Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 As Sortes is also 100% Godello aged for 8 months in foudre sourced from 14 hectares of estate vineyard. Medium straw-colored, it offers up an expressive nose of miner...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Petit Verdot has a very fragrant nose with macerated black cherries and creme de cassis enveloped in a veneer of creamy oak that does not impede the fruit. The palate...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Casajus NIC is the top wine, sourced from a single 1.5 hectare plot that yielded less than 2,500 kilogram per hectare (NIC, by the way, is the abbreviation of Nicolas...

About this Wine: The Cirerets cuvee is made up of 60% Grenache and 40% Carignan, all from steep slopes in llicorella slate. The Carignan portion comes from vines ranging in age from 40-100 yea...

About this Wine: The La Basseta cuvee is a blend of 40% Grenache, 40% Carignan, and 20% Syrah all from steep slopes and aged for 16 months in 60% new French oak.

Wine Enthusiast: You had better love big, burly, meaty reds if you’re going to dig this Syrah, which is ultraripe and lush. The raisiny aroma is almost heavy, while the palate is big but not e...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Dark ruby. Aromas and flavors of raspberry and cherry, with a vanilla overtone. Silky and smooth, with a lingering finish of clove, mocha and vanilla. Easy-going and very d...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: From one of the highest vineyards in Priorat at 600 metres, the outstanding 2009 Els Escurcons is a pure Garnacha grown on llicorella (slate) soils with a higher ferrous conte...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Cami Pesseroles is named after a route taken by travelers (the same origin as "Pezerolles" in Burgundy.) It is a blend of 60% Carinena and 40% Garnacha, the vines mos...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Familia Nin-Ortiz's 2009 Planetes de Nin is sourced from a contiguous 11 acre parcel all planted on llicorella and farmed biodynamically. The wine is made up of 70% Garnacha a...

About this Wine: Ferrer Bobet is all about respect. Respect for the long traditions of vine-growing and wine-making in the Priorat. Respect for the social and economic development of this ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: (70% treixadura, 9% each godello and loureira, 7% torrontes and 5% albarino): Bright gold. An explosively perfumed bouquet evokes fresh melon and apricot, with lively minera...

About this Wine: ...went though its malolactic fermentation in all new French and American barrels, but a portion of the wine was aged in tank...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Antiguos Vinedos comes from four small plots cropped at 3,500 kilogram per hectare, a selection of old vines then raised in new and used oak for 14 months. It has a s...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright purple. Pungent, spice-accented aromas of cherry-cola, blackcurrant, smoked meat and vanilla. Offers deeply pitched dark berry and spice flavors, a suggestion of swee...

Wine & Spirits: Sard'n del Duero is just outside Ribera del Duero, where Abadia Retuerta's wines share the same power and ripeness of the neighboring appellation. This wine's notes of figs an...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright violet color. Smoky perfume of candied cherry and dark berries with a spicy overtone. Pliant and velvety in texture, offering gently sweet cherry and blackberry flavo...

About this Wine: René Barbier creates his intensely concentrated wine from a blend of 40% Garnacha (from 80 year old vines), 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Syrah and 5% Pinot Noir, Mourvedre and ...