2013 Celler Cal Pla Priorat Planots Vi de Vinyes Velles

Community Tasting Notes (1) Avg Score: 92.3 points

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  5/14/2020 - KPB wrote: 91 Points

  Needed air... too oaky on opening.
  
  Wow. Deep purple, the wine has an instantly appealing nose of sweet-spicy red raspberries (think of just-picked berries on a hot summer day...), maybe a hint of pecans and kirsch. Ripe but not at all overripe, the palate is flavorful and soft. Perhaps a tiny bit too much new oak on the finish: Grenache is easily overwhelmed by any sappy flavor, which is why Rayas is aged in 40-year old cases lined with a cement-like tartar accusation. But the issue is minor.
  
  I was hoping this would be a ringer for Rayas, and it comes close. That spicy nose is irresistible. Absolutely delicious.

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