2013 Celler Cal Pla Priorat Mas d'en Compte Blanc

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 90 points

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  2/24/2024 - kostaslonis wrote:

  Sample tasting at work (Oinoscent): 19.20 The wine shows tensity, ripe citrus, stone fruit, fine nutty frame, spicy, sweet spice notes. Palate is nutty, fruit, mineral, warmth, full body, tasty, savory, dusty.
  20.00 Spicy, nutty, ripe fruit, candied notes, elegant, Condrieu-like, lively
  20.20 Nuttier, more mineral, some chocolate and coffee notes emerging, ripe fruit, lively with a certain bitterness emerging from behind
  22.40 Toasty, nutty, roasted veggies, bitterness dominating the palate now, overripe citrus fruit, full body, mineral, warmth

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  6/12/2020 - honest bob wrote: 91 Points

  From 75cl, good cork, opened but not decanted 2 hours. This needed time in the cellar, and – crucially – aeration before serving. Outstanding fat Rhône-style blend with Priorat slate minerality and a massive acidic backbone. Gradually approcahing full maturity, this is, alas, my final bottle of this vintage. If you're fortunate enough to have this in the cellar, then congratulations. Just give it plenty of air before serving, initially at fridge temperature, so it can gradually warm up and surprise you with ever-changing nuances as it does so. 90-91P

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  1/24/2020 - honest bob wrote: 90 Points

  From 75cl, perfect cork. Very dark yellow, with an almost orange tinge. Decanted 1 hour — it helped. The stinky barnyard disappeared and what was left was delicious. Big buttery Meursault-style oaky scent; herbal Provencal entry; complex but well-balanced mid-palate and a much cleaner finish than I remember from my previous two bottles of this vintage. No hurry. 90P

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  10/5/2019 - honest bob wrote: 88 Points

  From 75cl, decent cork, P+P. On second tasting, I feel more confident: This is the least attractive vintage of this excellent wine I have tasted (those being 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014). Dark yellow, fat, rustic, expressive, a real peasant wine, perhaps best with bean and sausage stew? Lots of character, one to show up all those soulless Picpouls served in Dorset gastropubs, and much of the more denuded produce of the Rhône. Nonetheless, there are far better whites from the region out there, starting with those other vintages I mentioned... 88P(?)

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  8/9/2018 - BrendanNeary Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Got this wine while visiting Priorat. Beautiful golden color with a very oaky and buttery nose and palate. Super long finish. Reminded me of a big buttery Chardonnay from Nor. Cal.

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