Decanted an hour and drank over another 30 minutes. Great nose of earth, spice & cherry. Medium body & light/medium mouthfeel. Fruit tastes young. A bit of tartness. Seems a bit closed and not fully open. Still tight. Needs more time. Will try in another year. I think there is more upside.
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Medium ruby colour. Medium and developing nose with farmyard, hay, stable, earth, mushrooms and wet leaves. Medium taste of red cherry, red plum, farmyard, hay, stable, earth and wet leaves. Medium (+) long and dry finish. High acidity. Medium (+) tannins. Medium body. A very good Priorat. Drink now or over the next couple of years. Goes well with beef or lamb.
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Lunch with Jazz (67 Pall Mall, London): Ordered for old-times’ sake - it’s about 10 years since we last had this (bought in Barcelona for a stag do). Bright sweet fruit, fragrant and spiced, lovely supply body, some gentle funk on the nose (enough for interest without being offputting). Very good and would seek out.
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To me this is remarkably spiced and fragrant. I would guess some oak coming through but winemaker notes say large foudres, in which case it’s a testament to powerful garrigue. Day 2 the spices took the foreground over the tannic tickle and it was noticeably smoother. Overall this feels like a young aromatic wine with a sharp bite, to enjoy now but I’ll gladly check back in a few years too.
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Random wines tasted during service (Oinoscent): The wine shows high intensity and density, ultra funky, gamey, earthy, mineral and iron-y. There is ripe black fruit in the back under the funk/barnyard. The oak shows big here with some heavy spiciness. In the palate, the wine shows again high funkyness, gamey profile, high acidity, mineral, fresh red and black fruit, earthy, medium to high tannins, medium to long finish Very fresh and brutally young as it is
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This looks to be approx 70% Grenache and 30% Carignan. Deep purple red. On the nose, this shows a lot of what I call "sugary" Grenache fruit, but there is a slightly denser, more "garrigue" note as well. Sweet red fruit on the palate, finishing a little short and slightly porty. Not bad, but not really my cup o' tea (especially at this price point).
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4/6/2024 - WineGuyDelMar Likes this wine: 90 Points
Decanted an hour and drank over another 30 minutes. Great nose of earth, spice & cherry. Medium body & light/medium mouthfeel. Fruit tastes young. A bit of tartness. Seems a bit closed and not fully open. Still tight. Needs more time. Will try in another year. I think there is more upside.
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1/22/2023 - SuperSomm wrote:
Medium ruby colour. Medium and developing nose with farmyard, hay, stable, earth, mushrooms and wet leaves. Medium taste of red cherry, red plum, farmyard, hay, stable, earth and wet leaves. Medium (+) long and dry finish. High acidity. Medium (+) tannins. Medium body. A very good Priorat. Drink now or over the next couple of years. Goes well with beef or lamb.
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11/2/2022 - ManhattanBeach Likes this wine:
Lunch with Jazz (67 Pall Mall, London): Ordered for old-times’ sake - it’s about 10 years since we last had this (bought in Barcelona for a stag do). Bright sweet fruit, fragrant and spiced, lovely supply body, some gentle funk on the nose (enough for interest without being offputting). Very good and would seek out.
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2/21/2022 - JonBarnes1 Likes this wine:
To me this is remarkably spiced and fragrant. I would guess some oak coming through but winemaker notes say large foudres, in which case it’s a testament to powerful garrigue. Day 2 the spices took the foreground over the tannic tickle and it was noticeably smoother. Overall this feels like a young aromatic wine with a sharp bite, to enjoy now but I’ll gladly check back in a few years too.
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11/16/2021 - kostaslonis wrote:
Random wines tasted during service (Oinoscent): The wine shows high intensity and density, ultra funky, gamey, earthy, mineral and iron-y. There is ripe black fruit in the back under the funk/barnyard. The oak shows big here with some heavy spiciness.
In the palate, the wine shows again high funkyness, gamey profile, high acidity, mineral, fresh red and black fruit, earthy, medium to high tannins, medium to long finish
Very fresh and brutally young as it is
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4/26/2021 - sjw_11 wrote: 87 Points
This looks to be approx 70% Grenache and 30% Carignan. Deep purple red. On the nose, this shows a lot of what I call "sugary" Grenache fruit, but there is a slightly denser, more "garrigue" note as well. Sweet red fruit on the palate, finishing a little short and slightly porty. Not bad, but not really my cup o' tea (especially at this price point).
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5/3/2019 - bitdrerik wrote:
Priorat wine fair 2019 (and related events); 5/2/2019-5/9/2019 (Tarragona and various places in Priorat): Very young and much lighter than most other wines tasted previously at this event. I have tasted the 2013 vintage of this wine before and the 2018 vintage is probably a tad better. Meeting the legendary Ester Nin, the winemaker of Nin-Ortiz, in person was the higlight of the visit to this stall.
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