Cellers de la Cartoixa Montsalvat, Priorat DOCa, Spain

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This red is dense and savory, offering dried cherry, tobacco and black olive flavors, accented by brick, forest floor and leather notes. The firm tannins are well-integrated and balsamic acidity keeps this balanced. Mature in character, harmonious and still lively. Carignan and Grenache. Drink now. 1,000 cases made, 200 cases imported.??–TM??Region: Spain / Priorat Select to Add

Firm and graceful, this red shows plum, licorice, toast and mineral flavors over a solid backbone, with just enough acidity for liveliness. The floral, spicy finish brings you back for another sip. Drink now through 2018. 250 cases made.??–TM??Region: Spain / Priorat Select to Add

The 2004 Montsalvat is 100% Carinena sourced from 80-100-year-old vines and aged for 18 month in new French oak. A glass-coating opaque purple color, it proffers a brooding aromatic array of scorched earth, mineral, leather, lavender, plum, and blackberry. Opulent on the palate with a Reubenesque personality, the wine is dense, powerful, and succulent. Give this lengthy offering 4-5 years of additional cellaring and drink it from 2014 to 2024. In 1996 Francesc Sanchez Bas built his winery in the Priorat village of La Vilella Alta and began producing his own wines from estate vineyards.Importer: Winebow Inc., New York, NY; www.winebow.com

Tobacco, raisin and leather notes show maturity in this rich, firm red. The tannins are still thick, but plum and cola flavors have depth and persistence. Cari?ena and Garnacha. Drink now through 2012. 500 cases made, 60 cases imported.??–TM??Region: Spain / Priorat Select to Add

The 2002 Montsalvat is 70% Carinena and 30% Garnacha from 80- to 100-year-old vines. The wine was aged for 18 months in new French oak before bottling without fining or filtration. Opaque purple-colored, it has a great perfume of pain grille, slate, spice box, black cherry and wild blueberry. Already complex, sweet, and forward, the wine has wonderful flavors but is a bit lacking in depth, probably due to the vintage. It will provide great pleasure over the next 12 years.Importer: Winebow Inc., www.winebow.com