Shows true Priorat depth and minerality while pouring on the new oak, char and polish. The mouth is ripe and saturated, with intense raspberry, plum and vanilla flavors. Extremely firm and structured, with a hint of bitter chocolate and burnt character. Drink now through 2014. Imported by National Distributing Co., Inc.
— M.S.
(12/15/2008)
A deep and dense wine, with coconut and blackberry dominating the weighty, powerful bouquet. This is an organic wine with an explosive palate of berry fruit and plenty of juicy acidity to keep it fresh and healthy. Toast, chocolate and cola are the finishing notes, and overall it’s a strapping wine to drink now thru 2013. Imported by Organic Vintners.
— M.S.
(10/1/2009)
A mature wine with its own set of proprietary virtues. Opens with cedar, cigar box and almost citric red-fruit aromas. The palate, however, is elegant, with herbal tobacco, raspberry and dry plum flavors. Finishes long and classy, with hints of the Old World and plenty of savoir faire. Drink now.
— M.S.
(4/1/2009)
Apple, vanilla and buttercup aromas are harmonious and lead to a driving, acidic palate that’s a bit foamy but houses zesty flavors of tart apple and citrus. Crisp as they come, which keeps the palate alive and tingling.
— M.S.
(7/1/2011)
Warm, earthy and integrated on the nose, with lightly baked berry fruit aromas and a touch of tree bark. The palate is medium in weight and intensity, and thus it reads as elegant, with good acidity and rooty flavors of earthy fruit and oak. A fresh wine that shows the lighter side of Tempranillo.
— M.S.
(10/1/2011)
The bouquet on this Priorat is raisiny, with tobacco and schisty aromas. The palate is one part jumpy and another part stewy and clumsy, with baked berry flavors that come with a tangy citric edge. The finish is long, with tobacco, stewed fruit and hard tannins. Drink now through 2015.
— M.S.
(7/1/2013)
Sweet black fruit, road tar and a whiff of grass makes for an interesting, attractive nose. With its medium body and medium depth, the palate shows cherry, cassis and tomato flavors, and the finish offers a rush of red fruit, tannin and brown sugar. While this doesn’t bowl you over, it’s good Spanish Cabernet Sauvignon, something you don’t find every day.
— M.S.
(10/1/2009)
Early on it shows rich, ribald fruit aromas accented by graphite and licorice stick. Sweet, jammy, slightly reduced flavors of cassis and blackberry are chewy and dark, but not all that dense, complex or deep. Finishes persistent, with some grit and heat. Drink soon. Imported by National Distributing Co., Inc.
— M.S.
(11/15/2008)