Vinyes de Costers de Mas Igneus, Priorat, Spain

馬斯格諾伊斯酒莊科斯特爾紅葡萄酒

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The 2006 Costers, a blend of 80% Garnacha and 20% Carinena, is a glass-staining opaque purple. It presents an enthralling nose of liquid minerality, truffle, underbrush, incense, black cherry, and blueberry. An infant on the palate, it is dense, still tightly wound but succulent, and impeccably balanced. It demands another 6-8 years of cellaring and will offer a drinking window extending from 2016 to 2030. Importer: Opici Wines , www.opiciwines.com

The 2004 Costers de Mas Igneus is 80% Garnacha Negra and 20% Carinena sourced from vines over 80 years old and aged for 12 months in new Allier barrels before bottling without fining or filtration. Opaque purple in color, it reveals a complex bouquet of wood smoke, toast, slate, damp earth, black cherry, and blackberry liqueur. This is followed by a full-bodied, opulent wine with layers of fruit, earthy spiciness, a smooth texture, and a long, pure finish. Give it 3-4 years of additional cellaring and drink it through 2025. Mas Igneus, which released its first wines in 1997, claims to be the first in Priorat to produce certified organic wines (those labeled FA). The current releases include one white wine. Only a tiny percentage of the wine produced in Priorat is white but they can be some of the most interesting white wines made in Spain. Importer: Opici Wines , www.opiciwines.com

The outrageously delicious 2001 Costers de Mas Igneus Old Vines is fashioned from the winery's six oldest parcels (planted between 1901-1920). A blend of 65% Grenache and 35% Carignan aged one year in new French oak, it is bottled without fining or filtering. It boasts an opaque purple color as well as a beautiful perfume of black raspberry liqueur, cassis, minerals, kirsch, and flowers, superb purity, a lush, layered texture, and a tremendously persistent finish that lasts for 40+ seconds. Moderately high tannin in the finish suggests aging of 3-5 years will bring even more attention to this impressively endowed wine. Anticipated maturity: 2007-2020. This is an outstanding value. Importer: Jorge Ordonez, Fine Estates From Spain, Dedham, MA; tel. (781) 461-5767; Opici Wines , www.opiciwines.com