and with sweets tanins made of of red fruit. It ends with a moderate lenght and some dryness. I wrongly suspected this was way on downhill, but certainly has some life and energy left. Drink in now-next 2-3 years.

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