Costers del Priorat Pissarres, Priorat DOCa, Spain

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The 2015 Pissarres is a blend of 65% Cari?ena with 35% Garnacha from slope vineyards and is named after the slate soils where the grapes grow. It fermented in concrete vats with indigenous yeasts and matured in oak vats for 12 months. It feels serious and balanced, with a commercial mix of ripe fruit and spicy oak aromas. The palate is medium-bodied, with some dusty tannins and less concentration than I expected, which makes it easy to drink. 40,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in February 2017.

This sleek red shows juicy fruit flavors of cherry and berry, accented by cocoa and toasty oak. Light tannins and fresh acidity lend support. A supple texture leads to a floral and mineral finish. Drink now through 2022. 1,600 cases made, 150 cases imported.??–TM??Region: Spain / Priorat Select to Add

The 2011 Pissarres a blend of Garnacha and Carinena aged for 12 months in oak barrels of different sizes, is a textbook Priorat, with aromas of wet slate and graphite, thyme, rosemary and black cherry aromas, an earthy palate with good acidity and pungent flavors lifted by the alcohol, clean and delineated, quite powerful yet balanced. A typical Priorat showing good value. Drink now-2018. Costers del Priorat is a young enterprise, created in 2005 by five friends from Bellmunt del Priorat. They own vineyards in Torroja and Bellmunt. They produce around 50,000 bottles of wine from their 17 hectares of vineyards. The wines are true to their birthplace. Importer: Specialty Cellars, Santa Fe Springs, CA

The 2009 Pissarres is a blend of 50% Carinena, 35% Garnacha, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Syrah from the sub-region of Bellmunt del Priorat. The wine is aged in 500-liter four- or five-year-old barrels. It has a rather stewed nose of raisin and prune, smudged by the hot summer. The palate is soft and rounded but lacking real backbone, while the finish drifts away. I must confess, I was disappointed with the wines from Costers del Priorat, even more so when I later discovered the prices for wines such as Clos Cypres. They seemed to fall into the cliche of ostentatious, overripe Priorat wine that assumes that more is always better. Perhaps it is no surprise that if I had to choose any of the three tasted, I would opt for the perfectly sound “Elios,” the cheapest wine, because it comes across as less manipulated. Importer: F.L. Navarro, Quality Wines of Spain, New York, NY; tel. (212) 842-8181

The 2008 Pissarres adds some complexity to the mix as well as 2-3 years of aging potential. It will provide a solid dose of simple pleasure through 2020. Importer: Spanish Vines, Columbia, SC; www.spanishwines.com