spartan personality

licorice and spices

The wine was made from a blend of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon and 33% Merlot

The fruit still shows plenty of intensity and the tannins have softened

Clos Terrasses (Daphne Glorian), Priorat Erasmus Vintage:2017 spartan personalityI had high expectations for the new wines from Daphne Glorian, of which the flagship is the 2015 Clos Erasmus. Since 2002 there's been no Cabernet in the blend, and the 2015 is a blend of 85% Garnacha and 15% Syrah. It's a wine that spends two winters in barrel. It's still super young, and the winter following the bottling (it was bottled in May 2017 at the same time as the Laurel) is when they tend to show closed. It's very tight and with high