Region
Spain > Catalonia > Priorat
Producer
Alvaro Palacios
Grape
Priorat
WO score
WO score is the average of all critic scores for this wine
Tasting notes
Vinous
Tasted: 11/01/2001
Drink:
Author: Stephen Tanzer
Saturated deep bright ruby. Wild, slightly reduced aromas of black raspberry, bitter chocolate, smoked meat and tar; shows a porty nuance without coming across at all raisiny. Very dense and thick but sappy and vibrant, with highly complex fruit, game and torrefaction flavors and a complicating suggestion of gun metal. Offers uncanny depth for the year, and terrific finishing flavor. Seems riper and sweeter today than a barrel sample I tried a year ago.
Vinous
Tasted: 09/01/2000
Drink:
Author: Stephen Tanzer
Saturated ruby. Reduced, musky aromas of raspberry, currant, mocha, menthol and game. Chewy and ripe, with excellent structure and acidity but less sheer density than the '98. Intensely flavored but not yet expressive. The tannins here come across as chewier and a bit tougher as there's not quite as much buffering extract as in the amazing '98. But this should be strong.
Vinous
Tasted: 09/01/2000
Drink:
Author: Stephen Tanzer
Saturated ruby. Reduced, musky aromas of raspberry, currant, mocha, menthol and game. Chewy and ripe, with excellent structure and acidity but less sheer density than the '98. Intensely flavored but not yet expressive. The tannins here come across as chewier and a bit tougher as there's not quite as much buffering extract as in the amazing '98. But this should be strong.
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