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ChangeMe

Grape Fermenter
Posts:442

02/10/2003 6:00 PM
Priorat EMBRUIX 1999 14% Alc. At least I could swear it was the 99 and not already a 2000. Decanted for 2 hoursbefore I touched it, I think. What this needs is bottle, not air: pleasantly uncivilized nose and mouth, but also a sense of waste at this moment that I didn't perceive in October or so, when I went through my bottle. Characteristic black berry and cherry fruit though lacking a little focus, good acidity and robust tannin. Minerality is less evident that desirable, wanted more Priorat noblesse. Throwing heavy (meaning far too visible) sediment for a bottle this young. 87-88

Winetex

Austin, Texas

Master of Wine
Posts:10799

02/10/2003 9:55 PM
I was wondering about this one. It's $25 here. It doesn't sound like it is worth it??

ChangeMe

Grape Fermenter
Posts:442

02/10/2003 11:02 PM
Well, I remember liking it more than that, even ranting about TM's poor rating (86, better after 2003); on second thought maybe my initial 89 was a tad generous, or maybe it's just that I caught it in its fruitdriven moment and now it's integrating...well, there are so many likely reasons...this was a decanter end with all the sediment, but sure I thought it disappointing. It's not so much cheaper here, about $18, but being the second label of the (here) $74 Vall Llach that's as far as I will go until they offer it BTG...

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