Well balanced and integrated flavours of charcoal, smoke, liquorice and subtle spices. Needed about an hour to open up and preserved its structure for the remainder of the evening. So much better than any wine from this region that I almost wondered if it was from there. In both body style and flavour profile it reminded me of a fine a Hermitage or cote Rotie. Simply an extraordinary bottle ready to drink
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Maling, solbær, kanskje blåbær - minner litt om Bordeaux på duft, men uten tobakken. I munnen er det bringebær og jordbær, skogsbær. Men "overraskende" bløt munnfølelse når man forventer Bordeaux fra lukta - i hvert fall rett fra flaska, men så strammer den seg opp.
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80% Garnacha, 10% Cab. Big, rich and ripe - gorgeous black fruits of blackberry and blueberry. Oak still evident. Tertiary leather notes coming through. Beginning to dry. Long finish.
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(Blind tasting) Very subtle and complex nose with plum and dark fruit. A spicy stock note. Integrated oak and blackberries. Fully ready, but not too mature. Very balanced and nothing vulgar here. Good depth. Fullish, balanced and very elegant palate. Not the least alchoholic. Violets and flowers together with dark blackberry fruit. Rather tannic and a sweepeing minerally, saline finish. Almost balsamic. After some hinting we actually arrived in Priorat after considering Barolo, but rejecting it due to dark colour. A very elegant and inspiring Priorat in top form.
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Priorat Tasting (Private Location): Beautiful clear, deep ruby color. Clean nose with a bunch of medium+ intense flavors of leather, smoke, spices, red and dark fruits. It is dry, with medium+ acidity, medium+ fine grained and well integrated tannins, 13,5% alcohol, medium+ bodied and pronounced flavors of dark cherries, spices, oak. Medium+ finish. Very elegant. At its peak, I doubt it gets any better, but it will stay there for some more years.
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As dark and as black as night. Smells amazing off the cork pull -- black cherries, graphite,violets, high and low tones. Palate is soft and silky smooth, goes down like water. Now this is a great Priorat. Wow. Not really amped up like some Priorats either. Great stuff.
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Decanted 1.5 hours before (lots of sediment) Deep purple color. Black raspberry and smoked meat. Luscious fruit and spice. Savory. Luxurious mouthfeel. Long finish.
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Delicate nose that hints at old world elegance. Cassis and oak are predominant with some additional hints of forest floor, truffle. Palate is gorgeous. So typical of Palacios. Gorgeous dark fruit with complementary notes of minerality, spice box. Hint of tobacco, vanilla bean. This wine went up against an 04 Harlan and absolutely held its own. Beautiful long finish that begged for another sip.
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Berry, cassis, mineral, licorice nose that is fresh and refined. Little perceptible oak, sleek tannins, pure mineral and fruit palate that is very sexy. Luscious but restrained. Not quite what I expected but a pleasant surprise!
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Found this a bit of a new experience for me. I was expecting big, lavish oak and massively concentrated fruit. What I got was minerality, deft acidity, great complexity and 13.5% alchohol. It was quite a good wine but I am not sure I would purchase it again at $300. Will hopefully taste again soon in a more comparison setting.
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Waterford slides to Hinterland. (Hinterland Erie Street Gastropub, Milwaukee): big and dark black fruits to the nose. steak and blood aroma flies off the nose. the bloody seems tied to an iron like mineral expression wrapped in the meatiness and steak of the nose. elegant anise - (i must start finding more descriptors for this.) rustic palate of tabacco and again dark black fruits. relatively youthful structure.
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I, myself, always love drinking Spanish wine but I have no experience with L'Ermita so I don't exactly know the right way to enjoy it. Anyway, deep, bright purple-rad seductive colour. Clean and elegant nose of something, the good combination scent, hints of dramatic Spanish wine surrounded and a tiny little but lovely beautiful Lavender powder. This must be good, right ?
The texture is silky but dense, lovely tight but not full-bodied. Tannin is delicate but firm, well-rounded with mineral-express. Balance is nice too. Seem like it's not widely opened but this is pretty good to me.( Testing along with the delicious and more aggressive Vocalnic Hill 2001 )
Aftertaste is soft and smooth, not too deep, not that long but tender and warm.......welcome.
Drink 2011 - 2022
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10/19/2007 Lo bebimos con un revuelto de huevos y setas con trufa fresca, y me parecio que la comida era un poco insubstancial para tanto vino. La nariz incluia cuero, tabaco y regaliz?,muy sobrio y muy estructurado, en el paladar enorme cuerpo, pero duracion limitada. No me parecio que tuviera que ganar mucho con el tiempo, pero puedo estar equivocado.
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Summer Dinner at Tapawingo (Tapawingo): Opaque midnight color. Soaring aroma of black fruit, tar, and leather. Wow, this is really potent stuff. A really nice balance between new world richness and old world structure. Black fruits with mocha notes and a long coffee finish. This was probably just at the very front end of the drinking window and will still benefit from several more years in bottle (and last much longer).
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9/7/2022 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Just a touch earthy and dark. The mid palate is just a touch dried out. And a little short over all.
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3/17/2022 - Nmilau Likes this wine: 96 Points
Well balanced and integrated flavours of charcoal, smoke, liquorice and subtle spices. Needed about an hour to open up and preserved its structure for the remainder of the evening. So much better than any wine from this region that I almost wondered if it was from there. In both body style and flavour profile it reminded me of a fine a Hermitage or cote Rotie. Simply an extraordinary bottle ready to drink
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9/26/2021 - thuglasyee Likes this wine: 97 Points
Quite the find. Long, velvety finish cresting with spice.
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1/30/2021 - daghaug wrote:
Maling, solbær, kanskje blåbær - minner litt om Bordeaux på duft, men uten tobakken. I munnen er det bringebær og jordbær, skogsbær. Men "overraskende" bløt munnfølelse når man forventer Bordeaux fra lukta - i hvert fall rett fra flaska, men så strammer den seg opp.
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8/9/2019 - Philip67 Likes this wine: 94 Points
80% Garnacha, 10% Cab. Big, rich and ripe - gorgeous black fruits of blackberry and blueberry. Oak still evident. Tertiary leather notes coming through. Beginning to dry. Long finish.
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3/9/2019 - jsebiri wrote:
This wine is a Gem. Absolutely stunning , easily the greatest Grenache I have ever tasted.
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10/21/2016 - Argrath wrote: 94 Points
(Blind tasting)
Very subtle and complex nose with plum and dark fruit. A spicy stock note. Integrated oak and blackberries. Fully ready, but not too mature. Very balanced and nothing vulgar here. Good depth.
Fullish, balanced and very elegant palate. Not the least alchoholic. Violets and flowers together with dark blackberry fruit. Rather tannic and a sweepeing minerally, saline finish. Almost balsamic.
After some hinting we actually arrived in Priorat after considering Barolo, but rejecting it due to dark colour. A very elegant and inspiring Priorat in top form.
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7/19/2015 - Frank Schneider wrote: 92 Points
nice but not enough fruit for the acid. Maybe too young ??? But nontheless definitly not worth the price !!! sell
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3/7/2015 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine: 93 Points
Priorat Tasting (Private Location): Beautiful clear, deep ruby color. Clean nose with a bunch of medium+ intense flavors of leather, smoke, spices, red and dark fruits.
It is dry, with medium+ acidity, medium+ fine grained and well integrated tannins, 13,5% alcohol, medium+ bodied and pronounced flavors of dark cherries, spices, oak. Medium+ finish.
Very elegant. At its peak, I doubt it gets any better, but it will stay there for some more years.
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3/28/2014 - Uncle John wrote: 94 Points
Beautiful wine with such class. This was all about subtle fine textures. Great showing tonight with 3 month aged rib steak and mashed celery root.
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3/30/2013 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
As dark and as black as night. Smells amazing off the cork pull -- black cherries, graphite,violets, high and low tones. Palate is soft and silky smooth, goes down like water. Now this is a great Priorat. Wow. Not really amped up like some Priorats either. Great stuff.
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1/11/2013 - M.Batard wrote: 93 Points
Decanted 1.5 hours before (lots of sediment) Deep purple color. Black raspberry and smoked meat. Luscious fruit and spice. Savory. Luxurious mouthfeel. Long finish.
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8/19/2012 - DonWinspear wrote: 94 Points
Delicate nose that hints at old world elegance. Cassis and oak are predominant with some additional hints of forest floor, truffle. Palate is gorgeous. So typical of Palacios. Gorgeous dark fruit with complementary notes of minerality, spice box. Hint of tobacco, vanilla bean. This wine went up against an 04 Harlan and absolutely held its own. Beautiful long finish that begged for another sip.
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7/1/2011 - andtheodor wrote: 93 Points
Berry, cassis, mineral, licorice nose that is fresh and refined. Little perceptible oak, sleek tannins, pure mineral and fruit palate that is very sexy. Luscious but restrained. Not quite what I expected but a pleasant surprise!
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6/26/2011 - robmatic wrote: 94 Points
Spice & minerals, still showing quite a bit of tannins; Extracted ripe fruit with mocha overtones. Polished and balanced, very enjoyable juice.
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12/13/2010 - Morningstar wrote: 90 Points
Rich and concentrated; big; still young
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11/18/2009 - RussK wrote: 94 Points
RUSSK Favorite from the WW Spanish Tasting (Manny's) Mature bourdeaux taste.
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7/6/2009 - nzinkgraf wrote:
compared with the 2002 l'ermita, much darker in it's fruit profile. almost wants to cry 'raisin.' bigger, darker and deeper fruit.
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5/30/2009 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Found this a bit of a new experience for me. I was expecting big, lavish oak and massively concentrated fruit. What I got was minerality, deft acidity, great complexity and 13.5% alchohol. It was quite a good wine but I am not sure I would purchase it again at $300. Will hopefully taste again soon in a more comparison setting.
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5/29/2009 - nzinkgraf wrote:
Waterford slides to Hinterland. (Hinterland Erie Street Gastropub, Milwaukee): big and dark black fruits to the nose. steak and blood aroma flies off the nose. the bloody seems tied to an iron like mineral expression wrapped in the meatiness and steak of the nose. elegant anise - (i must start finding more descriptors for this.) rustic palate of tabacco and again dark black fruits. relatively youthful structure.
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5/7/2009 - noppakit s. wrote: 92 Points
My first time with this wine. What can I say ?
I, myself, always love drinking Spanish wine but I have no experience with L'Ermita so I don't exactly know the right way to enjoy it. Anyway, deep, bright purple-rad seductive colour. Clean and elegant nose of something, the good combination scent, hints of dramatic Spanish wine surrounded and a tiny little but lovely beautiful Lavender powder. This must be good, right ?
The texture is silky but dense, lovely tight but not full-bodied. Tannin is delicate but firm, well-rounded with mineral-express. Balance is nice too. Seem like it's not widely opened but this is pretty good to me.( Testing along with the delicious and more aggressive Vocalnic Hill 2001 )
Aftertaste is soft and smooth, not too deep, not that long but tender and warm.......welcome.
Drink 2011 - 2022
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5/1/2009 - andrewstevenson.com wrote: 92 Points
Riesling & Priorato Offline (Anthony's Piazza, Leeds): Excellent nose - very elegant black fruits with a bit of tobacco. Lovely palate, with great restraint. A very noble feel.
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10/20/2007 - viscalbarsa wrote: 92 Points
10/19/2007 Lo bebimos con un revuelto de huevos y setas con trufa fresca, y me parecio que la comida era un poco insubstancial para tanto vino. La nariz incluia cuero, tabaco y regaliz?,muy sobrio y muy estructurado, en el paladar enorme cuerpo, pero duracion limitada. No me parecio que tuviera que ganar mucho con el tiempo, pero puedo estar equivocado.
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7/21/2007 - winefool wrote: 94 Points
Summer Dinner at Tapawingo (Tapawingo): Opaque midnight color. Soaring aroma of black fruit, tar, and leather. Wow, this is really potent stuff. A really nice balance between new world richness and old world structure. Black fruits with mocha notes and a long coffee finish. This was probably just at the very front end of the drinking window and will still benefit from several more years in bottle (and last much longer).
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