The 2009 Miserere is a blend of 27% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Garnacha, 26% Tempranillo, 10% Merlot and 10% Carinena from old vines, with just the Merlot replanted in recent years. It has a lifted mulberry and dark plum-scented bouquet with hints of kirsch and lavender. The full-bodied palate has a tannic, masculine entry with tarry dark fruit (mulberry, blackberry and black pepper) with a dense, broad-shouldered finish that grips the palate. This will need 4-5 years to soften. Drink 2016-2025.
Carles Pastrana was one of the pioneers of Priorat’s renaissance in the 1980s, when viticulture hung by a 700-hectare thread. Alongside Alvaro Palacios and Rene Barbier, Pastrana bottled his first vintage in 1989. His aim is to express the terroir in accordance with the vintage, to reflect its vagaries by always using the same blend of grape varieties year after year, while all his wines are unfiltered. The flagship Clos de l’Obac is one of Priorat’s longest serving wines although I somehow felt that the Bordeaux grape varieties did not quite “gel” with the Rhone.
Importer: Vinea Imports, Seattle, WA; tel. (206) 313-4994; Mono Verde Imports; www.monoverdeimports.com; and Obac Imports; no telephone number available.
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