2003 Mas La Plana
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The 2003 Mas La Plana is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from an estate vineyard in Penedes. The wine was aged for 18 months in new French oak. Purple-colored, it reveals an expressive bouquet of pain grille, scorched earth, spice box, black currant, and blackberry. Medium to full-bodied, well-balanced, and intensely flavored, it has excellent depth and length. It will evolve in the cellar for 6-8 years and drink well through 2025. Importer: Dreyfus Ashby & Co., New York, NY; tel. (212) 818-0770
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Josh Raynolds
Jay S Miller, Wine Advocate
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Deep red. Smoky cherry and redcurrant aromas are complicated by cured tobacco, musky underbrush and licorice. Deep, weighty and broad, with potent bitter cherry and licorice flavors given energy by mineral and dried flower notes. Youthful tannins give this a firm finish, but there's ample supporting fruit. Still, I'd leave this one in storage for at least another five years.