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jaimetown
DC area
Wine Bottler
Posts:3411
 | | 05/22/2003 2:46 PM |
| This is the single vineyard Priorat wine from Alvaro Palacios - it's composed of Grenache, Carignane and Cabernet I believe. I did not decant, and the wine showed raspberry-milkshake like qualities at first, then smoothed out into a pretty red wine with elegance, a vigorous mid-palate and a good finish. The tannins are still present and kicking, and everything is extremely well balanced.
I would rate this around 92pts right now - the '98 to me is a more compelling wine at this point, but this wine is no slouch. | | | |
| jaimetown
DC area
Wine Bottler
Posts:3411
| | 09/11/2006 3:46 PM |
| - 1996 Alvaro Palacios Priorat Finca Dofi - Spain, Catalunya, Priorat (9/11/2006)
Fully mature, and on the downward slope - I haven't had a bottle of this since about 14 months ago, and then it was drinking perfect - but here it feels like the wine has matured considerably since then. Still a very good, mature wine, but the traits that make it a joy to drink - the mineral-laden, zesty, perfumed red fruit character - has faded to the background a lot. One more bottle left, and it'll probably get consumed sometime in the next 12 months. (90 pts.)
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| jaimetown
DC area
Wine Bottler
Posts:3411
| | 03/26/2008 10:21 AM |
| - 1996 Alvaro Palacios Priorat Finca Dofi - Spain, Catalunya, Priorat (3/26/2008)
My last bottle performed better than the previous one - elegance and power combined with aromas of schist, orange peel, more minerals, dark currants and black berries, with a soft, mature, woodsy note. Palate reflects the nose, with the wine gaining power over the course of the evening. While possessing the mature flavors of an aged bottle of wine, it maintained my interest and still showed flashes of it's youthful greatness. One of my favorite producers on the planet, and I am reminded again why. (93 pts.)
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| jason
Napa Valley
Wine Addict
Posts:6829
| | 03/26/2008 11:13 AM |
| | What in your experience JT is the aging curve on these wines? I ask because I have mags of the 1999 and 2000 out in Hawaii still, that like all my wine out there, I am not sure when I will see it again. | | | |
| jaimetown
DC area
Wine Bottler
Posts:3411
| | 03/26/2008 3:14 PM |
| | I think vintages like 2001, 1998 and 1996 have more lasting power. I went through a case of the 2000 and I would drink sooner rather than later to hit it in its sweet spot. My personal view is that they are best within 10 years of vintage date, though some wines do certainly last (though whether it improves is still yet TBD). | | | |
| PlanoWino
Plano, TX
Grape Stomper
Posts:181
| | 03/26/2008 9:52 PM |
| JT,
I am about to be guilty of asking a slightly tangential question but at least it is about Finca Dofi. You mentioned the '96, '98, '00, & '01 vintages above. Have you any recent experience with the '94 & '95 vintages? I am down to my last bottles and would be disappointed if I held them too long. My expectation is that they both have a few years life left in them.
Thanks, | |
Here's to the corkscrew - a useful key to unlock the storehouse of wit, the treasury of laughter, the front door of fellowship, and the gate of pleasant folly.
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| jaimetown
DC area
Wine Bottler
Posts:3411
| | 03/26/2008 11:52 PM |
| | Unfortunately I don't have any experience with those vintages (1996 was my first). It also depends how you like your Priorats - if you are like me then you might not find them as compelling as they were in their youth, though likely not completely over the hill. I would give one a go and see how it is doing. | | | |
| jason
Napa Valley
Wine Addict
Posts:6829
| | 03/27/2008 2:25 AM |
| | I want to try some old Priorat (which in theory there really isn't any too old Priorat) because I am interested to see what becomes of the flavors and the structure once secondary and tertiary profiles set in. | | | |
| jaimetown
DC area
Wine Bottler
Posts:3411
| | 03/27/2008 10:11 AM |
| The oldest wine I had was a Scala Dei (forget which bottling, they have more than one IIRC) that was 1994 (tasted in 2006) which was OK. What I don't like about older Priorats is the combinations of flavors - the components individually are of good quality, but I find it lacks a cohesive harmony - does that makes sense?
I did also get to try a 1990 Clos Mogador, which unfortunately was corked. If any wine can go the distance I think Mogador would be my pick. | | | |
| PlanoWino
Plano, TX
Grape Stomper
Posts:181
| | 03/27/2008 2:22 PM |
| | Thanks JT. I guess it will be a big surprise to all of us. I noticed the drinking windows in CT suggest these wines still have a few years left in them. However, I am not convinced these drinking windows are anything but a wild guess. | |
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