Garnarcha Blend

Clos Mogador 2004

We're doing a spot of renovating at Casa Tinto y Blanco at the moment, so I haven't been drinking much this week.  We've had a couple of disasters as well, so I decided to open something to wash away the past week with.  And what better than a 2004 Priorat to help you forget the woes of the week?

I wasn't going to write this wine up initially, as its quite a rare wine this. The importer sold out in a matter of days (and at a insignificant price hike from 2003) and it seems that only a case or two made it out to other retailers.  This wine has a huge following in Australia, but the huge wrap the Wine Advocate gave it seems to have added to the buying madness. The wine comes in a very cool wooden box that has a very simple system to hold the bottles in place, rather than the normal plywood things that hold the bottle in place.

The nose starts of quite rustic and smokey/sooty and then opens up with mocha, violets and sage. It builds with more air to add blackberry, dark cherry and plums with aniseed.  But its in the mouth where this wine really shines at the moment.  Its the balance and complex fruit characters that put a smile on your face.  Medium bodied, but powerfully concentrated flavours that are well structured.  Oh and the tannins too.  Dark currents and plums with loads of minerals and old gold chocolate on the palate.  This is so young at the moment, it drinks like it could go 20 years no problems.  But drink your 02 and 03 over the next 5 years while you wait for this to come around.  97 Pts.

Source: Boccaccio Cellars RRP: ??? Closure: Conventional Cork