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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 21 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by forceberry on 2/13/2021 & rated 86 points: A blend of Garnacha (50%), Cariñena (25%), Cabernet Sauvignon (15%) and Syrah (10%). 14,5% alcohol.
Developed, almost fully opaque blackish red color. Brooding, dark-toned and rather extracted nose with aromas of ripe dark fruits, some vanilla, light milk chocolate tones, a little bit of sweet forest fruits, a hint of savory wood spice and a touch of allspice. The wine is ripe, weighty and extracted on the palate with a full body and lush, slightly sweet-toned flavors of dark plummy fruits, cocoa oak, some allspice, light coffee chocolate tones, a little bit of developed syrupy character, a hint of overripe grapey fruit and a touch of wizened figs. The overall feel is somewhat warm, rather chewy and quite muscular, thanks to the ample and rather grippy tannins. The acidity feels rather modest, but I suppose it's just the huge body that is overwhelming the acid structure and the underlying acidity is higher than how it feels. The finish is dense, chewy and moderately grippy with some alcohol warmth and rather sweet-toned flavors of chocolatey mocha oak, some plums turning to prunes, a little bit of vanilla, light evolved syrupy tones, a hint of boysenberry jam and a touch of sugary coffee.
A rather huge and ponderous wine that is super big with extra all. In that sense, this feels like archetypal Priorat. If you are looking for ridiculously ripe, monolithic blockbusters when purchasing Priorats, this wine definitely doesn't disappoint. However, it seems age hasn't granted the wine much (if any) sense of finesse. The fruit has started to dry up and become pruney, but the wine is still massively big and heavy and the rather overdone chocolatey oak hasn't budged one bit. It feels like this wine won't become any more elegant or less oaky with age; it will just turn raisiny and then fall apart. It's not really a bad wine, just an antithesis to what I enjoy in an aged wine. Actually I can imagine it is probably quite good if you like huge, oaked reds with some age. I really don't, so you can take my rating with a pinch of salt. Feels somewhat overpriced for the quality at 34,90€. (936 views) | | | Tasted by Ribera74 on 7/3/2020 & rated 92 points: Härlig mogen doft med en mild men klassisk priorat doft med mineraler, flinta, rökighet, körsbär. Doften följer samma spår och adderar lite lakrits, läder och stall från faten och mognaden i vinet. 96 poäng som Miller från Parker gav vinet är överdrivet men över 90 nivån är det tycker jag, smaken är kvar i munnen långt efter jag svalt vinet, älskar mogna viner😋😋 (345 views) | | | Tasted by CalimerosDad on 12/16/2017 & rated 87 points: War schon ein wenig drüber. Ansonsten schöner, körperreicher Wein. (760 views) | | | Tasted by Yagil on 5/29/2017 & rated 93 points: Spain vs Italy tasting (at my home): Excellent!
at peak!
I should have more bottles of this wine.
WOTN! (1397 views) | | | Tasted by mikdal on 11/18/2011 flawed bottle: Corked! (3812 views) | | | Tasted by Yagil on 9/25/2010 & rated 93 points: dark purple color, dominant & great aroma, fresh, fruity, a bit of sour taste, not perfectly balanced with the great aroma. Wine with presence. (4087 views) | | | Tasted by Rhonarna_Mikael on 1/4/2010 & rated 89 points: Spicy and powerful, not complete balanced. (4146 views) | | | Tasted by kalle303 on 10/10/2009 & rated 89 points: needs to be in the cellar a bit more (3857 views) | | | Tasted by cns on 5/23/2009 & rated 91 points: Big wine, needs a few more years, though. I'll try again in 2-3 years. (3793 views) | | | Tasted by Joe_Montana on 8/24/2008 & rated 84 points: En nariz fruta negra muy madura. Tinta china. Sensaciones terrosas pero en segundo plano.En boca es algo dulzón.Pesado. Café y torrefactos. Un vino que no se si mejorará en botella. Demasiado Parker, una lástima porqué parece que la materia prima es muy buena. (2523 views) |
|  By Gary Vaynerchuk
Wine Library TV, Tasting 3 Highly Rated Wines in Honor of a Big Announcement, Episode #675 (5/13/2009)
(Noguerals Abellars Priorat) #3; VaynerPAZZZ; COLOR-huge dark; NOSE-very creamy; spectacular; berries; very candied; like a cinnamon toast crunch shake w/ some clear cut cherries & raspberries; very French boutique desert Shoppe; PALATE-very fruit driven; big tannins on the back-end; some Pomegranate on the transition to the finish; good length, but the mid-palate is a little boring; a very standard and basic Priorat play; some good black fruit and some good second tier cranberry meets chocolate bar, but I find this kind of thin and one dimensional; JM-96; GV-86 86 points |
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| Noguerals Producer website2004 Noguerals Priorat Abellarshttp://sopaycaldo.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/abellars-ya-es-un-vino-parker/Grenache Blend. Spain Vinos de España - Wines of Spain (Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior) | Wikipedia
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Spain is the third largest wine producing nation in the world, occupying the majority of the Iberian Peninsula with vast diversity in climate, culture, and of course, wine. From inky, dark reds of the [Priorat] to dry, white Finos from Andalusia, Spain can easily boast of elaborating a wide variety of notable styles. Within Spain there are currently 62 demarcated wine regions, of which a handful have gained international recognition: [Rioja], Priorat and [Ribera del Duero]. Yet these regions are only a small sample of the high quality wines Spain produces. Regions such as Cava, Penedes, Somontano, Galicia, Rueda and Jerez are only a few of the numerous regions worthy of exploration throughout Spain. Spain can also lay claim to having the most land under vine in the world, growing up to, by some accounts, 600 indigenous varietals of which Tempranillo is their most well known. Other popular varietals include [Garnacha], Bobal and Monastrell for reds and for whites; the infamous [sic] Palomino Fino grape which is used in the production of sherry wine, Pedro Ximenez in Montilla Morilles, Albarino used in the creation of the bright, effervescent wines of Galicia, and Verdejo in Rueda. - Source: - Catavino.net
Spain is not in the forefront of winemaking for its dessert wines, other than for its sweet wines from Sherry country including the highly revered Olorosos (when sweetened). But apart from Sherry Spain has a range of styles of dessert wines, ranging from the those made from the Pedro Ximenez grape primarily in Jerez and Montilla-Moriles) to luscious, red dessert wines made in the Mediterranean from the Garnacha (Grenache) grape. Some good Moscatels are made in Mallorca, Alicante and Navarre. The northwest corner of Spain, Galicia, with its bitter Atlantic climate, is even making dessert wines, called “Tostadillos” in the village of Ribadivia (similar to France’s “Vin de Paille”). The Canary Islands have made interesting dessert wines for centuries (they are mentioned by Shakespeare, for example) and in recent years the quality of winemaking has been improved and the Canary Islands wines are being better marketed now. The winemaking styles for “Vinos Dulces” are also diverse, from “Late Harvest” (Vendimia Tardía) to “Fortified Wines” (Fermentación Parcial). Based on in-spain.info.Catalunya Map on weinlagen-infoPrioratAbout 100 kilometers from Barcelona, Priorat originated as a distinct recognized wine region in 1932, and was approved in 1954.
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