2002 Celler Joan Simó Priorat Les Eres Vinyes Velles

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  1/5/2014 - JohnSh wrote: 91 Points

  This kept changing in the glass. At first, it was rather acidic, with fruit in the background, but after a few hours in the decanter the fruit came into the front, along with a fair dose of tannins. It had a great nose, and a medium-full bodied palate with red and back licorice, plums and a hint of cassis: good complexity as well. My last bottle, but this should still last a whiile, given the tannins (A-).

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  9/2/2012 - JohnSh wrote: 91 Points

  Notes from the second night open. The cork disintegrated on me while opening this. Nice if rather generic and light red fruit nose, but some plum, cherry, chocolate and smoke there. There a fairly concentrated, medium bodied palate, smooth in texture, with very slight tannins at the end. The flavour of cherries, black plums, tobacco, earth and red licorice are enhanced by a nice acidity.This is a bit better on the second night, with increased complexity, but still pretty lousy QPR. But it isn't as modern or in your face as some other Priorat wines, so that's a plus for me; it's probably a reflection of the vintage (A-).

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  2/25/2011 - andtheodor wrote: 90 Points

  Profound spicy and schistose nose with some coffee, cherry, garrigue, and EtOH. Somewhat broad and unfocused palate with thin body but great spicy, minerally, baked berry. Nice cranberry acidity. Excellent, save for the lack of concentration and body which feels like it's unraveling the wine.

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  1/18/2011 - ctjared wrote:

  Nose of black fruit and cedar on this big mouthful on the open. Nice long finish. Should be better with an hour or more of decanting.

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  3/29/2010 - igaf Likes this wine:

  Medium+ deep ruby. The nose had some alcohol heat initially, then calmed down and started gaining intensity and complexity - starting with fermenting berries with earth, chocolate, wet tobacco and eventually getting very perfumed with light nail-polishing notes. Full-bodied, very fruity, silky, concentrated with black cherries (and stones), it is really saved from being just a sexy fruit-bomb by very fresh concentrated acidity. Fruity aftertaste with traces of oak, quite long. Excellent if you like the style.

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