Mas Martinet, Cami Pesseroles

Mas Martinet, Cami PesserolesThe purple colored 2006 Cami Pesseroles is 60% Garnacha and the balance the other permitted varietals of the DO. Earth, mineral, spice box, and black cherry aromas give way to a suave, structured wine with savory fruit, plenty of spice notes, and a lengthy finish. It will benefit from several more years in the bottle and will deliver optimum drinking from 2012 to 2026. Mas Martinet is owned by Jose Luis Perez, one of the original Priorat pioneers. The

The oak is beautifully integrated

The palate is powerful and textural—it was fermented and matured in concrete and has 5

soft and ready to go

Tasted from an ex-château bottle at home

ash and incense along with really refined tannins with intense

(the proportions have changed again and in 2018 are in a 35/65% proportion from Les Languettes in Aloxe and En Charlemagne in Pernand)

and they are played out to good effect in this bottle

and the wine reflects this

It just feels a bit foursquare toward the finish

I was blown away by the multiple layers of silky

violet and spice elements

crushed herbs and notes of red and black cherries