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2005 Morlanda (Viticultors del Priorat) Priorat Vega Escal
Grenache Blend
- Spain
- Catalunya
- Priorat
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Community Tasting Notes 81
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z_willus_d wrote: 88 points
December 24, 2022 - This wine seems to have held its own through the years, for me, becoming not worse nor better than it was on release. I just wish I hadn't buried my half-case in the nethers of my wine fridges so that I could have enjoyed my bottles here or there on a weeknights through the years. Clean, balanced, lowish acidity, smooth, black and blue berries with a touch of smoke and wood.
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TheBosWineGuy Likes this wine: 91 points
November 28, 2016 - Probably at peak now but no signs of slowing down at all. The wine retains it's original color and freshness. There is still a backbone of slight tannin and minerality that keeps the fruit (and there is plenty of it) sharpish. Raspberries and blueberries dominate on the finish. An exceptional QPR wine.
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ftc Likes this wine: 90 points
August 15, 2014 - I'm impressed with the way this wine pulls off a new world fruit-forwardness but retains its own likeable identity, especially given the price point. Very dark garnet. Blackcurrant syrup, oak, smoke, flowers on the nose. Gobs and gobs of blackcurrant and wild cherry candy with a touch of rosewater, cedar cigar box. The rise and fall of the fruit is very nice: powerful, but doesn't just smack you in the face and disappear-- swells up, sustains then exits slowly on the long finish. Seems at its peak. Really a 90+.
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David_T wrote: 87 points
February 24, 2014 - Earth, grilled meat, florals and dark fruit aromas. Either my palate has changed or this isn't as good as it was three years ago. A touch hot with meaty and jammy notes. Fairly low acid, moderate integrated tannins. I agree this should probably be consumed by the end of its 10th birthday.
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Winiac wrote: 89 points
January 15, 2014 - Dried fruit flavors and good minerality. Pretty good wine for the price. Don't keep it any longer, it is at its peak.
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By Josh Raynolds
July/August 2008, IWC Issue #139 (link)(Viticultors del Priorat Vega Escal Priorat) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Gary Vaynerchuk
A Blind Wine Tasting of Priorat Wine, Episode #680, 5/20/2009 (link) 90 points(Vega Escal Priorat) #3; (tasted blind) COLOR-dark; NOSE-very perfumed and floral (rose petals, lilacs, pansies); freshly made hot raspberry jam; PALATE-great minerality; I get a sausage/kielbasa play; obvious plum juice; good structure and oomph; very good wine and well made, but lacks some charisma (after opening and seeing that this was $20, Gary was much more impressed w/ it's QPR); JM-90; GV-90
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2005
- Type Red
- Producer Morlanda (Viticultors del Priorat)
- Varietal Grenache Blend
- Designation Vega Escal
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Spain
- Region Catalunya
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Priorat
- UPC Code 8437006382021
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 12 (2%)
- In Cellars 201 (33%)
- Consumed 405 (66%)
Food Pairing
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Who Likes This Wine
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