About Vall Llach
From the small Priorat village of Porrera, owners Lluis Llach and Enric Costa specialize in old vine Grenache and Carignan. Their velvety-rich wines are strikingly concentrated and loaded with sweet, spicy berry fruit, with normally suave tannins...
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2007 Vall Llach Embruix Priorat
Producer: Vall Llach
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: other red varietal
Origin: Spain
Region: Priorat
90 Points | International Wine Cellar , September/October 2011
(30% each of garnacha and carinena, 20% cabernet sauvignon and 10% each of syrah and merlot): Bright purple. Candied cherry and blackberry aromas are complemented by notes of licorice, graphite and violet; smells a bit like a northern Rhone wine. Penetrating dark berry flavors start off sweet and broad but tighten up in the mid-palate, picking up bitter cherry and black pepper qualities. Finishes gently tannic, with very good breadth and cling. This packs a heady 15.75% alcohol.
91 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate
Member Notes
10/03/2011
by asdv12520982
Big and alcoholic, but all in balance. Didn't taste like a cherry vanilla oak bomb like the few other Priorats that I've had
Outstanding
10/03/2011
by BManJr14041455
Bright with dark cherry and currant flavors full of spice. Been enjoying my 6 bottles. Hope it's offered again and I'm in for a case
re-taste
08/14/2012
by Ted Booth
I've finished the last bottle of this wine. It wasn't one I wanted to keep around for long. It was good but not necessarily to my taste. I especially like acidic and somewhat tannic wines. This wine was neither. But that doesn't mean others wouldn't like it just fine. Tons of ripe fruit and maybe to an extracted level. My wife loved it. I liked it.
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Another wonderful wine from Val Llach.
05/21/2012
by Kozink13780204
Our first tasting was 2 years ago and revealed a young wine in need of some maturation. Now that we've had time to let this one cellar it has come to be a "go to" wine. We have wine I prefer to this but I have yet to serve this and not have everyone enjoy it. Brought a couple of bottles to the chef's table at Dante's (if you're ever in Cleveland don't miss it) and it was so good I should have brought a third.
A wonderful example of a great Priorat
12/14/2011
by Koscheski12393104
My first Prioirat from this winery was the '05 Idus which I have been unable to get since then. This is a close second to that with a very smooth balance of flavors and complex nose as the evening goes on. Might consider decanting early but great straight out of the bottle. I"m glad I have 5 more bottles.
Great Value
11/12/2011
by Stillman14099116
Not much on the whole superlatives thing, but I can say that this wine is excellent, dry, beautiful color, very nice oaky finish . . . drink it!
11/12/2011
by Silbert13776571
This wine gets better the longer it is open, even a day or two later.
Great QPR!
11/09/2011
by Magnani13760545
This wine has a very floral bouquet and a nice, smooth finish. No better priorat for the money.
great wine/ great value
06/06/2011
by Mazzola14060660
We enjoyed the wine ... strongly reommend it
Priorat Gold
05/06/2011
by ballard11953863
When the title says Priorat- it delivers! And for small change compared with other Old World wines.
Not your usual Spanish wine
11/10/2011
by Ted Booth
I did like this wine but it needs more acid for my palate. It also reminded me of an Oregon zin I had awhile back that I deemed too port-like. Still there was loads of fruit and I thought the finish was quite long.
A little too funky
11/09/2011
by Graeber11971909
Surprisingly funky on the nose with a meaty, gamy, fatty bouquet that isn't unpleasant. Intense, unctuous dark fruit on the palate that tastes very international in style but not poised or distinctive. Needs more bones in the pot with all that fat and fruit. Moderately long but somewhat messy finish, this is still trying to figure out what it's going to be.
A bit disappointed.
10/22/2011
by Peters13782382
I had previously purchased a wine from Vall LLach, the 2005 Idus Priorat and liked very well. This one I wish I could send back to Wine Access since I bought a case and most was going for Christmas gifts. It is not good enough to give as a gift, bummer.
So disappointed
05/01/2011
by Keene14035841
Brought a bottle to a dinner party, how embarassing to find upon opening that the wine had turned. Glad I only bought 2 bottles.
About Spain
Spain has more acres under vine than any other country and ranks third in production behind Italy and France. Much of this output continues to be hot-country jug wine made to satisfy the everyday thirsts of the domestic and greater European markets
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