2012 Vins del Tros Terra Alta Lo Morenillo

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 89.7 points

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  12/30/2020 - forceberry wrote: 88 Points

  Wine made from the grapes of century-old Morenillo vines, an exceedingly rare Terra Alta variety bordering extinction; fermented and aged in French oak barrels. Bottled unfiltered and unfined. Annual production of 1,140 bottles. 14,5% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Evolved and somewhat translucent reddish-mahogany color. Lots of deposit in the bottle - careful decanting recommended. Very evolved, slightly oxidative and subtly wild nose with aromas of raisins and wizened boysenberries, some licorice, light lifted notes of sweet VA, a little bit of wet dog, an oxidative hint of nuttiness and a touch of prune. The wine is tertiary yet still very lively on the palate with a medium body and very evolved flavors of raisins and prunes, some licorice, a little bit of stony minerality, light lifted notes of nail polish, oxidative hints of nuttiness and soy sauce and a touch of crunchy cranberry. The structure relies very much on the high acidity, as the tannins feel very resolved and only slightly grippy. The finish is quite tertiary yet surprisingly fresh with moderately long flavors of raisins, some pruney notes, a little bit of licorice, light crunchy notes of cranberries, a rusty hint of iron and a lifted touch of nail polish.
  
  A very nice, fresh and tasty little wine, but also one that was noticeably more evolved than I expected for its age. Even though I've had quite a many Morenillos, including this Lo Morenillo a few times, the wine was so evolved that I couldn't even start to guess Spain, let alone Morenillo - it was pretty impossible to get any varietal characteristics from a wine so evolved. I wonder whether this was a prematurely evolved bottle is if Morenillo just isn't a variety that can age for particularly long. All in all, I was surprised to learn this was Morenillo - and even a relatively young for one! A confusing experience.

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  8/24/2020 - vinhonotte Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Praelum Staff Night - whatever (Praelum Wine Bistro): Deep ruby with some cloudiness. Ripe sour plum and cool mint aromas, and a bit of roots and bark. Fair bright acids, linear tannins, and a good intensity of plums and some cool mint. Still straight-up with little length, but nice!

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  2/24/2018 - Timothy Sung wrote: 89 Points

  Bright and lean, with very high acidity.
  Almost like terrano or trousseau in the body and acidity level.
  Cherries and blackcurrents are major fruit profile, but the very first thing that you taste is the zing from high level of acidity.
  Nothing like your usual full bodied and oaky spanish wines.

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