awards&recognitionssept.2018

Awards & recognitions
September 2018

Awards & recognitions
1902 cc 2014
110-year-old Carignan vines (100%)
Grapes grown exclusively on steep slate hillsides (350/450 m) and picked by hand
using 10kg boxes. Selection in vineyard and berry by berry on a double sorting
table in the winery. 16 months in new, fine grained French oak barrels.
Aprox. 850 numbered bottles. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.
99
August 2018
Best red wine of the 2019 Guide.
Color: very intense cherry.
Aroma: complex, expressive, spicy, mineral.
Mouth: elegant, full, long, persistent.
19,5
June 2018
Ferran Centelles
Extremely deep on the aromatics, showing never-ending fruit,
spice and juicy wild berries. The oak sensation is creamy, almost
sweet. What a motivating nose! Delicious and elegant, with
weight and class accompanied by an electrifying acidity! Smooth,
soft and velvety tannins, a really mouth-coating wine. Outstanding
Priorat that is over the top! (FC) 14.5% Drink 2016- 2025.
97+
April 2018
Luis Gutiérrez
2014 was a mild year complicated by rains in September, which
required sorting grapes. This resulted in a 2014 1902 Centenary
Carignan with half a point less alcohol than the cool 2013. This
2014 feels exactly like something in between the 2013 and 2015
vintages—with the freshness and tension of 2013 and the power
and ripeness closer to 2015.
It has a good compromise between power and elegance; it’s concentrated
but with tension and freshness, lots of tannins but not
astringent. A very concentrated but harmonious Cariñena, one of
the best in Priorat. Only 864 bottles were filled unfined and unfiltered
in April 2016 after 16 months in new French oak barrels.
97
February 2018
Jeb Dunnuck
The wine is fermented all in tank and aged in new French oak.
Deep purple/opaque colored and offering awesome notes of blueberries,
liquid violets, plums, mint, and graphite, this beauty has
bright, juicy acidity, gorgeous fruit, fine tannin and a great, great
finish. I finished my note on this with “Awesome Wine!”
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Awards & recognitions
1902
110-year-old Carignan vines (100%)
Grapes grown exclusively on steep slate hillsides
(350/450 m) and picked by hand using 10kg boxes.
Selection in vineyard and berry by berry on a double
sorting table in the winery.
Aged 16 months in new, fine grained French oak barrels.
850 numbered bottles, unfined and unfiltered.
2015
96
2014
97+
19,5
99 (1)
97
2013
97
96 (2)
2012
2010
2009
1st vintage
97
98
97
19
96 (2)
96 (2)
96 (3)
94
93
93
2011 not bottled
(1) Best red wine of the guide 2019 and Podium
(2) Podium
(3) Vino revelación
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Awards & recognitions
Doix 2014
110-year-old Carignan vines (55%) and 80-year-old Red Grenache vines (45%).
Grapes grown exclusively on steep slate hillsides (350/450 m) and picked by
hand using 10kg boxes. Selection in vineyard and berry by berry on a double
sorting table in the winery. 16 months in new, fine grained French oak barrels.
Aprox. 6.000 bottles. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.
95
18,5
17
94
96
April 2018
Luís Gutierrez
I had two vintages of the old-vine cuvée to taste side by side,
starting with the 2014 Doix Costers de Vinyes Velles. Made of
55% Cariñena and 45% Garnacha from old vines on slopes
on slate llicorella soils, the fermentation and aging are the
same as for the centenary Carignan: fermentation in stainless
steel with neutral yeasts and an élevage of 16 months
in new French barriques. It has moderate alcohol and high
acidity. It has already started developing some tertiary notes
and shows some graphite and wet slate notes. The palate
shows great balance, with concentration and freshness—
what you’re aiming for in a wine like this where pure power
might be too much. 5,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in
April 2016.
June 2018
Ferran Centelles
Superb fruit stuff! Dense, rich and opulent small berries.
Extremely promising wine on the aromatics: fleshy and delicious
fruit. Impressive intensity with a cutting salty acidity.
Deep and showing layers and layers of fruit. (FC)14.5% Drink
2017-2024.
May 2018
Jancis Robinson
Dark crimson. Complex smoky minerals on the nose. Warm
and molten! Old vines and lots of terroir powdered into this
glass. Manages not to be too heay. Dry end. Lots to lick on -
really is like sucking a stone. 14.5%. Drink 2018-2025.
October 2017
Guía Peñín 2018
Color: cherry, maroon rim. Aroma: powerful, candied fruit,
mountain herbs, fine cocoa. Palate: balanced, full, tasty,
structured.
February 2018
Its deep ruby/purple color is followed by a beautiful perfume
of blueberries, violets, graphite, lead pencil and iris flower.
Just insanely pure, perfumed and complex, with full-bodied
richness, this beauty glides across the palate with no weight,
incredible tannin quality, no hard edges, and beautiful purity.
While this cuvée used to be richer and slightly more concentrated,
it’s more elegant, pure, and seamless today, without
sacrificing intensity.
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Awards & recognitions
Doix
110-year-old Carignan vines (55%) and
80-year-old Red Grenache vines (45%).
Grapes grown exclusively on steep slate hillsides (350/450 m) and
picked by hand using 10kg boxes.
Selection in vineyard and berry by berry on a double sorting table
in the winery.
Aged 16 months in new, fine grained French oak barrels.
6.000 bottles unfined and unfiltered.
2015
94
93
2014
95
18,5
94
96
2013
95+
93
90
95 (1)
93
93
2012
95
93
90
94
94
2010
95
92+
17,5
94
94
94
2009
95-98
93
93
93
2008
95
93
2007
95
92
17
2006
97
93
93
2005
98
95
2004
98
93
2003
98
2001
98
17
2011 not bottled
(1) Gold medal - 2016 Decanter world wine awards
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Awards & recognitions
Salanques 2015
Old Red Grenache vines (65%), old Carignan (25%) and Syrah (10%).
Grapes grown exclusively on steep slate hillsides (350/450 m) and picked by hand
using 10kg boxes. Selection in vineyard and berry by berry on a double sorting table
in the winery. 14 months in fine grained French oak barrels. Aprox. 20.000 bottles.
Bottled unfined and unfiltered.
92+
93
91
April 2018
Luis Gutiérrez
A similar blend of 65% Garnacha, 25% Cariñena and 10% Syrah resulted
in a 2015 Salanques with higher ripeness and notably lower acidity,
reflecting a much warmer and drier year. It’s ripe and with lots of earthiness,
mineral and characterful, with ripe fruit without excess, elegant
tannins and a polished, sleek texture within the rusticity of the zone.
18,000 bottles were filled in March 2017.
February 2018
Jeb Dunnuck
The 2015 Salanques comes from a steep, three-hectare vineyard located
near the village of Poboleda. This deep ruby/purple colored beauty offers a
stunning bouquet of blueberries, raspberries, violets, and hints of resinous
herbs and flowers. Medium to full-bodied, with a light, graceful, elegant texture
that just glides across the palate, It’s not huge, but has plenty of intensity
and length.
August 2018
Color: bright cherry.
Aroma: with character, complex, woodwork, spicy.
Palate: ripe, full fruit, ripe tannins, spicy, dry but ripe tannins.
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Awards & recognitions
Salanques
Old Red Grenache vines (65%), old Carignan (25%) and
Syrah (10%).
Grapes grown exclusively on steep slate hillsides
(350/450 m) and picked by hand using 10kg boxes.
Selection in vineyard and berry by berry on a double
sorting table in the winery.
Aged 14 months in fine grained French oak barrels.
20.000 bottles unfined and unfiltered.
2016
92 *****
2015
92+
91 *****
93
2014
93
98 (3)
92
17
2013
93
92
92 (1)
92
93
2012
92
92
90 (2)
92
93
2011
91
93
17,5
2010
92
92
92
2009
91-94
91+
92
2008
91
91
2007
93
91
2006
93
90
15,5
2005
93
91
2004
94
2003
95
(1) Silver medal - 2016 Decanter world wine awards
(2) Gold medal - 2016 Decanter world wine awards
(3) Gold medal - 2017 Decanter world wine awards
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Awards & recognitions
Les Crestes 2016
Red Grenache vines (80%), old Carignan (10%) and Syrah (10%).
Grapes grown exclusively on steep slate hillsides (350/450 m) and picked by
hand using 10kg boxes. Selection in vineyard and berry by berry on a double
sorting table in the winery. 9 months in fine grained French oak barrels.
Aprox. 40.000 bottles. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.
92
90
91***
92
April 2018
Luis Gutiérrez
Grapes from younger vines are used for the 2016 Les
Crestes, which is also released earlier. It’s a blend of
Garnacha with 20% Cariñena and 10% Syrah matured
in second use French oak barrels for eight months.
2016 was a dry growing season saved by a cooler September
with some rain, which resulted in a relaxed
and long harvest of grapes with good ripeness and
acidity. It’s young, tender and aromatic, a gentle Priorat
with a juicy palate and a fresh personality. Really
attractive and pleasant. 48,000 bottles produced. It
was bottled in June 2017.
Silver medal
October 2017
Guía Peñín 2018
Intense purplish red, cardinal crimson rim with a thickly tinted
tear that flows throughout the glass.
February 2018
Outstanding notes of black cherries, blackberries, graphite,
lead pencil shavings, violets and beautiful minerality all
emerge from the glass and this beauty is ripe, plump, rounded,
and incredibly textured on the palate, with sweet tannin.
It’s a beautifully pure, sexy, little fruit bomb to drink over the
coming 4-5 years.
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Awards & recognitions
Crestes
Red Grenache vines (80%), old Carignan (10%)
and Syrah (10%).
Grapes grown exclusively on steep slate hillsides
(350/450 m) and picked by hand using 10kg boxes.
Selection in vineyard and berry by berry on a double
sorting table in the winery.
Aged 10 months in fine grained French oak barrels.
30.000 bottles unfined and unfiltered.
2017
90
2016
92
91***
90 (1)
92
2015
91***
90
2014
92
2013
92***
2012
94
92***
15,5
2010
92
91
(1) Silver medal - 2018 Decanter world wine awards
celler mas doix - poboleda - d.o.q. priorat info@masdoix.com tel. (+34) 649484297 www.masdoix.com