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old, growing on schist and granite, which
Dominik Huber happened to discover on
a motorbike ride. It's slow to show itself, all
smoke and spice at first, but with time in the
glass, more notes emerge, building into a
concert of red fruits and mineral notes. § Eric
Solomon Selections/European Cellars, Charlotte, NC
223754
92 | Portal del Priorat
$23
2015 Priorat Gotes (Best Buy) ^ Owner
Alfredo Arribas started the Gotes line in 2008
with the aim of showing that Priorat wines
can be fresh and delicate. This is delicious in
its simplicity of flavors, with deep tones of
strawberries and blackberries. Imagine a barbecue accompanied by this refreshing wine;
it's the perfect company for summer days. §
Elixir Wine Group, Bend, OR
224281
92 | Celler Mas Doix
$40
2014 Priorat Salanques ^ Mostly old-vine
garnacha and cariñena, this blend includes
ten percent syrah off younger vines, all grown
around Poboleda. It's a youthful wine, wild in
black-cherry and gooseberry flavors, spices
and herbs. It feels firm, yet there's enough
room for a lovely acidity to make its way
through, refreshing the palate. Tight and
powerful right now, it needs beef tamales. §
Eric Solomon Selections/European Cellars,
Charlotte, NC
224042
92 | Terroir Al Limit
$30
2016 Priorat Terroir Històric Negre
(Best Buy) ^ Terroir Al Limit established the
Històric Negre line with the goal to produce a
thirst-quenching wine. This red succeeds-a
blend of garnacha (75 percent of the blend)
and cariñena, fermented in cement-offering a small symphony of red fruit flavors, as
the acidity shines. § Eric Solomon Selections/
European Cellars, Charlotte, NC
224161
91 | Buil & Giné
$20
2015 Priorat Giné Giné (Best Buy) ^ At
Buil & Giné, they describe this wine as an
"introduction to Priorat" and, as a gateway,
it works very well. A blend of garnacha and
cariñena, it is intense in red fruit and exotic
spice, with slight touches of slate. It needs at
least five years to achieve its full complexity,
but now, with its powerful texture, it would
match well with beef brisket. § Think Global,
Santa Barbara, CA
224280
91 | Celler Mas Doix
$115
$20
2013 Priorat Doix Costers de Vinyes Velles ^
The first impression this wine gives is of an
oak curtain that hides the fruit. Slowly, it
fades to show the true face of this old-vine
blend of cariñena and garnacha: intense red
fruits and herbs, with a heart of slate sustaining mineral tannins in the background.
It needs time in the bottle to settle down. §
Eric Solomon Selections/European Cellars,
Charlotte, NC
224113
2015 Priorat La Conreria (Best Buy) ^ Jordi
Vidal, winemaker at La Conreria d'Scala Dei,
selects vineyards in heights of northern Priorat for this blend of garnacha, cariñena, cabernet, syrah and merlot. It feels young and
impetuous, with ripe aromas of strawberries
and black cherries emerging from a core of
intense tannins and acidity. It's an energetic
wine for venison stew. § Deutsch Family Wine
& Spirits, Harrison, NY
224183
2016 Priorat Camins del Priorat (Best
Buy) ^ For this entry-point to the red wines
of Priorat, Alvaro Palacios relies on garnacha
and cariñena (70 percent of the blend), adding cabernet and syrah as well. The result is
a delicious and fresh juice, so lively and crisp
that it makes you want to ice down the bottle
and pour it with charcuterie. § The Rare Wine
Co., Sonoma, CA
224044
92 | La Conreria
d'Scala Dei
92 | Família Nin-Ortiz
$40
2016 Priorat Planetes de Nin Garnatxes en
Amfora ^ Ester Nin and her husband, Carles
Ortiz, pull this garnacha from young vines in
the Planetes vineyard, on the outskirts of the
village of Porrera. Farmed biodynamically,
vinified with ambient yeasts and aged for 19
months in clay amphorae, it's a delicious and
refreshing way to enter the world of Priorat.
It's a breeze of fresh air, rich in acidity, juicy
in flavors of red fruits and flowers, with light
earthiness that could come from the amphorae, and which adds complexity and character. § Eric Solomon Selections/European Cellars,
Charlotte, NC
224164
91 | Alvaro Palacios
91 | Torres
$24
$70
2013 Priorat Cos Perpetual ^ Superconcentrated, ripe, full of flavors of candied fruits,
exotic spices and a layer of slaty minerality,
this is the top wine of Torres in Priorat. A
blend of garnacha and cariñena, all from old
vines, it's a little tannic monster that needs
a decade to show complexity. § Ste. Michelle
Wine Estates, Woodinville, WA
224013
90 | Genium Celler
nins. Give this at least five years in the cellar,
as it will gain in grace and complexity. § Grapes
of Spain, Lorton, VA
224043
90 | Torres
$35
89 | La Cartuja
$18
89 | Vinicola del Priorat
$25
88 | Vinícola del Priorat
$25
2014 Priorat Salmos ^ The toasted-coconut
notes of wood sweeten this wine's scents of
blackberry jam. The fruit is ripe and abundant, soft and generous, deep in its flavors.
It needs time in the bottle for everything to
find its right place. § Ste. Michelle Wine Estates,
Woodinville, WA
223814
2015 Priorat (Best Buy) ^ A delicious, refreshing expression of the new Priorat, this wine's
red fruit has enough body for lamb, along
with the acidity necessary to cool you off in
the summer heat. It's brilliant in its minerality, with clear notes of slate. § Olé Imports, New
Rochelle, NY
224051
2015 Priorat Onix Classic (Best Buy) ^ A
juicy blend of 50 percent grenache and 50
percent mazuelo (monastrell), this wine's
ripe cherry and raspberry flavors offer sweetness, while its herbal finish ends on refreshment. § The Artisan Collection, NY
224052
2015 Priorat Clos Gebrat (Best Buy) ^
Mostly garnacha and cariñena, this blend
also includes merlot, syrah and cabernet. It's
a wine with unctuous, mouthfilling flavors of
black fruits and sweet spices that needs lamb
chops. § The Artisan Collection, NY
SPAIN DESSERT
221770
91 | Celler Cooperatiu
d'Espolla
$30
Emporda Soliserena ^ Aged in wood and
then in glass vessels, this garnacha is full of
sweet flavors, with notes of fruit jam and candies. The texture is like creamed honey, the
finish lasting on toasted notes. § Cargo Club,
Medley, FL
221769
90 | Mas Llunes
$60/500ml
Emporda Garnatxa Solera ^ Generous in its
flavors of almonds and candied walnuts, this
wine's honeyed texture allows its acidity to
emerge, lending vigor and extending the candied flavors. Try it with rhubarb cake. § Cargo
Club, Medley, FL n
$45
2012 Priorat Ecològic ^ A bomb of ripe flavors, this explodes on the palate with raspberry marmalade, sweet blackberries and
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