Powerful lush Priorat! Carinena 70%, Garnacha 30%: Blackberry, plum, prune, espresso, fig, full body, touch of heat, strong long finish - 91. RJ & family over for diner.
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Warm nights, big wines (park ridge country club, park ridge, IL): Nose: The nose is deep, pungent, and powerful with black cherries, black raspberries, cranberries, dusty notes, bitter chocolate, tobacco, leather, dark spices, violets, licorice, and earth notes.
Taste: The feel is full bodied with tart, high acidity and chewy, medium+ tannins. The structure has peeled back a bit, but it is still noticeable with deep tones of black cherries, dust, bitter chocolate, leather, licorice, earth notes, and violets.
Overall: This was my contribution on the night and I was extremely impressed with how it showed. This had all of the dark spices and sort of edge that I love from Priorat and it was there in spades. This is perfect for drinking right now and there are still plenty of years left.
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Second Sunday Group: Priorat (Frank's): Double blind. Opens with a weedy, vegetal quaity, fading to black fruit, perhaps cassis. A bit of spice here too. Tannic. Shows a fair amount of alcoholic heat. Dark fruit fades on the palate, turning austere and tannic through the finish. Others liked this- I guess it's just not my cup of tea.
My #7, Domino's #1 Group #2, 42 pts
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(Celler Vall Llach Priorat Porrera Vi de Vila) Saturated, very dark ruby color; lifted, appealing, complex, incense, baked raspberry, vanilla, baked blackberry, caramel nose showing some heat; tight, tart blackberry puree, tart black currant, black raspberry, cherry puree, violets palate; needs 2-3 years; long finish (70% Carinyena, 30% Garnacha; 15.5% alcohol)
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6/24/2022 - Mark van Delft wrote: 90 Points
Powerful Priorat! Plum, espresso, blackberry, graphite, full body, touch of heat, long finish.
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1/5/2022 - Mark van Delft wrote: 91 Points
Powerful lush Priorat! Carinena 70%, Garnacha 30%: Blackberry, plum, prune, espresso, fig, full body, touch of heat, strong long finish - 91. RJ & family over for diner.
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8/21/2020 - CHINACAT wrote: 91 Points
Dark fruit, ripe, round, and earthy, with just enough acidity to hold things together. Quite nice, but might be time to drink up.
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8/15/2019 - KeithAkers wrote: 93 Points
Warm nights, big wines (park ridge country club, park ridge, IL): Nose: The nose is deep, pungent, and powerful with black cherries, black raspberries, cranberries, dusty notes, bitter chocolate, tobacco, leather, dark spices, violets, licorice, and earth notes.
Taste: The feel is full bodied with tart, high acidity and chewy, medium+ tannins. The structure has peeled back a bit, but it is still noticeable with deep tones of black cherries, dust, bitter chocolate, leather, licorice, earth notes, and violets.
Overall: This was my contribution on the night and I was extremely impressed with how it showed. This had all of the dark spices and sort of edge that I love from Priorat and it was there in spades. This is perfect for drinking right now and there are still plenty of years left.
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1/13/2019 - AllRed wrote: 85 Points
Second Sunday Group: Priorat (Frank's): Double blind. Opens with a weedy, vegetal quaity, fading to black fruit, perhaps cassis. A bit of spice here too. Tannic. Shows a fair amount of alcoholic heat. Dark fruit fades on the palate, turning austere and tannic through the finish. Others liked this- I guess it's just not my cup of tea.
My #7, Domino's #1
Group #2, 42 pts
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