Sipping Fine Wine

9.4

Just love this wine! Nice blend of grapes from the Bierzo Valley, biodynamic. Deep Ruby with loads of Berry fruits aromas adding some sweet floral spice and flinty notes. On the palate flavors of cherry, raspberry, and strawberry with a juicy mineral edge. Well balanced and integrated with fine chalky tannins, lively acidity and a long finish ending with fruit and spicy notes. Tremendous value for such a complex wine. — 14 days ago

Vanessa

9.3

This is a stunning Garnatxa blend from Priorat (Catalonia), Spain!!

It’s comprised of mostly Garnatxa (Grenache), along with Syrah, and, to a lesser extent, Cabernet Sauvignon, sourced from three parcels in the sun-soaked village of Gratallops, where Daphne Glorian purchased her first vineyard – Clos Escales – back in 1989 when she founded Clos i Terraces. 🍇

In making this move, she joined equally passionate and pioneering winemakers Álvaro Palacios (L’Ermita) and René Barbier (Clos Mogador) in a rebirth of production practices in the region; as a group (with other similar-minded producers) they altered the trajectory of Priorat’s profile as a source of tip top quality wines rivaling the best on the world stage. 👏🏻

Priorat is one of only two regions carrying the “DOCa” / “DOQ” quality designation (the other is Rioja), subject to various stipulations including regular auditing by a tasting panel. ✅

This particular wine is “Laurel” which is Clos i Terraces’s second wine, next to Clos Erasmus, one of Priorat’s finest and most sought-after wines. Yet it tastes like a flagship wine in and of itself.🫶🏻🫶🏻

It is absolutely beautiful, with a medium ruby hue, medium (+) intensity of ripe and fresh strawberry, red cherry, red plum, violet, black licorice, fennel, clove, baking spice aromas and flavors. It’s dry, with medium(+) acidity, a medium(+) body, high alcohol (14% ABV), and medium tannins that are fine-grained. 😆

This wine vinified and aged in a combination of vessels, including, large oak vats, concrete tanks, second and third fill French oak barrels, and clay amphorae, lending to its texture and complexity.👌🏻👌🏻
— 8 days ago

Jose Lorenzo

9.0

At Mar y Rosa. Chef Jose Mendin’s new venture in old San Juan. Solid Godello. Great with all seafood dishes. — 17 days ago

Mark S.

8.9

Violet. Oak and vanilla. Blueberry jam. Fruity. 19 @3718, AD, 240521 — a month ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Papas estu — 2 months ago

Jose Lorenzo

9.4

My opinion, Best Spanish producer of whites right now. Beautiful balance and finish. — 4 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.5

Javier gomez ito cena eco — 2 days ago

Waitschacher

9.2

Auge: rubin rot, braun silver Reflex
Waldbeeren, Erdbeere, Johannisbeeren
Tanin arm, leichter-Mittler Körper, geschmack wie geruch — a month ago

Matt Perlman

9.4

Phenomenal winemaking on display here by any measure, let alone at the price point. Crisp and stony, seashell and sea spray, citrus and underripe stone fruit, edging into tropical tones with structural grip and creamy lees tying it all together. Godly godello — 3 months ago

Timothy Eustis

Wine Director, Red Lion Inn

9.1

Brooding and dark is right. Fresh acidity too. Quite complete. 2021 — 5 months ago