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jaimetown

DC area

Wine Bottler
Posts:3488

11/07/2005 2:16 AM
I received a bottle of this from a good friend who purchased a case of this upon release - I had him over for dinner a few months ago when I hosted a Finca Dofi vertical, and he surprised me with a bottle of this. Well tonight I had grilled some steaks under the unseasonably mild November weather we've been having, and opened this bottle. Alvaro Palacios 1998 Les Terrasses Priorat It is no surprise that the 1998 Dofi has been one of my favorite Spanish wines over the last few years, so I was eager to try how the Les Terrasses held up. Upon opening the wine showed fine aromas of Priorat terroir of schist, orange peel and high toned dark fruits. On the palate the wine is mature and perhaps a bit on the wane, as secondary and tertiary flavors of earth and minerals were front and center. If you like mature flavors in wine, it is drinking in its prime - if you like more primary fruit, I think you ought to drink up. I enjoyed it very much. 90 points.

Al_ksyrah

Barrel Filler
Posts:1044

11/07/2005 3:33 AM
I tasted the '98 Les Terrasses last May and thought it was outstanding, fully mature with lots of secondary aromas of herbs and earth as you noted. It's a beautiful wine that's drinking very nicely at present time. -Al

ChangeMe

Grape Stomper
Posts:141

11/08/2005 7:06 PM
Yum, sounds delicious! Thanks for the tn

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