Onix Classic Priorat

Romazini: 5/5 Stars

SMART BUY! Rhone style from the spanish Priorat. Fruity, ripe and classy at an increible pricepoint.

The Winespectator: 87/100 Points

Light-bodied but expressive, this lively red bursts with berry, floral, garrigue and licorice notes, with bright acidity and supple tannins. Quaffable, yet still complex. Drink now through 2012

Robert Parker: 90/100 Points

The unoaked 2009 Onix Classic is a blend of 50% Carinena and 50% Garnacha sourced from vines over 60 years of age. Tempting aromas of liquid minerality, Asian spices, incense, black cherry, and black plum inform the nose of this savory, smooth, intensely flavored effort from an excellent vintage. Layered, spicy, and long, it finishes with no hard edges. Drink this outstanding value over the next 4-5 years.

Vinicola del Priorat is a cooperative with 45 growers that produces 18,000 cases annually at an exceptionally high level of quality. For a good many years the Onix Classic has been many Spanish wine enthusiast's introduction to Priorat.