Clos de la Portal, Priorat, Negre de Negres

Dijk van een wijn. Weinig opgeschreven maar twee dagen enorm van genoten. Tweede dag op z'n top. Complex met schitterende gelaagdheid. Nog eens een flesje opzoeken

Very elegant and restrained Priorat. Big and dark and full of dark fruit but very linear and direct. Floral and mineral notes as well. Great QPR.

Utregs Wijnhuis pop-up at Terroir (Utrecht, NL) : Small tasting glass, more elegant than I expect from Priorat

A private dinner (Restaurant Bennie's, Amsterdam, NL) : Organic viticulture, in conversion to biodynamic, 15 months in foudres and French oak, 14% ABV. Delightful black cherry fruit, liquorous but fresh, violets and roses, palpable stony grip, good weight but avoids excessive ripeness, spicy slate, silky texture, gently grippy tannins covered in flesh, concentrated but transparent, generous and rounded but with a clear and precise expression, youthfully tight and dry finish, very good length.

Mejor añada 2015

(16/20) Very elegant Priorat. Still very young, but already very accessible. Fresh style, nice acidity, beautiful spices in the aromas. Medium intense aromas of blackberry, blackcurrant, red plum, toast, bay leaf, liquorice, milk chocolate, green pepper. Dry wine, medium+ acidity, medium and supple tannins, full body, medium+ flavour intensity, medium+ length finish. 13,5% ABV - Teams tasting by Jeroen

Even more barnyard and funk to it. Mid palate is fine, balanced, if just kinda there.

An organically farmed, already approachable Priorat wine, a blend of 60 % Garrnatxa Negra, 30 % Samsó (Carinyena) and 10 % Syrah, aged for fifteen months in foudres and French barriques. Decanted: one hour prior to tasting. Color: intense purple-red. Bouquet: fragrant nose of blueberry, cassis, licorice, cedar wood and some earthy nuances. On the palate: a well-balanced, rather full-bodied wine dominated by ripe cherry and plum fruit, with a serious depth and silky textured tannins. Finish: long aftertaste with …

Also smells a bit horsey. Or maybe that is just the Musar in the glass. Musar rinse. And a bit more focused on the palate than expected. Lighter than one might think .

Really tasty.. great wine... good spice