Torres, Penedes, Gran Coronas Mas Plana

Brown/ red colour Smells old, mushroom, a bit musty, some tobacco Very mellow and to be honest a little too old on the palate but it's not finished. Not by a long way. There's sweet fruit and spices. Quite delicate but plenty of life. If you like an old Bordeaux, you'll like this. 16.5/20

1989 vintage

From a pristine bottle, held since release in perfect conditions. The cork has just a touch of staining, around 1/4 of the way up, otherwise perfect. This pours medium ruby in the glass, opaque at the core. The nose is classic cabernet showing black currant, blackberry, ripe plum, green tobacco leaf, leather, and gravel. The palate enters on sweet and juicy dark fruit. The mid-palate is gravelly with medium tannin and medium acid. The finish closes nicely on the plummy …

1995 vintage

Genka Wine Fair (Divani Hotel) : 1hr decant, Gran Coronas Mas La Plana, 12.50%, 6 months in new French and US oak and then 12 months in 2nd and 3rd use -/- The wine shows dried red fruit, there are gamey notes, dried cranberry, some olive notes, herbal notes, ethereal, decadent, welcoming, old oak frame, spicy. Palate shows med body, finesse, dried red fruits, currants, cherries, the tannins are there, spicy, herbal notes, interesting. The tannins are still there, the …

1989 vintage

Genka Wine Fair (Divani Hotel) : 1hr decant, 13.50%, late harvest (October), rainy vintage but not all that bad, 18 months in Nevers new oak -/- Very tasty, spicy, paprika notes, smoked notes, cured meat, whole spice, still firm oak frame In the palate, the wine shows the same flavour profile, the tannins are there, quite vibrant, bold even, smoked notes, thick oak profile, tight (and a bit astringent) tannins, spice frame, peppery finish. The wine stayd impressively stable throughout …

1996 vintage

Perfect cork in a sense: only 2 mm saturated and was extracted in one piece without any effort. Also: the cork reeked of TCA as I removed the foil. After thoroughly cleaning it and attracting the cork, the mouth of the btl still reeked terribly much. 🦨 Thinking that the wine was probably gone, I sucked some with a straw. Lo and behold! The wine was pristine! So I taped up the inside and outside of the mouth with Gorilla …

1989 vintage

Still enjoyable, but I recommend drinking it quite soon.

1989 vintage

Still had fruit. Twenty seven years old. Cork was soft and difficult to extract. Decanted for 24 hours. Licquorice, chocolate flavours.

1995 vintage

Bouchonnée solide!

1996 vintage

Just started

1996 vintage

Spanish Seductress: Torres más la Plana red wine -deep red color ; dark fruit , prune and black cherries on the nose ; earthy , mineral , leather and dark fruits on the palate; thick rounded tanning. Medium finish . Pairing with lamb fillet pasta .One of the best wine from the vineyards of Miguel Torres.

1996 vintage

Estelar!! 90 mins on decanter, great quality bottle, long, long black cherry finish,a 24 year old wine starting to develop thiertiary notes of saddle & pencil shavings, round integrated tannins, incredible w/food pairings @ Maximo Bistrot for Iñaki’s graduation celeb. 3 hrs latter I can still enjoy the aftertaste. Just a bit sad that I don’t have more of this😞

1996 vintage

Dyp rød med mursteinsrød kant. Slanke tårer. Svisker, tobakk, mineraler, moreller, kaffe, hint av paprika. Kirsebær, tørket rødbær, moreller, parfyme. 92 helt hul, og kommer som en kule på slutten.

1995 vintage

Blind: Tobakk, markjordbær, anis, sopp, tørket frukt, parfyme. Brune kanter. Frisk munn, litt magrere i munn, flott struktur, sopp, Elegant, komplekst, ikke like rent som forrige Gevrey. Lekker dybde. Stålmineraler, veldig mye struktur. Kirsebær og paprika. Sopp og skogbunn kombinert med frukt. Deilig balanse. Ingen gjettet at dette var en spanjol. 94-95 Torres Gran Coronas, Mas la plana, Gran reserva. 1985. Kjøpt i 1996

1985 vintage

Basically, this bottle was over. Little bit dusty, ferrous, cigar box, drying. The acidity rises quickly. Only 12% and it is very light indeed. It says on the bottle that it was a hot vintage. It really wasn’t showing much. I put it into the little Tondonia glass to concentrate it.

1985 vintage

Un beau Mas la Plana mature! Couleur rubis avec teinte brique. Nez envoûtant de fruits rouges secs, prunes, cuir, animal, et olives. En bouche, c'est complexe, une explosion des fruits rouges mures et secs, prunes, avec un beau côté cuir, terre, humide, fumée. On goûte moins l'arôme d'olives. Les tannins sont légèrement asséchants lors du PNP, je crois qu'il y a encore de la place pour de la cave.

1996 vintage

Glorious after about an hour in the decanter.

1985 vintage

Deep aromas of black currants, a touch of green bell peppers and cedar. The palate echoes the nose adding soft tannins structured by acidity. Perfect to drink now and will keep at least another 5 years.

1996 vintage

Amazingly good wine!

1995 vintage

If you still have some, drink it

1996 vintage

Not decanted.opened three hours before service. Eye. Dark red to brown borders Nose. Tertiary elements such tobacco, leather at first. Then fruits opened up. Plum, mirtilos, essenciallt black mature fruits. Palate. Fruits along some chocolate, cofre. Little Bitter at first then well integrated wine. Still alive. I would keep a couple og years in cellad if I had another bottle....

1996 vintage

Boisée peu apparent, tanins très polis. Malheureusement, les saveurs s'estompent tranquillement, mais sûrement. On reconnait le CS, mais le fruité est tellement estompé, qu'il est plus difficile de le reconnaitre. Honnêtement, peu intéressant à ce stade-ci. Meilleur entre 5-10 ans probablement. RQP **1/2

1996 vintage

Decanted for about an hour. Just mature enough so it still has fruit, but starts to mute to delicious flavors of cedar, tobbaco and earth. Beautifully balanced and very enjoyable.

1996 vintage

Cacao , cèdre , fruits noirs séchés , léger cigare/tabac , tannin et bois bien intégrés , super frais pour un vin de 20 ans , belles notes d'évolution 91-92

1996 vintage

13.5%. Purchased on release, kept temperature controlled since. Smooth and supple, with a noticeable green pepper tinge to the aroma. Peak drinking now.

1996 vintage

After nearly 20 years in the bottle this wine is drinking very good. Medium body, light amber at the edges, good nose with berries and fruit. Wine has held up exceeding well, still good for 5-8 years in the cellar. Enjoy with a good steak.

1996 vintage

En parfaite forme: délicat, fondu, mais encore du fruit et de la vivacité!

1985 vintage

Deep garnet in color with slight bricking edges. Nose of crushed dark berries and hint of leather. Tastes of black currants, blue berries, moca, and a pleasant earthiness. Supple and integrated tannins. Well balanced and not showing its age. Not likely to improve, but should drink well for 3-5 years.

1996 vintage

Oxidized and dead.

1987 vintage

Weekly tasting group #149; Simply Red (A mixed set) (@ CvR) : In the bouquet impressions of coffee, chocolate, iron and blood. On the palate jammy ripe fruits, some leather and autumn impressions, beautiful acidity and soft tannin. The wine is still beautiful, but in the last stage of its mature life. My suggestion would be to drink it between now and 2016.

1996 vintage

Not their best but awesome nevertheless!

1996 vintage

Miguel Torres Masterclass and Mas La Plana Mini Vertical (Grande Bretagne Hotel, Athens, Greece) : This was obviously oxidized. Tasted from 2 bottles with consistent results.

1989 vintage

Torres Tasting (Grande Bretagne Hotel, Athens) : Clear medium ruby color with garnet hues. The nose is clean, medium intensity, a quite different character than the previous vintages, tobacco with a more earthy, blackcurrant and black berry with spicy notes, incense?, not too typical I dare say wtih jammy notes, cigar box, developing with a fine mixture of youth and age there. The winemaker said like an old man running and rightly so!!! The wine is dry, medium body, medium …

1996 vintage

Miguel Torres Masterclass and Mas La Plana Mini Vertical (Grande Bretagne Hotel, Athens, Greece) : This was the star of the vertical to most. Medium to dark garnet. Complex and refined nose, herbal, etheral and quite Bordeaux-like with smoke, cassis, mint, fennel and cumin. Medium-bodied with firm tannins, youthful and vibrant fruit, balanced and long. Still a long way to go.

1996 vintage

Torres Tasting (Grande Bretagne Hotel, Athens) : Clear, evolved brick red color. Clean, medium intensity, more juicy with black fruits, tobacco leaves, sweet spices, currants and berries, sweet oak, developed. The wine is dry, medium body, medium intensity, medium acidity, medium alcohol, medium tannins, balaned, coffee, currant, berries, bell pepper, tobacco, mocca, medium finish. Outstanding quality of course but there was something lacking in it, premium price, drinking now. Lucky enough that I didn't get a flawed bottle...

1989 vintage

Bouteille et bouchon en parfaite condition. Non carafé. High fill. Couleur rubis avec des nuances brique. Le 1er nez est sur la réserve, il faut bien 60 minutes dans le verre pour que les premiers arômes, menthol, sous-bois, en sortent. En bouche, le vin apparaît comme assez simple, rectiligne, de moyenne envergure, avec des tanins un peu asséchants. C'est bien fait mais sans éclat! Après 24 heures, le nez a pris des arômes lactés et d'écurie. La bouche se tient …

1996 vintage

Ahhh THIS wine made up for my previous bottle tonight which was bad. Strong and robust, best wine in the Torres family

1985 vintage

Mas La Plana Tasting with Miguel Torres (Jaleo - Washington, DC) : A rich ruby-purple color. Darker and younger on the nose, with plum, black cherry, mocha, earth and pepper. Over the course of the evening the aromas opened up more and more to show earthy and spicy notes. Firm tannins combine with medium acid (noticeably less acid than the previous two vintages). This wine is more about purity of fruit, with its plum sauce and fig paste approach, backed …

1996 vintage

Straight from bottle. Barnyard and leather nose. Just right. Delicious.

1996 vintage

Best wine in Spain!!!

1996 vintage

notes to follow

1995 vintage

Overwhelmed by VA. Over the hill or possibly mistreated in the past.

1987 vintage

beau vin sur le cèdre et le cassis, belle longueur au nez, on voit feuilles mortes, fruits confits presque cuits

1996 vintage

Horrible wine. Dark and cloudy with a musty smell and flavor.

1985 vintage

3h dekantointi vain paransi viiniä hyvin voisi vielä muutaman vuoden varastoida!

1989 vintage

Apple core nose with dark berry fruit, loamy notes, peashoots and cinnamon oak. Medium bodied, balanced and rounded palate. Mid-intense fruit. Earthy good length finish. Probably a bit defective bottle in one way or another. Slightly corked?

1995 vintage

DOA. Too bad.

1985 vintage

Deep inky color, nose of red and black fruit, tobacco, forest and truffle. Palate of dense black cherry and some red fruit notes.

1989 vintage

Since these are his birthday wines, we cracked the first bottle of this Mas La Planas'87 on his 21st birthday. We celebrated with Arlyne and Roe, Nancy, Geoff and his dear friend and young wine enthusiast, Zak. This bottle had a strong, leathery, dry almost stinging nose. I feared for its life. the the taste shocked all with its rich fruit, Cab sweetness and long length. I'm celebrating Geoff again with this wine tonight. I'm alone so that I can …

1987 vintage

Still very dark ruby color. Very earthy, almost Bordeaux-like nose minus the barnyard. Nose of sage, oak, almost ethereal. The texture is soft and silky - just glides effortlessly. Flavors of black currant, red berries, vanilla, oak. Very mild tannins. Great stuff and well worth the wait. Drink now.

1989 vintage

Old, over the hill. Still nice, but dying

1985 vintage

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