Clos i Terrasses - Laurel Priorat 2019 (750ml)
Price: $69.00
Sale Price: $54.00
| Producer | Clos i Terrasses |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Catalonia [Catalunya] |
| Varietal | Grenache |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Sku | 1636059 |
| Size | 750ml |
Wine Advocate: 95+ Points
The 2019 Laurel is quite closed and shows serious and shy. It's made with all the grapes that are not used for Clos Erasmus?young vines the remaining Cabernet Sauvignon (no more than 5%) mostly Garnacha and some 15% Syrah. The wine matured mostly in 2000-liter oak vats concrete and some barrels (she's abandoning the tinaja). It's 15% alcohol but has very good freshness. The wine is round and powerful but very harmonious and with good freshness. It's medium to full-bodied and nicely textured with abundant glossy tannins and fantastic balance. This is both powerful and elegant. It slowly opens up in the glass to ripe berries spice and herbs and a touch of smoke. 18700 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2021. Daphne Glorian and her team are also planting for the future: they replanted Escales her first vineyard in Priorat in 2017/2018 and between 2020 and 2021 she planted over five hectares in Solanes (technically El Lloar) mostly Garnacha and some Syrah with a magnificent view of the village of Gratallops. She bought the property in 2010 but never got around to planting it until now. She needs to increase volumes because there is a lot more demand than supply. I tasted the wines from 2019 and 2020 two challenging vintages that delivered very good wines. 2019 was a drier vintage than 2018 a very dry year (more than warm) that has produced muscular wines that need time in bottle Mediterranean wines from a sunny vintage a vintage Glorian compares with 2012 and 2015. 2020 was the year of mildew but as they farm organically they are constantly working in the vineyards. So they reacted as soon as the mildew appeared but they realized it was a different strain that gave them a lot of work; they treated the vineyards every four days. They ended up losing maybe 10% of the crop but not much more than what she lost in 2019 from the heat wave. The wines from 2020 benefited from the spring rains in terms of freshness and the wines are superbly balanced and have lots of finesse. Even if I didn't taste the 2021 vintage we discussed it a bit; she told me there will be more wine and that the wines will have a different profile that is more delicate lighter and more floral as there was more rain and yields were. I look forward to them... Published: Sep 30 2022
