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• StefanAkiko Likes this wine: 96 points

  April 11, 2014 - Tonight was the fancy evening: one of East Asia's most lauded restaurants: L'Effervescence that surely will go down in gourmet history as one of the most creative and balanced cuisine creationists in the post 1400's. Chef's name is Namae-san, and his kitchen is sublime where all his restaurant staff are sublime as well.
  
  And we had our only btl of this wine, that was poor-cork-damaged (pre-age leakage) because the stupid winemaker probably didn't think other than: corks are only a cost and the quality of them doesn't matter. Or?
  
  Closure REALLY matters. I can't see that this producer needs other than a screw-top.
  
  So, only 96 points from me and no-more-than-92-points from wife.
  
  The dinner was awesome and then some. Ultrasome!

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• StefanAkiko Likes this wine: 100 points

  March 3, 2014 - This wine will attract a fanatical following and is my first 100p here on CT. Have thought about this wine for three days now and feel comfortable with the score.
  
  Black color.
  Rich, splendid, elegant and multi-disciplinary aromas including various herbs and both dark and red berries. Still very young and for making my point clear: no anise, no coffee and no roasted aromas.
  In the mouth this is more rich than an old-fashioned Aussie Shiraz, but not from extraction, no, this tastes like the natural concentration of the grapes. (In my imagination, the grapes used for this wine are so small, they are picked with tweezers) Escombro is long, multifaceted and a chamelion that both charmed and blew our socks off. Good acids and a fabulous tannic structure hiding behind the megafruit. More balanced than Justitia's scales.
  
  Made by what is described as a rather peculiar Swede, Erik Rosdahl. Apparently tall, wild-looking, prefers flip-flops even in the winter and lives in a ruin ("Escombro" in Spanish.)
  Is sold in some 3-star restaurants and in Bar Brutal (Barcelona) where it was recommended to me by the owner. Who later was coaxed by my daughter to let me buy the restaurant's last bottle...
  I would guess it's the one great wine that RP didn't have before complaining about natural wines...
  There is no other text of any kind on the label.
  At Bar Brutal they said it's made of Grenache, but on the only web reference I can find, it says old vine Alicante Bouchet. So, I don't know. 16%, so not for everyone.
  
  If I had as many btls as I wanted, I'd drink one every week for maybe 30 years. Now I only have one and will enjoy it on my pre-birthday party in april.

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• Vintage 2011
• Type Red
• Producer Laboratorio Rupestre
• Varietal Alicante Bouschet
• Designation Escombro
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• Country Spain
• Region Murcia
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• Appellation Vino de Mesa

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