Ron Siegel

9.4

This was surprisingly open & expressive with rich dark fruits, sweet on the palate, savory spice, meat, pepper mineral & violet — 2 days ago

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2020 | with 12 months barrel aging | clearly more body and structure than the reserve, but at this moment less fruit. Dinnerwine par excellence, not ready yet, better keep this one or two year in the cellar, potential. Paired with lamb chops. — 4 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

This was hitting on all cylinders, gobs of black cherry, red berry fruit with a mineral core, pepper, licorice & violet. — 5 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

Youthful needing some air showing dark berry, lots of spice with the classic Dujac stems, earth, crushed rock & violet — 4 days ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

Beautiful vintage that is still primary showing lots of dark cherry, raspberry fruit, spice, earth, orange peel with rose petal & violet — 10 days ago

Natalie Wallace

9.5

Great with seafood — 5 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

Another great btl with a silky, elegant mouthfeel showing notes of dark fruits, meat, iron, mineral, savory spice & violet — 6 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.2

This was showing well that was all about dark fruits, meat, spice, olive, pepper & violet. — 12 days ago

Ron Siegel

9.5

This was big, structured, meaty with dark fruit, graphite, licorice, spice, mineral & violet — 4 months 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.👌🏻👌🏻
— 5 months ago