2019 Clos Erasmus Priorat

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 96 points

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  3/8/2024 - jonnysandwich Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Quite special. Olive tapenade that gives way to crackling pie fruit--the nose smells like charred sugar and blackberry--and ends with a bright, mineral finish, like sucking on a tart penny. I'm not sure if this is SO much better than the label's cheaper Laurel to deserve the price tag, but the flavors here are a lot stronger, and after two hours or so they balance out marvelously. This is kind of like Laurel's snooty older sister--a bit more refined, with more delicate fruit and savory notes, and less herbal energy. It's possible that I drank this a little young as well--I'd like to taste Clos Eramus at the 10 year point for a comparison. But either way this is damn fine juice from one of the world's finest vintners.

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  11/28/2023 - Sundbyberg wrote: 93 Points

  Tasting: Liked this, but I can see in my notes that I liked the 2017 even more (95) = give this wine a few more years in the cellar and it will be fine.

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  3/19/2023 - augiechuck Likes this wine: 99 Points

  This wine is superb. It has a perfumed flavor that envelopes the palate. It's the kind of flavor that makes you want to take this wine and put it behind the ears like a perfume. Deliciously sweet jam filled and fruity. It packs a punch with the alcohol afterwards but while drinking it's not sensed at all. I'm so glad I got a 3 pack. Loved Priorat wine since I drank 2003 Mas Doix years ago and hadn't tasted anything as good until now as this Erasmus is the pinnacle. Enjoyed it with a Martha Stewart dish of Chicken, artichoke and spinach over white rice.

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