This note comes a few days later so my memory is slightly dimmed, but I really enjoyed this wine for its beautiful poise. More than a few Mallorcan wines show plenty of of fruit, but few are as lithe as this. I recall a pleasant nose of red fruits and spicecake, with notes of the same and a nice minerality on the palate. Nicely balanced acidity and no ponderousness; great with or without food. What more can one ask of a wine, especially in this price point?
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Color rojo tonalidad granatosa, ribete rojizo oscuro, capa media tirando a baja y fina lágrima medianamente tintada. Nariz de media intensidad con aromas predominantes de fruta roja (fresones silvestres) y recuerdos de cassis, suaves tostados de la barrica bañados por una fresca sensación de licor de fresas, mentolados frescos y raíz de regaliz, ligero recuerdo de angélica, hierbas frescas del monte con un suave fondo de sotobosque fresco (musgo húmedo). Muy buena entrada en boca con una agradable astringencia inicial aunque a ratos llega a resultar algo dura y molesta, fresco y ligero recorrido de cuerpo medio y algo de nervio, notable acidez, los tostados de la barrica se muestran bastante presentes pero no desafinan, taninos punzantes, fino y estrecho, elegante, sabroso con una fruta roja licorosa, con poco volumen pero muy agradable, placentera persistencia. Final medio-largo, postgusto de fruta roja fresca y retronasal ahumado y ligeramente licoroso.
More information: www.elvi.net/2015/01/01/gallinas-y-focas-2012/
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10/26/2018 - Axel og Jutta Likes this wine:
Dark media Jutta
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11/6/2016 - ParisWino Likes this wine: 91 Points
This note comes a few days later so my memory is slightly dimmed, but I really enjoyed this wine for its beautiful poise. More than a few Mallorcan wines show plenty of of fruit, but few are as lithe as this. I recall a pleasant nose of red fruits and spicecake, with notes of the same and a nice minerality on the palate. Nicely balanced acidity and no ponderousness; great with or without food. What more can one ask of a wine, especially in this price point?
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8/11/2016 - Grochol wrote: 86 Points
Wineing; 8/11/2016-8/13/2016 (Calle Apuntadores 24, Palma, Mallorca, Spain): Nose: red fruits, licorice
TastE: light to medium bodied, medium acidity, low+ tannins, very juicy, lots of red fruits, smoke, very honest and again juicy but quite simple and easy
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10/24/2015 - nvdierdo wrote: 89 Points
nice but missing complexity
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1/1/2015 - elvinet Likes this wine: 89 Points
Color rojo tonalidad granatosa, ribete rojizo oscuro, capa media tirando a baja y fina lágrima medianamente tintada. Nariz de media intensidad con aromas predominantes de fruta roja (fresones silvestres) y recuerdos de cassis, suaves tostados de la barrica bañados por una fresca sensación de licor de fresas, mentolados frescos y raíz de regaliz, ligero recuerdo de angélica, hierbas frescas del monte con un suave fondo de sotobosque fresco (musgo húmedo). Muy buena entrada en boca con una agradable astringencia inicial aunque a ratos llega a resultar algo dura y molesta, fresco y ligero recorrido de cuerpo medio y algo de nervio, notable acidez, los tostados de la barrica se muestran bastante presentes pero no desafinan, taninos punzantes, fino y estrecho, elegante, sabroso con una fruta roja licorosa, con poco volumen pero muy agradable, placentera persistencia. Final medio-largo, postgusto de fruta roja fresca y retronasal ahumado y ligeramente licoroso.
More information: www.elvi.net/2015/01/01/gallinas-y-focas-2012/
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