2003 Celler de l'Encastell Priorat Roquers de Porrera

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  12/29/2012 - atl10trader wrote: 90 Points

  - Garnet color and aromas of black currant, blackberry, fig and cherry. It's balanced and has flavours of vanilla, oak, black currant and blackberry with a medium/full body. Polished texture with a long finish.

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  2/3/2010 - huse wrote: 93 Points

  Excellent Priorat wine from a small family winery (Harvesting extremely low yields with a very tiny annual production of 4000-6000 bottles). Varietal composition: 40 percent Garnatxa, 40 percent Carinyena completed with little parts of Syrah and Merlot. The wine was aged for 16 months in new French oak barriques (Allier). Decanting time: four hours. Just starting to enter its drinking window, with an intense, deep red color and a compelling, Carinyena dominated bouquet of black berries, tar, incense, licorice and a hint of menthol. Impressive, well-balanced palate, with lovely concentrated fruit elements, fine integrated oak and crisp, but already quite elegant tannins. Superb finish. Very promising wine, with a great future. Drink it now through 2016.
  
  Voortreffelijke Priorat-wijn uit een klein familiaal bedrijf (met heel lage rendementen en een zeer kleine productie van 4000 tot 6000 flessen per jaar). Samenstelling: 40 percent Garnatxa, 40 percent Carinyena, aangevuld met wat Syrah en Merlot. De “Roquers de Porrera” werd 16 maanden op nieuwe Franse barriques (Allier) gelagerd. Decanteertijd: vier uur. De wijn komt nu maar pas op dronk; intense dieprode kleur een verleidelijk bouquet (gedomineerd door de Carinyena) van zwarte bes, teer, wierook, zoethout en een vleugje menthol. Imposante, mooi uitgebalanceerde smaak, met fraai, geconcentreerd fruit, mooi versmolten eiktonen en stevige maar al vrij elegante tannines. Prachtige nasmaak. Veelbelovend; gaat een mooie toekomst tegemoet. Te drinken: nu tot in 2016.

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  3/25/2009 - Serge Birbrair wrote:

  Lost lots of it's early charm

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  2/28/2009 - Serge Birbrair wrote:

  tcould have used more acidity and less alcohol

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  9/29/2007 - Zweder wrote: 89 Points

  A lot of fruit: ripe blackberries, blueberries. Spices like thyme. Little lead pencil as well. Good acidity and soft tannin. Quite much sweetness. In fact the 2003 label says 14,5% alcohol, so that might explain the sweetness.

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