1996 Alvaro Palacios Priorat Finca Dofí

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 90.6 points

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  11/8/2023 - SirFred Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Raspberry, with hints of cherry, complimented by cedar, tobacco, and gentle sweet floral notes. Medium-weight, with liquor-like raspberry and dark fruit flavors, toasty oak, and dusty tannins. Good acidity gives lift to the moderately long, saturated, and well-structured finish. This bottle has a smooth flow, but I noticed a touch of heat that I had not noticed in previous bottles. There is sufficient fruit and solid tannins that suggest there is plenty of life left, but it is drinking well at present.

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  12/24/2020 - DH90 wrote: 91 Points

  Deep garnet color, restrained dark fruits with some spice. Nicely balanced with good length but this was relatively tight in comparison to the 1993 which we tried at the same time. Could it be too young or less ripe fruit?

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  7/5/2020 - andrewstevenson.com wrote: 92 Points

  Very dark, almost inky black plum colour.
  Subtly perfumed black fruit. Possibly a bit closed. With intense aeration, more of a floral, almost violet note, lots of chocolate and licorice and deep, plummy black fruit.
  Good attack with loads of black fruit immediately. Opens out enormously on the palate. Intense and powerful. Still loads of really quite coarse sandy tannins. Very firmly structured. I was worried I might have left this too long, but it's still a bit brooding. Sweet black and red fruit on the finish, followed by absolutely massive length.

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  1/23/2019 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Glass: Riedel Vinum Syrah
  From a top cellar. Popped and poured, drank over three days. Clear, brilliant ruby-garnet color.
  On day one a it muted and tired, so I guessed it is passed its peak. On day three it has really opened up: Clean, medium+ intense, fully developed nose with Cherries, licorice, herbs, spices and a nice mineral touch. Classic, very good Priorat nose!
  13,5% abv. Medium+/high acidity, well integrated and racy. Medium, mellow tannin. On the palate quite elegant and fresh with lots of cherries and other red fruit, some oak, herbs, spices and a bit of tar. Stony mineral notes in the background. It has power and grip, but is never fat or broad. The finish is surprisingly long. It is a tiny bit hot at some points, but that is a fist world problem. Certainly at its peak. Will not improve, so drink now and enjoy. 91-92

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  12/31/2014 - joishscellar wrote: 78 Points

  Over and out don't bother buying or drinking

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