Celler Pasanau El Vell Coster Priorat 2006
Cabernet Sauvignon
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Robert
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Product Details
Varietal
Producer
Vintage
2006
Size
750ML
ABV
14.5%
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Winemaker Notes
"The Old Slope." Produced from a steep southfacing slope llicorella (decomposed slate) planted in the 1940s exclusively to the Mazuelo variety. Fermentation takes place in French oak roll fermenters, followed by malolactic and aging in new French oak barriques. 2006 vintage has been blended with 6% old vine Garnacha and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon from Finca la Planeta. 100 cases made.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2006 El Vell Coster is 100% Carinena aged for 18 months in 400-liter French oak. It offers up an alluring bouquet of pain grille, lavender, cinnamon, liquid mineral, incense, and blueberry. Layered and nearly opulent on the palate, it conceals enough ripe tannin for another 5-7 years of evolution. This succulent, sexy effort has a 60-second finish. Its drinking window will extend from 2015 to 2030.
Other Vintages
2005-
Robert
Parker
The Pasanau family are perennial growers in Priorat, with vineyards located in the highest municipality of the region, literally skirting the sheer rock wall of the Sierra de Montscant, which forms the Priorat's viticulture boundary to its north and west.
At over 2,400 feet, Pasanau's "Finca La Planeta" dominates the regional landscape and experiences Priorat's widest daily temperature variation. This helps to retain freshness in the concentrated, late-harvested grapes, resulting in a uniquely tight-knit, albeit typically powerful Priorat style. The long, arid growing season, as elsewhere in Priorat, severely limits yields while packing the fruit with mineral extract and complexity.
CLAPASANAU_2006 Item# 105785