Bodegas Mas Alta, Priorat, Basseta

Open for 1+ hours before drinking. Still drinking very well. I have had 2025 down as the last year in the drink window, but it is not showing signs of tiring.

The bottle was open for about one and a half hours. It continues to drink well and be a great value.

Just like the last two bottles. It went well with chili for dinner. Continues to be a great value.

Opened about seven hours before service. Served with braised lamb shanks as a horizontal with the 2017 Artigas Priorat also from Mas Alta. Actually, since it was just the two of us, this wine was volunteered to provide some of the braising liquid for said shanks. Massive oxidized sun-ripened tomato on the nose. Honestly, for a long while that was all I could get. I’ve said before that that’s a hallmark of Spanish reds, but it came at the cost …

This wine is one of the best values in my inventory right now. It is drinking way beyond its price point. It is a deep/complex wine with a lot going on. I was perfect with some sausage which was BBQed on the grill.

The wine got "lost" in my Wine Room and have not had a bottle in a while. This bottle was just like an earlier bottle......very good and a great value.

Wonderful! Nice nose and palette. Dark stewed red fruit, light tannins. Paid 24, high QPR in my opinion. Will buy again and again.

Nose: black cherry, soil, licorice, slight heat Palate: begins with fresh cherry notes and moderate acidity. Acidity increases through finish to become quite high. Light chalky tannins. 90 now, but this is too young to drink. Wait 3-5 years.

Closed but focused needs time

Excellent value. Balanced with plum and red fruit, good texture from the tannin. Earthy complexity on the finish. Drinking well now but could tolerate another couple of years of aging.

A very nice wine and a great value. The drink window on cellartracker.com says to start drinking in 2022. I disagree. It is drinking well right now. Classic Priorat style.

Dark berries, herbal, smoother with softer tannins.