99/100, 98/100 and 97/100!
These are the latest mind-blowing scores for Nin i Ortiz from Priorat!
What a surprise: just as Johan visited the estate last week, the top scores from Nin i Ortiz by Parker came in.
And just like that, it turned into a celebration… 😊
Two years ago, their
Mas d’en Caçador 2020 achieved the
perfect score of 100/100!
The 2022 now confirms its legendary status with an almost perfect 99/100.
The rarest of the three is
‘La Rodeda’, with a production of only
380 bottles, and it also received a top score of
98/100.
The Coma d’en Romeu 2022, rated 97/100, also left a lasting impression on us.
This is what they’re saying:
Coma d’en Romeu 2022: 97/100
The 2022 La Coma d’en Romeu has the classical nose from the vineyard, a combination of ripe peach, aromatic herbs, a touch of smoky bacon, ink and licorice, intoxicating and characterful. The wine has a very strong personality and is very different from the rest, the wild character of the place. It has a medium to full-bodied palate with abundant, slightly dusty tannins. It comes in at 14.07% alcohol, a pH of 3.4 and 4.27 grams of acidity. 2,400 bottles were filled in April 2024.
La Rodeda 2022: 98/100
The 2022 La Rodeda, a very steep and stony vineyard, which, like the others, is being expanded with new vines to extend its life and also to protect the old vines. They work with this wine to fine-tune the barrel they use, and in the end, they settled with a 300-liter barrel, quite well-seasoned and more neutral, which respects more of the character of the wine. This is a cooler place, and the wine also shows fresher and has more acidity; it's also Garnacha Peluda, which has a different tannin profile. The wine has power and concentration, but the sensation is very balanced, vibrant and very tasty. I think this vintage is getting closer to the true character of the place. For me, this is the finest vintage of this wine so far. Only 380 bottles were filled in April 2024.
Mas d’en Caçador 2022: 99/100
I found the 2022 Nit de Nin Mas d’en Caçador to be very closed and austere, a little shy, serious and harmonious. The palate is very solid, seamless and powerful with really refined and elegant tannins. It was produced with a blend of 66% Garnacha, 31% Cariñena and 3% white varieties. As much as I liked the 2021, I think 2022 is a more complete and serious wine. It's still young and undeveloped and should be long lived. 2,800 bottles produced. It was bottled in April 2024.
Absolute top wines!
They’ve been working together for over 20 years on their hard-to-reach slate slopes in Porrera (Priorat). From the very beginning, fully biodynamic.
With the help of two mules, they farm all their old-vine Garnatxa and Carinyena vineyards.
No small feat! They work with great respect for their terroir and environment.
That makes their wines among the highest scoring in all of Spain!
2022 was a warm year in Priorat, and yet the wines remain paragons of elegance and finesse. What was produced is truly the absolute pinnacle of Priorat – and of Spain.
You now have the opportunity to purchase the new vintages – already awarded with top scores.
And... here’s something for the insiders: From the beginning, Ester has also been the oenologist for
Clos Erasmus, which has already received
four 100/100 scores.