Sumiller Jefe Restaurante Mugaritz
Head Sommelier Mugaritz Restaurant (España)
It is really fascinating for me to be able to talk about a wine that brings with it so many sensations. It is a liquid symphony which speaks of the total dedication of an entire family, enabling them to produce a unique wine capable of touching our emotions and leaving an eternal souvenir in our minds.
For me, CM14 is a landscape encapsulated in a bottle. With each sip, we are transported to the sloping terraces which are so typical of the Priorat area where the Mediterranean climate unites with the land to give us a wine that expresses itself with force and conviction.
Very few wines in the world acquire a soul! This soul cannot touch physically but can make itself felt. This intangible part is that which touches our hearts. This family has been able to make its mark on us with their burning passion in the form of each bottle produced which transforms the wines therein into something exceptional.
This is a perfect blend of the native grapes (the dominant Garnacha and Cariñena) and the foreign grapes (Syrah and Cabernet-Sauvignon) all of which live happily in the soil of this land.
Here we find red and black fruits as expected, layered with toasted, spicy aromas which give a thought provoking nose. The palate shows us how well the wine will develop during the ageing process which, in its turn, will bring maturity and charisma. This type of charisma is only found in a great wine.
This is a wine where the sun and the land express themselves and this family hears and understands them. This allows them to show the world the magnificence of their region which contributes to the liquid heaven which is CM14.
We consider ourselves privileged to have had the pleasure of tasting such a wine.
Let’s raise our glasses to your very good health.
For the first time in our country, Clos Mogador, one of the prestigious wines made by René Barbier in the D.O.Ca. Priorat, was awarded the prestigious qualification of «Vi de Finca».
“Vi de Finca” is an additional qualification to the D.O.Ca. Priorat certification, which already recognizes this wine. Clos Mogador was the first wine to receive this prestigious qualification in the whole of Spain. It certifies that all grapes used to make this wine over at least the last five years have been sourced from the Clos Mogador single vineyard (five years which can be documented and traced), and at the same time is awarded to a wine which has received international acclaim over at least the last ten years.
2014
Certificat Vi de Finca
