Clos Mogador 2021

Grandioser Priorat

Clos Mogador 2021

Clos Mogador - Rene Barbier

Priorat, Spanien

Wine Advocate (Parker/Gutierrez)

98/100

The eponymous red 2021 Clos Mogador fermented with some 30% full clusters trying to give it more freshness (but without noticing the stems) with a long maceration (40 to 50 days) and (almost) no punching down, with less extraction. There's been a progressive change in the vineyard (they removed the south-facing Cabernet Sauvignon), and they increased Cariñena (around 30%), which in the future will be almost as much as Garnacha. It has aromatic complexity and a beautiful texture. It matured in 2,000-liter oak foudres and a small part in barrel and later in concrete. The wine has 14% alcohol and has the Priorat, Mogador and Mediterranean character (wet slate, graphite, aromatic herbs) with more elegance and freshness. The tannins are also a lot more elegant, and the wine comes through as very balanced. They produced 35,000 bottles of this. It was bottled in June 2023.

There is a new wine from Clos Mogador... a rosé! A village wine from Gratallops that complements another village red from La Figuera (Com Tu).

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