2010 Celler Vall Llach Priorat Embruix

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 91.1 points

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  5/30/2021 - ricard Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Great value Priorat - a superb introduction to the Priorat identity at an affordable price. This one, I must say though, is somewhat overwhelming in alcoholic power and slightly lacking in tannic structure (unusual for a Priorat, I know!) and acidity (more common for a Priorat). These aren't so much flaws as intentional decisions. I think the fruit is too ripe and sweet and gloopy. Having said that, it remains a remarkably distinctive wine, with masses of chocolate and heavy port-like viscosity, and thick, unctuous amd velvety textures. It would have had more tannic vigour a few years ago. Slight pity, these shortcomings, but still a special drink.

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  9/22/2017 - Grochol Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Nose: plum jam, blackberry, mint, smoke, spices, roasted beef
  Taste: full bodied, medium acidity, medium tannins, blackberry, plum, dark chocolate, smoke, roasted beef, licorice, great concentration, velvety, good acidity, mature, hedonistic, everything is on their place, beautiful balance

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  2/12/2016 - bbwine@mail.dk wrote:

  Perfekt now

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  7/13/2015 - Zweder Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Weekly tasting group #175; A mixed set. (@ RvD): A beautiful tasting note by Huse. I have nothing to add, except that we tasted it from magnum and I think the wine will easily last until well into the 2020’s. 91+ for tonight.

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  10/22/2014 - huse wrote: 92 Points

  A captivating Priorat wine. Year after year, the ‘Embruix de Vall Llach’ (‘Embruix’ means ‘bewitching’ in Catalan language) delivers a consistently high quality. Varietal composition: 27 % Carinyena, 23 % Garnatxa, 20 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 15 % Syrah and 15 % Merlot. Aged for 14 months in 225 and 300 liter barriques (second and third use). Decanted: two hours in advance. An opulent and extremely powerful wine, intense dark cherry-red in color, revealing complex and enchanting aromas of ripe black fruit, plum, licorice, dark chocolate and abundant herbal tones. The full-bodied palate is very well structured with a velvety texture featuring concentrated berry fruit, elegant balsamic nuances and still quite present tannins. Persistent, rustic aftertaste with agreeable mineral and spicy elements. Perhaps a tad less accessible in its current stage of development (compared to the previous vintages), but with an enormous potential to improve. Optimal enjoyment: 2015 – 2019.
  
  Een fascinerende Priorat-wijn. Jaar na jaar is de 'Embruix de Vall Llach' (‘Embruix’ betekent ‘betovering’ in het Catalaans) een wijn van constant hoge kwaliteit. Samenstelling: 27 % Carinyena, 23 % Garnatxa, 20 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 15 % Syrah en 15 % Merlot. De wijn rijpte 14 maanden in 225 en 300-liter-barriques (tweede en derde gebruik). Gedecanteerd: twee uur op voorhand. Een weelderige en uiterst krachtige wijn, intens donker kersrood van kleur, met een complexe en verleidelijke neus van rijp zwart fruit, pruimen, zoethout, zwarte chocolade en een overvloed aan kruidige tinten. Een volkrachtige, zeer goed gestructureerde wijn met een fluwelige textuur, gedomineerd door geconcentreerd bessenfruit, met elegante balsamische nuances en toch nog vrij stevige tannines. Overtuigende, rustieke afdronk met een aangename kruidige en minerale toets. Misschien wat minder toegankelijk in zijn huidige fase van ontwikkeling (in vergelijking met de vorige jaargangen), maar zeker een wijn met een enorm ontwikkelingspotentieel. Optimaal drinkgenot: 2015-2019.

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