2005 Morlanda (Viticultors del Priorat) Priorat Vega Escal

Community Tasting Notes (81) Avg Score: 88.9 points

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  12/24/2022 - z_willus_d wrote: 88 Points

  This wine seems to have held its own through the years, for me, becoming not worse nor better than it was on release. I just wish I hadn't buried my half-case in the nethers of my wine fridges so that I could have enjoyed my bottles here or there on a weeknights through the years. Clean, balanced, lowish acidity, smooth, black and blue berries with a touch of smoke and wood.

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  11/28/2016 - TheBosWineGuy Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Probably at peak now but no signs of slowing down at all. The wine retains it's original color and freshness. There is still a backbone of slight tannin and minerality that keeps the fruit (and there is plenty of it) sharpish. Raspberries and blueberries dominate on the finish. An exceptional QPR wine.

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  8/15/2014 - ftc Likes this wine: 90 Points

  I'm impressed with the way this wine pulls off a new world fruit-forwardness but retains its own likeable identity, especially given the price point. Very dark garnet. Blackcurrant syrup, oak, smoke, flowers on the nose. Gobs and gobs of blackcurrant and wild cherry candy with a touch of rosewater, cedar cigar box. The rise and fall of the fruit is very nice: powerful, but doesn't just smack you in the face and disappear-- swells up, sustains then exits slowly on the long finish. Seems at its peak. Really a 90+.

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  2/24/2014 - David_T wrote: 87 Points

  Earth, grilled meat, florals and dark fruit aromas. Either my palate has changed or this isn't as good as it was three years ago. A touch hot with meaty and jammy notes. Fairly low acid, moderate integrated tannins. I agree this should probably be consumed by the end of its 10th birthday.

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  1/15/2014 - Winiac wrote: 89 Points

  Dried fruit flavors and good minerality. Pretty good wine for the price. Don't keep it any longer, it is at its peak.

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