Saida Santana Margalef

9.0

2016 vintage — 7 years ago

Andy Stabile

8.9

A pleasant Bordeaux shared with The Spectrum team tonight. Last work obligation... time for some off time! — 7 years ago

Julia Anastasio

9.1

The 2008 was just a bit better — 8 years ago

Nic Z

9.4

Still youthful. Nose of dark fruits and truffles — 8 years ago

Tom Wood

8.9

Value for $$$, crowd pleaser — 9 years ago

Jeremiah A. Flores

9.2

Deal. Unbelievable price to taste ratio. — 9 years ago

Rachel Salvatore

9.2

Bottle with Emily at The Olive Tree — 9 years ago

Anthony Lynch

9.0

Nice find @Andrew Yandell! Started out soft with dark fruits and garrigue accents, then its bones started to show - mineral, nice build, and more complexity. Balanced and delicious from the first drop to the last. — 10 years ago

Rick Bettan

9.0

Nose of burnt matches and leather. Spicy, full, deep red fruit, extremely dry finish. Drank while watching the Oscars. — 10 years ago

Louise Perold

9.3

Mmmmmm Malbec — 11 years ago

with Joanne

Douglas Braun

8.9

Not usually a right bank fan - that being said really enjoyable cherry fruit herbs oak nicely used background nice acidity great with the slow cooked beef — 7 years ago

Keren Born

9.5

Fresh, crisp & complex. Delicious to just drink on it's own. — 8 years ago

Jennifer

9.4

Beautiful wine.
It never snows in the South...cheers🍷 — 8 years ago

Melody Moore-Wagner

9.2

Kalamata nose mixed with something like dolmas/grape leaves. Tannic, medium body and a bergamot/pine finish. — 9 years ago

Tanya Aleksic

9.0

Very drinkable ;-) — 9 years ago

P Plusquellec

9.0

Nice mix of Bordeaux fruit with soft tannins, velvety — 9 years ago

Robert Rothfield

9.0

As good a Grand Vin De Bordeaux as I've had...a steal from Garigiste — 9 years ago

Louisiana Pizza Kitchen

8.9

High acid sox sauv blanc. Ws 9.20 glazer — 10 years ago

Lynsey White

9.0

Great white blend! Amazing price! — 10 years ago

Karina Cisneros

10

My favorite best buy for under 15! Drinks like a 50$ bottle! Kinda a big deal! — 11 years ago

Andrew Harris

9.8

Lunch in Lyon ... Enough said — 12 years ago

Neil Chevallier

9.5

Nose dry roasted caramel with fruity notes and a tart crisp finish — 7 years ago

Peter Newton

9.3

Great with beef bourgeois. — 7 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

We discovered discover this Garnacha Blanca blend during our May 2015 visit to Clos Mogador. Rene's son Rene had us jump in his old SUV and drove us through their steep and rocky hillside vineyards. If you've had their reds and wondered why fennel notes are there, it grows all over their property. After a tour of their vineyards we went back to their patio for a tasting...and what a view. Shown in the photos. We started the tasting with the 2010 Nelin. It was the first time we'd had it. At the time, one of the more unique whites we'd had in a long time. It was bright, fresh, subdued fruity, tangy with amazing crisp minerality. Afterwards, we went to lunch at "Amics" near by Clos Mogador. The best & most original 4 course lunches we had for seventy euros with a bottle of this wine. Great service and unparalleled accommodation. It didn't have a star but it should. The nicest couple from Brazil run it. Tonight's revisit is the 2011 and it's had a little better than 5 years in the bottle. It's definitely changed. It's, more golden now, weightier, thicker, more oily and picked up not quite a petrol quality. The fruits are; peach, apricot, pineapple, lemon & lime juice. Notes of honey, wild fragrant florals, amazing chalky minerality, perfect round acidity and a round, lush finish that we absolutely love. The blend is mostly Garnacha Blanca with some Viognier, Roussanne & Pinot Blanc. Photos of the property, views, and the father & son winemaking team of Rene & Rene Barbier. Producer history & notes...Clos Mogador produces estate bottled wines in Gratallops, Catalonia in the DOQ Priorat. Founded in 1979 by René Barbier III and his wife Isabelle Meyer. With several friends, they began replanting terraces and recuperating old ones to eventually have their first release in 1989 as Clos Mogador. This name comes from a novel written by an aunt named, Élisabeth Barbier called, “Les Gens de Mogador”, “The people of Mogador”; which chronicles the rise and fall of a family from near Avignon in France on an imaginary estate called, Mogador. Clos Mogador is 13 hectares. Six hectares are made of 80 years old Cariñena vines, two hectares of 6 years old Cabernet Sauvignon vines, three hectares of 6 years old Garnacha vines and 2 hectares of 6 year old are Syrah vines. They use mostly organic methods. It is worth knowing that at the winemaking stage, Rene Barbier uses an olive press instead of a normal wine press to extract the juice. This results in an even more intense wine from what are already highly concentrated grapes from low yields. Try the Nelin, it's simply delicious!!! Cheers. — 8 years ago

Jonathan Gray

9.2

Bouland is the man! This a very spicy but elegant and zippy cuvee. Schist soul — 9 years ago

Maggie Narrigan

9.0

Last night in syr 😕 — 9 years ago

with D

Douglas Rentschler

9.0

Great fruit and structure. A good value. — 10 years ago

Nick Apone

9.1

Tropical floral...very showy. — 10 years ago

Paul Mcneill

9.3

A good friend brought this over and it was a nice treate — 11 years ago

with Ben

Ian Burch

9.0

Thanks Marie Claude! Mmm mmm — 11 years ago

with Christophe