Finca Dofi is sourced from a single estate vineyard planted to 60% Garnacha with the balance Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, and Carinena aged in 100% new French oak. Opaque purple, it offers a superb bouquet of slate, leather, pencil lead, wood smoke, and cedar. Youthful, tight, but perfectly balanced, this intense effort will evolve in the cellar for 8-10 years. All the ingredients for greatness are there but patience is required. Importer: Manny Berk, The Rare Wine Co., Sonoma, CA; tel. (707) 996-4484

Garnatxa, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah. Very low yields at 18 hl/ha. Spontaneous fermentation followed by maceration of 25-30 days. Modern but very convincing, more intense aromatics than the average 2005 Priorat. Ripe but tight with deliciously robust-yet-resolved tannins. Palate is a bit warm, but still has vivid black fruit. Very long and precise for a ten-year-old Priorat. It really has aged well. (FC)