I enjoyed a bottle of this with mayordomo and fellow degenerate Eric S in Santa Fe on Friday, September 4, 2009 at La Boca, a nice Spanish tapas bar-restaurant downtown.
Tasting notes: This red from Montsant (Catalonia, Spain) is a 90/10 blend of Carignan/Grenache (respectively) opens with dark fruit and a ton of licorice. There is a rustic and gutsy presence to this red that suggests decanting or at least 15-30 minutes in a glass...but you might miss some of the more interesting opening aromatics. Anyway, while straightforward and simple, at about $10/11 a bottle, at retail at least, this is solid and I'll look forward to having more in the future. Makes you wonder why anybody would spend 2, 3, or 4 times more on a Priorat. These are just lovely wines. Highly recommended -- good with the morcilla and chorizo slices we snacked on, probably great with a nice fatty stew of some kind...
86/100.
Bottom Line: Sure, you could spend more for a fancier Priorat, but why?
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