Five spice powder, minerality on the nose, wholesome on the palate. Nate notes "this is like thick but very soft tannins." Long finish. Like a super macho powered burgundy? Maybe.
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Quite obvious wine with fruit-forward palate, loads of new oak and vanilla but with some acidity under the hood that leaves hope for the future development. Not bad right now but not great either.
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Dark red to rim. Ripe dark fruits, vanillin oak, smoke on the nose, full body, ripe fruits, good balancing minerally acidity and fine granular tannins, medium-long finish, excellent.
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This wine disappointed me a bit. It has a tasty aroma and incipient elegance. On the palate, reasonable acidity and light tannins. Lack body and fruit.
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My second bottle of this - I feel this is not as good as the Dofis from around the late 90's (96, 98, 99, 2000 and 2001). Those wines for me were reference Spanish wines and I saved them for special occasions and they never let me down. Great silky texture, noble tannins, unmistakable schist mineral streak. This wine really falls short by a wide margin. It's an OK wine and it's drinkable but no where near what this wine used to do for me.
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I thought this wine was great - excellent balance and smooth as silk. No rough edges and beautifully well made. Great fruit quality and I found everything to be in great balance. I didn't find the oak to be too offensive and thought it was adequately used.
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A good wine but far too oaky. Big fruity nose with lots of oak and some smoke. Plum, cherries, fudge. Tasting Priorat wines 120424 at Munskänkarna, Malmö, Sweden
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1/27/2023 - Travislee0113 Likes this wine: 96 Points
WA gave 93 pts, I would give 95+, this wine deserved better than 93 pts.
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12/12/2020 - McKraftyWino Likes this wine: 91 Points
nice
had strange breath of sweet on tail end of sip
for 30 min or so
then merged and softened
and made for a sweet ride
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10/25/2020 - johnnyo wrote: 94 Points
Outstanding wine!
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5/29/2020 - Bro Likes this wine: 92 Points
Dommage que la première bouteille était bouchonnée ... C'est un pur bonheur ! ...
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3/25/2020 - johnnyo wrote: 93 Points
Perfectly balanced with ample fruit and refined tannin
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6/28/2018 - weiny Likes this wine: 96 Points
Super fit und reif
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5/11/2015 - weiny Likes this wine: 93 Points
Toll und charaktervoll
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2/10/2015 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Five spice powder, minerality on the nose, wholesome on the palate. Nate notes "this is like thick but very soft tannins." Long finish. Like a super macho powered burgundy? Maybe.
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1/1/2015 - mwanasheria Likes this wine: 89 Points
Quite obvious wine with fruit-forward palate, loads of new oak and vanilla but with some acidity under the hood that leaves hope for the future development. Not bad right now but not great either.
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5/30/2014 - rcrisa wrote: 84 Points
Vanilla and oak. Still needs much time.
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1/21/2014 - dbg wrote:
Dark red to rim. Ripe dark fruits, vanillin oak, smoke on the nose, full body, ripe fruits, good balancing minerally acidity and fine granular tannins, medium-long finish, excellent.
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12/31/2013 - astruminger wrote: 96 Points
Chalky well developed, very nice.
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7/2/2013 - LFCHALA wrote: 88 Points
This wine disappointed me a bit. It has a tasty aroma and incipient elegance. On the palate, reasonable acidity and light tannins. Lack body and fruit.
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4/5/2013 - weiny wrote: 91 Points
Sehr fruchtig. Rund und etwas eckig vor Luft
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1/19/2013 - jaimetown wrote: 89 Points
My second bottle of this - I feel this is not as good as the Dofis from around the late 90's (96, 98, 99, 2000 and 2001). Those wines for me were reference Spanish wines and I saved them for special occasions and they never let me down. Great silky texture, noble tannins, unmistakable schist mineral streak. This wine really falls short by a wide margin. It's an OK wine and it's drinkable but no where near what this wine used to do for me.
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4/29/2012 - Jack O'Brien wrote: 93 Points
I thought this wine was great - excellent balance and smooth as silk. No rough edges and beautifully well made. Great fruit quality and I found everything to be in great balance. I didn't find the oak to be too offensive and thought it was adequately used.
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4/24/2012 - lessrof wrote: 91 Points
A good wine but far too oaky. Big fruity nose with lots of oak and some smoke. Plum, cherries, fudge.
Tasting Priorat wines 120424 at Munskänkarna, Malmö, Sweden
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4/7/2011 - Papies wrote: 91 Points
The Wines of Alvaro Palacios, with Alvaro Palacios (The Sampler, London): Grenache is properly tamed in this wine. More balanced and smooth and cab sauv and syrah are a lot more evident int he blend. 14.5% Alc.
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