2021 Clos Mogador Vinya Classificada Gratallops Priorat
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Appy hour brings a cult-level Priorat!
One with 98 points, hailing from a single vineyard, and grown in some of the world's most rugged terrain.
And while we value the pros comments and ratings, ultimately the crowds must cast judgement on whether a wine is worthy or not. And judging by the 95+ points on CellarTracker, the sentiment aligns. One person wrote "one of the best wines I've had in a long time" and another lauded it as "Rayas-ish".
Rayas-ish?! Be still my beating heart...but one look at the price and it's pumping again.
This comes from the famed vineyard of Gratallops, and it's powered by Grenache, Carignan, Cabernet and Syrah. The results is one completely charming, gutsy, and singular wine that stands apart from anything else.
Trust your Agents! We'll leave the pros to put words to what's in the glass but it's head-spinning stuff, for sure!
98 points - Wine Advocate "The eponymous red 2021 Clos Mogador fermented with some 30% full clusters trying to give it more freshness (but without noticing the stems) with a long maceration (40 to 50 days) and (almost) no punching down, with less extraction. There's been a progressive change in the vineyard (they removed the south-facing Cabernet Sauvignon), and they increased Cariñena/Carignan (around 30%), which in the future will be almost as much as Garnacha. It has aromatic complexity and a beautiful texture. It matured in 2,000-liter oak foudres and a small part in barrel and later in concrete. The wine has 14% alcohol and has the Priorat, Mogador and Mediterranean character (wet slate, graphite, aromatic herbs) with more elegance and freshness. The tannins are also a lot more elegant, and the wine comes through as very balanced. They produced 35,000 bottles of this. It was bottled in June 2023."
97 points - James Suckling - "A beautiful, fresh red with lots of vibrancy. Mineral, flint, freshly crushed blueberries and red berries. Juicy, polished tannins with a little more crunch to the fruit this year. Has a nice firmness compared with the sweeter tannins in 2020."
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