Clos Mogador
Clos Nelin Priorat White Blend
Priorat, Catalunya, Spain
This is a white blend of: Garnacha Blanca (White Grenache), Macabeo, along with small percentages of, Cartoixà, Picapoll, and Escanyavella from Clos Mogador is quite unique. All the more so roughly ten yrs in bottle.
My wife and I visited the property in 2105. René Barbier, drove us all over their hillside vineyards in his Jeep. Quite the rugged ride. We tasted back at their bodega with both René and his father René Barbier III.
As soon as you step on the property, the scent of fennel fills your senses. It grows all-over the property. One can get more of it in their red, but there’re lesser hints here.
The nose is quite amazing. The fruits are golden like its color. Honey Crisp caramel apple, honeysuckle, some of the most amazing white spice I’ve experienced, paraffin, slightly candied yellow stone fruits, hints of marmalade fruit bits, blood orange, hints of white citrus-lime zest, moist herbs, sun tea w/ lemon, volcanics, limestone marl, dry earth times with orange lilies, jasmine & a field of spring flowers.
The palate is sensational. It is rich, lush, juicy, viscous and slightly waxy. Honey Crisp caramel apple, honeysuckle, amazing white spice w/ just a touch of white spice w/ soft heat that expands & circles in the mouth, paraffin, slightly candied yellow stone fruits, marmalade fruit bits, bold, blood orange, hints of white citrus-lime zest, tropical melons, vanillin, nutmeg a small lick of cinnamon stick, moist herbs, fennel notes, sun tea w/ lemon, volcanics, limestone marl, dry earth times with orange lilies, jasmine & a field of spring flowers, rainfall acidity with an elegant, extremely well balanced, mid toned structure with length for days that lands on spice and soft tones of minerals.
Delicious!!! Cannot say I’ve had anything similar.
This is a white blend of: Garnacha Blanca (White Grenache), Macabeo, along with small percentages of, Cartoixà, Picapoll, and Escanyavella from Clos Mogador is quite unique. All the more so roughly ten yrs in bottle.
My wife and I visited the property in 2105. René Barbier, drove us all over their hillside vineyards in his Jeep. Quite the rugged ride. We tasted back at their bodega with both René and his father René Barbier III.
As soon as you step on the property, the scent of fennel fills your senses. It grows all-over the property. One can get more of it in their red, but there’re lesser hints here.
The nose is quite amazing. The fruits are golden like its color. Honey Crisp caramel apple, honeysuckle, some of the most amazing white spice I’ve experienced, paraffin, slightly candied yellow stone fruits, hints of marmalade fruit bits, blood orange, hints of white citrus-lime zest, moist herbs, sun tea w/ lemon, volcanics, limestone marl, dry earth times with orange lilies, jasmine & a field of spring flowers.
The palate is sensational. It is rich, lush, juicy, viscous and slightly waxy. Honey Crisp caramel apple, honeysuckle, amazing white spice w/ just a touch of white spice w/ soft heat that expands & circles in the mouth, paraffin, slightly candied yellow stone fruits, marmalade fruit bits, bold, blood orange, hints of white citrus-lime zest, tropical melons, vanillin, nutmeg a small lick of cinnamon stick, moist herbs, fennel notes, sun tea w/ lemon, volcanics, limestone marl, dry earth times with orange lilies, jasmine & a field of spring flowers, rainfall acidity with an elegant, extremely well balanced, mid toned structure with length for days that lands on spice and soft tones of minerals.
Delicious!!! Cannot say I’ve had anything similar.
