Dick Schinkel

9.0

Very nice nose with fresh exotic fruit notes, white fruit, citrus, almonds, on the palate the same pure fruit notes, crispy, fresh, mineral, goes very well with cold lobster and steak tartare ! 90 DSP — 6 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.5

100% Cariñena from vines planted in 1919
Vintage 2017: only 911 Bottles made, this is bottle 827 !!

Rich nose with ripe black and blue berries fruit, herbal notes, tobacco, authum forrest, touch of fine cedar, stil very young right now ofcourse but the palate show a great intensity with layers of ripe black fruits, licorice, Llicorella, ripe fine tannin and a fantastic freshness 95 DSP — 7 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.0

Same notes as before,
Best after a 3 hour decant time!
A blend of 70% Cariñena and 30% Garnacha
Nice nose with dark berries, black cherries, cedar notes and fine herbs, medium bodied on the palate, same fruit flavors, creamy texture, polished tannin, nice basic Priorat. 90 DSP — 7 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.4

A blend of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon and 48% Merlot.
Decanted for 2 hours.
Very elegant nose with perfumed aromas of ripe forrest fruits, blackcurrant, vanilla, sweet cinnamon spice, cigarbox, medium bodied palate with a creamy texture, blackberries, plums, fine cedar and fine ripe tannin, good acidity for balance, Surprisingly lovely wine with a mouthcoating aftertaste, probably at his top now ! 94 DSP — 7 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.6

After a 3 hour decant time, on the nose it shows a lot of black berries fruit, garrique, herbs de Provence , earth, fig, forrest floor, full bodied on the palate, fully integrated tannin, ripe berries fruit flavors, cherries, with spices, well balanced and smooth texture, kirsch, coffee, tobacco, earth, this is drinking very well now ! Long finish ! 96 DSP — 8 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.8

Fantástico Vino !!
Made from 100% Shiraz
Verry rare only 700 Bottles !!!
Verry dark, almost black, color
Fruit bomb nose with verry ripe black and blue berries, smoke, forrest, spices, vanilla, pure chocolate, massive fruit on the palate, with blackberries and flower flavors, a lot of fruit with silky tannins great acid structure, spices, big long aftertaste ! 98 DSP — 10 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.1

Nice C9dP, verry ripe fruit, cedar, earth, soft and aromatic, extremely polished tannins, now at his drinking point I Think !!! 90 DSP — 11 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.8

Of course too young, but many Priorato's are very nice to drink in this young stage/trials before they locked.
Very nice complex bouquet, blue berries, Bay leaves, dark chocolate, cedar wood and autumn forest with a mineral key.
Fresh on the palate fantastic juicy, incredibly beautiful fruit, perfect tannin structure, and with a seemingly endless aftertaste, a heavenly mouth indulgence........ currently 96 + DSP — 11 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.2

After the 100 RPP tasting, now this detoxification wine, still yong now 95+ DSP — 12 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.9

Descendientes de José Palacios Bierzo Corullon La Faraona 2003 rare wine 0.4 Ha. 588 bottles and 6 Magnum's filled!
Sweet nose, intensive, herbs, minerals, and mouth FULL of wine.
98 + DSP
— 12 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.3

Decanted for 2 hours.
Nice ripe fruits notes on the nose with black cherries, plum, lavender, tobacco, medium to full bodied on the palate, fine cedar, silky, elegant, smooth tannin, fine acidity, lovely to drink now ! no Riserva made this year, all the grapes went in the normal Brunello. 93 DSP — 6 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.4

Single vineyard 100% Garnacha, from a plot planted in 1945 at 580 meters above the monastery, 1500 Bottles and 100 Magnums

On the nose black fruits, red cherries, herbs, a hint vanilla, roasted cedar, medium to full bodied, fine layers of ripe dark fruits, ripe fine tannin, lovely acidity, fine cedar, juicy, creamy aftertaste ! 94 DSP — 7 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.7

100% Grenache!
Big expressive nose with ripe sweet blackberries, black cherries, herbs de Provence, lavender, spice, garrique, full bodied on the palate, a very rich wine with layered fruit flavors, herbs and spices, silky tannin, fresh acidity, long aftertaste ! already a beauty !!! 97+ DSP — 7 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.5

Laurel 2011 is a blend of 75% Garnacha, 20% Syrah and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon.
No Clos Erasmus in 2011 so all the grapes went to the Laurel!

A wonderful nose with ripe black fruits, cassis notes, herbs from the hills of Gratallops, tobacco, earth, fine cedar, mocha, medium to full bodied with layers of ripe fruit flavors, Llicorella, creamy notes, delicate melting tannins, impeccable balance, vanilla, a snowflake of dark chocolate on the long long aftertaste ! 95 DSP — 7 years ago

Marianna Caldwell

9.4

This is the DSP Montecito chard from Chris King's Santa Barbara project. Whole-cluster fermented and unfiltered. Beautifully aromatic with bright acidity. This could easily be from burgundy. — 9 years ago

Matt Sterr

9.4

Electric lime. Magically smooth. — 11 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.2

100% Garnacha, cherry red with light violet reflexes.
It has a penetrating aroma of ripe red fruit, pepper, coffee, first it shows notes of plum and currant jam and cinnamon notes appear later. It is a structured fruity wine, ripe tannins, soft and dense. It is long and very fresh.
Probably the most beautiful Guinardera so far! 91+DSP — 11 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.8

Deep ruby red in color.
In the nose: Wowww, a very nice bouquet of Sun riped dark fruit with black berries and wild cherry, pepper, nicely integrated wood, tobacco, autumn forest.
In the mouth: powerful. Soft acidity, with existing but butter soft tannins. Huge concentration. Great long finish. Beautiful mature wine.
The interplay of fruit and tannins that sooo mouth caressing and super fruit-mineral-berry finish, and a snowflake of dark chocolate................. gorgeous!!!
Now optimal mature 97 DSP
— 11 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.1

Decanted for two hours. Aromas of blackberry, raspberry, pencil lead, forest floor and a little bit vanilla. A ripe black and red berry core with mocha, earth and fine tannins, medium to full bodied with a rich texture. Now 92 DSP — 12 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.9

It is the El Pecado 2005
Almost perfect wine 99 DSP
— 12 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.4

Meritxell Pallejà - Torrent - Priorat First vintage !
100% Cariñena
1 barrel made (300 Bottles )
Lovely nose with very ripe black and blue berries fruit, authum forest, sweet spice, espesso, fine cedar, vanill, herbs, full bodied on the palate with ripe black fruit flavors, impeccable balance, fine integrated tannin, great acidity, fine cedar, creamy and juicy aftertaste 94 DSP — 6 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.8

The top wine of this celler!
100% Cariñena Single Vineyard from “El Perer”
Incredible lovely nose with blueberries, blackcurrant, red cherries, herbs from the Porrera hills, authum forest, mocha, dark chocolate, full bodied palate, amazing pure and juicy, with ripe smooth layers of black fruits, kampong pepper, finest toast, Llicorella minerality, a wonderful balance of power and elegance ! 98+ DSP — 7 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.4

Lucky us ...... after 3 Bottles with refermentation in the bottle .... undrinkable !!!!
This bottle is great ! No issues with this bottle!
Beautiful nose with red berries, dark berries, earth, garrique, pepper, on the palate medium to full bodied with pure spicy kirsch, nice acidity, dark chocolate, lovely aftertaste ! 94 DSP — 7 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.1

After the faulty botte 5 months ago, the wineshop owner replaced the bottle 👍
Nice nose with apricot, ripe peach, acacia blossom, nice fruity palate with the same fruit flavors, also some lemon, chalky mineral and spice, fine acidity, young but already drinking beautiful ! 91 DSP — 7 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.6

Instead a picture from the bottle, now a picture from the amazing vineyard where the grapes used for this wine comes from!

A blend of 60% Garnacha and 40% Cariñena from 110+ years old vines!
Gorgeous nose with ripe black and red berries fruits, flowers, very fine cedar, authum forest, fine herbal touch, layered fruit flavors on the full bodied palate, impeccable balance, fine ripe tannin, great acidity, long creamy yummy aftertaste! 96 DSP — 7 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.3

Curius how this is envolved over the last 5 years !
Decanted for 3 hours,
The nose is great with blueberries, blackberries, plum, tabacco, cedarwood, pencilshaving, classic nose that devellopes with more air.
Cassis and dark fruit on the palate with vanilla, chocolate and good acidity, integrated but smooth tannins are still pressent, drinking well now but with a few years cellering this wine will, I think, improve ! Now 93 DSP — 10 years ago

Matt Sterr

9.7

Perhaps the best vodka in the world? Viognier makes for a very aromatic nose. Fruit and nutty flavors on the palate. NOT A NEUTRAL SPIRIT. So good. — 11 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.2

Cupage: 50% Garnatxa Negre, 50% Carinena.
The color is deep cherry red with violet rim.
In the nose, ripe cherries and blackberries, small sound from alcohol, light toasted oak, dark chocolate, espresso coffee, mineral, as so often with wines from Priorat.
Taste: full, ripe cherries, fresh, creamy wood notes, which are nicely merged with fruits, and soft tyre taniennes, and with a medium finish and clear mineral notes.
92 DSP — 11 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.1

Still nice dark Bordeauxred
Beautiful flowers bouquet with dark forest fruit, spices, black currants, cocoa, cigar box, pencil milling waste.
Also in the mouth that typical black Pauillac cassis fruit, fine tannins, and a medium aftertaste.
Not in the decanter but so out of the bottle, A little closed at first, but later in the glass comes this well, this wine is now fine mature, currently 92 DSP — 11 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.1

Here my findings: first 3 hours in the decanter parked, that he has to be necessary.
Still young for a St. Estephe Cru Bourgeois Exeptionel 2009 Royal nose with aromas of Red spicy berries, sweet dark berries, Plum, vanilla, coffee, flowers and a hint of oak.
Surprisingly accessible, yet still pretty in its tannins, but in a style I like.
Will continue to evolve over the next ten years.
Now 91 + DSP
— 12 years ago