2000 Clos Erasmus Priorat

Community Tasting Notes (27) Avg Score: 92.3 points

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  5/7/2024 - gteran76 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Brought to dinner by Mark & Carol.
  
  What a fun-great experience, the very first time I had a Clos Erasmus was the 2015 vintage with M&C in Naples, I brought that one (despite being too young) because none of us had ever had one before. In the case of the 2000 I think it's already fading, it's losing fruit and structure, but the acidity is still there as well as some funk, minerality and touch of vanilla. The finish is sort of short but very pleasant.
  
  Drink up!

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  5/7/2024 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 92 Points

  A very interesting bottle. Removed the foil to find a moldy cork top. Used an ah-so and the cork just crumbled to dust. Used part of my Durand to get the last bit of cork out, then a finer to pour into the decanter. It was a very slow pour given the sludge that passed for sediment. Almost an inch worth in the bottle?
  
  Decanted only 30 min before going back into the clean, dry bottle to be transported to dinner with L&G at a nice little French bistro. Immediate nose of raisin/prune fruit and palate of a thin port. Under stopper for 4 hours chilled then slow ox'd at the restaurant for 30+ minutes and consumed over 2 hours.
  
  Wow, how this changed over time. The port left, the acidity backed up the slightly raisined fruit and everything smoothed out. It really turned out to be a pretty decent bottle but you really needed to work with it. Most people probably would have dumped it in the first 10 minutes. Almost a 93 for me at the end. Just remains a tad too thin in the mouth to warrant a higher score.

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  7/14/2021 - robmatic wrote: 92 Points

  Super mineral nose, blackberry, succulent acidity. Still has substantial structure, very nice.

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  11/23/2020 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 91 Points

  A Thank-You Cellar Raid to Help Nudge 2020 Out of Here (Los Olivos, CA): Just a so-so showing tonight. Whereas I recently raved about another bottle of this (purchased at the same time), this one lacked concentration and had a bit of a metallic taste. not flawed, I think, just didn't show all that well.

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  6/8/2020 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Some Priorat Giants, Plus a Bonus Wine to Boot (A Pristine Outdoor Setting Somewhere in Los Olivos): Perhaps the most complex of the five vintages we tried. Aromas of smoke and fresh flowers jousted with the berry scents. A rich and layered mouthfeel, showing plenty of dark fruit notes, some espresso and iron, but a bit less concentrated than the other bottles on this night.
  So much nuance and an elusive aspect I really appreciated.

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