Clos Mogador, Manyetes Vi de Vila Gratallops, Priorat

Dark red fruit shines through with trail dust and garrigue adding complexity to this 100% Carignane from Priorat. Not as earth as the 2010 iteration, but layered, balanced and exciting.

Still excellent; you will love it.

Deep Ruby with Garnet edges. This wine has aromas of blackberry, black, currant, tobacco, herbs, eucalyptus, Tar,mushroom, nutmeg, vanilla, and wood. This wine has medium plus tannins and body with high alcohol and medium plus acidity. This wine has a long finish and the flavors match the aromas with the dark fruits, nutmeg, and chocolate predominating. Day two Decanted one hour. Aromas of blackberry, black, currant, briar, herbs, nutmeg, eucalyptus, glycerin, vanilla, and dark chocolate. The tans have softened significantly, …

Never Satisfied From the title of this post, you might surmise that I might have a physiological ailment (you’d be wrong), or that I am a perfectionist (also wrong), but what I suffer from is a slight case of O.C.D. If you recall, last week, I used my Coravin Aerator for the first time; on white wine. I sought to give that gadget a full workout, only using a big red wine to see what results, if any, might change. …

Grilled herbs, fennel, blackberry. Superb balanced wine. Not the most powerful but silky tannins, complexity and excellent lenght make it a great wine . Excellent now. I wonder how it will evolve. Certainly no hurry to drink it.

Stellar wine from Clos Mogador. Dark fruit and raspberry. Full bodied.

Déjà très bon. Beaucoup de fruits noirs à l'ouverture. Prend du volume dans le verre après 15 minutes et devient plus épicé, mais reste très souple et velouté. Très long.