Clos Mogador Manyetes Vi de Vila Gratallops 2015 (750ML)

96 Points, Luis Gutiérrez. Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate: “The 2015 Manyetes Vi de Vila Gratallops, a village Cariñena, is produced with grapes from old vines from a zone in Gratallops where the grape thrives (though the village is better known for Garnacha). It fermented with indigenous yeasts and matured in 300-liter barriques and 2,000-liter foudres for 18 months. Starting with the 2011 vintage, this wine is made with only Cariñena, which comes from a single vineyard that they recently purchased after 15 years of leasing it. And they even bought an additional hectare that they didn't work before, so they will be able to grow a little bit more after 2018. This is always a very fresh wine from a very warm place. It has some graphite and wet slate notes with a marked personality early on. The first Cariñena grapes were picked the first week of September. 4,700 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2017.” 04/18

95 Points, Josh Raynolds, Vinous: “Deep, lurid ruby. An expansive, highly perfumed bouquet evokes ripe red/blue fruits, candied violet, smoked meat, licorice and exotic spices, with a minerally topnote that builds in the glass. Offers deeply concentrated, palate-staining blackberry, boysenberry, bitter cherry and licorice flavors that turn livelier and spicier on the back half. Manages to come off muscular and lively at the same time and finishes extremely long and precise, with resonating florality and steadily mounting tannins. While it's clearly a baby this is a very promising wine.” 04/19