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2015 Mas Martinet Clos Martinet Priorat

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April 16, 2023 - $66

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RATINGS

96The Wine Advocate

...balanced, and the palate feels ethereal for the concentration it has. The tannins are abundant but very fine-grained, and there is a sense of harmony that is captivating.

94Vinous / IWC

Ripe red berries and potpourri on the expansive, mineral-accented nose, with a sexy Asian spice quality adding complexity. Offers juicy, palate-staining raspberry and cherry liqueur and lavender pastille flavors that show superb precision and energy. A hint of white pepper adds spicy back-end cut. The floral and mineral notes carry through an impressively long, focused finish that's given shape by fine-grained, even tannins.

18Jancis Robinson

...plenty of density of rock, rich strawberry and blackberry fruit, liquorice and nutty spice. Compact, firmly structured and dense, with plenty more to give. Lovely core of freshness here.

REGION

Spain, Cataluna, Priorato

Priorat in southern Catalonia is one of Spain’s newer regions for quality wines. With only about 2,500 vineyard acres, it is not one of Spain’s larger appellations, and its rocky mountains and hillsides make for challenging vineyard management. But grapes have been grown here in the rich, volcanic soil since at least the Middle Ages, when Carthusian monks planted vineyards. Bulk wines were the main focus here until the late 1970s, when pioneering Spanish winemakers Alvaro Palacios and René Barbier replanted vineyards and vastly improved winemaking in the region. Clos Mogador, Clos Erasmus and Finca Dofi were some of the now much-admired wineries started in the later decades of the 20th century. By the 1990s many innovative, quality-focused wineries were started in Priorat, making it one of the hottest winemaking regions in Spain. Priorat was made a DO in 1954 but upgraded to the prestigious Demoninación de Origen Calificada, or DOCa, in 2000. (In Catalan, the regional language, the appellation abbreviation is DOQ.) Full-flavored, full-bodied wines with relatively high alcohol content are characteristic of Priorat, with Garnacha (Grenache) and Carinena (Carignan) being the traditional grapes.