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Clos Mogador 2021

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Spec sheet

TypeRed wine
Region
Grapes
Producer
AllergensContains sulfites
Alcohol contenti15.0%
Production27,000 bottles

The wine

Clos Mogador is the great wine from René Barbier and one of the Priorat's best. A wine of excellent quality and persistence, an authentic wine, faithfully conveying the personality of the terroir, with its characteristic aromas of Mediterranean undergrowth. A powerful, robust and complex wine, yet also silky and very elegant.

Clos Mogador is, in addition, one of the few wines recognised as Grand Cru in the region, a Vi de Finca Qualificada (Qualified Estate Wine), to use the denomination's official term. It's made from four varieties (mainly Garnacha and Cariñena, with some added Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah), artisan-crafted, a wine for cellaring that always benefits from several years in bottle. A great wine to enjoy at a slow pace.

What does this wine taste like?

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Intense / Ruby red
Bouquet
Ripe red fruit / Ripe black fruit / Liquorice / Cocoa / Spices / Smoky notes
Mouth
Elegant / Strong tannins / Complex / Balanced / Persistent

Drinking and storing

Serve between 16ºC and 18ºC

Ratings and awards

202198 PK
202097 PK
201999 PK
201898 PK
201796 PK
201698 PK
PK: Parker

Wine critics reviewsReviews by Parker

The eponymous red 2021 Clos Mogador fermented with some 30% full clusters trying to give it more freshness (but without noticing the stems) with a long maceration (40 to 50 days) and (almost) no punching down, with less extraction. There's been a progressive change in the vineyard (they removed the south-facing Cabernet Sauvignon), and they increased Cariñena (around 30%), which in the future will be almost as much as Garnacha. It has aromatic complexity and a beautiful texture. It matured in 2,000-liter oak foudres and a small part in barrel and later in concrete. The wine has 14% alcohol and has the Priorat, Mogador and Mediterranean character (wet slate, graphite, aromatic herbs) with more elegance and freshness. The tannins are also a lot more elegant, and the wine comes through as very balanced. They produced 35,000 bottles of this. It was bottled in June 2023.

— Luis Gutiérrez (16/05/2024)Robert Parker Wine Advocate Vintage 2021 - 98 PARKER

Customer reviews

4.7/5
19 reviews
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Winemaking

Vinification materialWood
Ageing period18 months
Type of woodFrench oak

Vineyards

SoilLlicorella
ClimateMediterranean
Surface area20.00 hectares

The winery

Clos Mogador

Clos Mogador

René Barbier arrived in Priorat, from a well-known family of French vine-growers, when the wines of this region were totally unknown. He and a group of friends, including names now notably famous such as Josep Lluís Pérez (Mas Martinet Viticultors), Carles Pastrana (Costers del Siurana), Dafne Glorian (Clos i Terrasses) and, somewhat later, Álvaro Palacios (Álvaro Palacios), were the real architects of the recovery of this small appellation in inland Tarragona, greatly admired...

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