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Bodegas la Cartuja La Cartuja Priorat

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$12.95

Year: 2008
Region: Priorat
Country: Spain
Wine Advocate: 90
Red Wine

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STILL TOTALLY UNDER-PRICED!!

"Bodegas La Cartuja’s 2008 La Cartuja is a blend of 50% Garnacha, 30% Carinena with the balance Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah from organically farmed estate fruit aged in French oak for 8 months. It offers up a reticent nose of graphite, spice box, underbrush, lavender, black cherry, and plum. This leads to a plush, sweetly-fruited, concentrated, mouth-filling wine for drinking over the next 5-6 years. It is an amazing value and a great introduction to Priorat." (WA)

A $12.95 SPANISH RED, THAT’S A KISSING COUSIN OF THE $150 PLUS CLOS ERASMUS 2008 BODEGAS LA CARTUJA, from PRIORAT, SPAIN

I know it is quite a claim that I make in the introduction to this article when I have the nerve to compare this $12.95 (regularly $16) Spanish red to the expensive prestigious Clos Erasmus, all be it that they come from the same Priorat region. Nevertheless, compare it I do and that is after trying several bottles of this La Cartuja in the last month or so. Side by side, the Clos Erasmus is the more complex wine with a longer finish—but is it anywhere near to the almost 15 to 1 price difference? Not by a country mile. The ’08 La Cartuja is an impres¬sive full-bodied red that fits the category of being among the finest red wines in the world selling for under $15 a bottle. Yep, I adore the wine, especially as the only aging is in French Oak, without a trace of Bourbon like American Oak. I agree fully with Robert Parkers, Spanish wine reviewer when he rates the wine a 90 and says, the, “Bodegas La Cartuja’s 2008 La Cartuja is a blend of 50% Garnacha, 30% Carinena with the balance (10%) Cabernet Sauvignon and (10%) Syrah from organically farmed estate fruit aged in French oak for 8 months. It offers up a reticent nose of graphite, spice box, underbrush, laven¬der, black cherry, and plum. This leads to a plush, sweetly fruited, concentrated, mouth-filling wine for drink¬ing over the next 5-6 years. It is an amazing value and a great introduction to Priorat.” Just to avoid any confusion Garnacha is the Spanish name for Grenache and Carinena (called Mazuello in Priorat) is Spanish for Carignan.

RATING: 92

PRICE: $12.95, ***bargain

WHERE: Los Angeles Wine Co.

(Martin's Guide to Wine Bargains)

"Finding any Priorat under $25 is difficult, so when I saw this 90 point example at $12.95, I had to try it. I got hooked on Priorat after drinking the 2004 Mas Doix Salanques. As I was drinking this Priorat for the first time, I found myself comparing it to that wine, which is quite a feat given it’s price. So how does it compare? It’s not as refined or flashy, but it’s also less than 1/3 the price and is easily better than any Priorat I’ve had under $25. In other words, it’s a no brainer for $12.95 or anywhere under $20 for that matter.

I drank this wine for two nights and it was much sweeter and mouth-filling the second night. This medium bodied wine pours a translucent ruby color. Like many young Priorats it doesn’t have an overtly expressive nose, but what it lacks in fragrance, it makes up in flavor which is dry, yet sweet, and finishes with nice length.

If you haven’t experienced the wines of Priorat, Spain, this would be a great place to start. If you already love Priorat, I’m confident that you will be very impressed with the value of the Bodegas la Cartuja. Of note, the last few vintages of this wine have handily outperformed their price points, so watch for this one each year." (Nickel & Dime)

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