Torres Cos Perpetual 2015

Curiously enough, the 2015 Perpetual, the old-vine cuvée of Garnacha and Cariñena, had lower alcohol despite 2015 being a riper year than 2014. It was a very early harvest, and the juice fermented in stainless steel vat with indigenous yeasts followed by malolactic and 18 months in new French oak barrels. The two wines from 2015 show more finesse and balance than the 2014s, and this is the one with more character and complexity of the four wines I tasted. It shows Priorat character even though the oak is a little too obvious just now. But it has the concentration and balance to absorb the oak with a little more time in bottle. 18,840 bottles, 150 magnums and 50 double magnums were produced. It was bottled in September 2017. Drink Date: 2019-2025. Score - 93. (Luis Gutiérrez, robertparker.com, April 27, 2018 )