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Review	Product Vintage	Vintage	Rating	Date Sort ascending	Favorite
Ànima Negra - Wine Advocate	ÀN/2	2016	91	Apr-2019
Review “The 2016 AN/2 is from a more structured and more powerful year than 2017, so they used a higher percentage of new barrels (which I already tend to find too much for my taste), and the wine has abundant charred notes of toasted bread, smoke and spices intermixed with the berry fruit and Mediterranean herbs. There is a luxurious, creamy character in these wines, possibly from the élevage in small barrels, a significant proportion of which are new. This gives the wines a modern and international style, where I find the character of the local Mediterranean grapes gets somehow lost. It has a commercial profile that will please fans of oaky reds, in a slightly fresher style than 2017. This was an average year in production.”
Ànima Negra - Wine Advocate	Quíbia	2018		Apr-2019
Review “I tasted an unbottled sample of the white 2018 Quíbia that was ready for bottling, but unfortunately, it had been sulfured 12 days before I sampled it and the nose was super reductive and marked by sulfur. 2018 produced fresh and balanced wines, and even though the nose was very difficult to read, the palate was livelier and fresher, with more punch, longer and more mineral.” (89-91 points)
Ànima Negra - Wine Advocate	ÀN	2016	92	Apr-2019
Review “The red 2016 AN, the house's flagship wine, is from a fresher and more elegant year and made within the style of aging in 100% new 225-liter French oak barrels, where it matured for 14 months and also underwent malolactic fermentation. The wine fermented destemmed in 4,000-liter oak vats with yeasts they have isolated from their own vineyards. All this gives the wine a commercial, creamy, luxurious profile that is generously oaked with plenty of dusty tannins and oak-related flavors. I find that the wine has a lot more that it expresses, as it's kind of trapped in a coat of new oak that doesn't let the variety express itself.”
Ànima Negra - Wine Advocate	Quíbia	2017	89	Apr-2019
Review “The white 2017 Quíbia, which has a slightly different blend, because they lost 50% of the Premsal grapes because it was a very warm and dry year, so the proportion changed and they ended up producing some 30% less bottled wine. It was approximately 50% Callet, 30% Premsal and some 20% Giró. So, half of it is from red grapes, but the wine has no color at all. Callet yields were also lower in 2017. The wine has notes of white fruit and some smoky notes, but it was never in contact with oak. It has a tendency to show reductive aromas and needs air. The palate is tender and fruit driven, with a sweet fruit sensation in the finish.”
Ànima Negra - Wine Advocate	ÀN	2017		Apr-2019
Review “I sampled the unbottled 2017 reds, including the 2017 AN, the flagship bottling here. It's mostly Callet with some Mantonegro and Fogoneu found in the small vineyards and comes from a dry, early and low-yielding year. The wine I tasted was a sample of the final blend that was taken from barrel and assembled some ten days before I tasted it. I found plenty of luxurious oak aromas—smoke, spices, dark chocolate and toast—with something creamy and a core of ripe berry fruit. The palate was voluptuous and juicy, with creamy and smoky notes, very oaky, in need of some time in bottle. But I think this will always remain oaky. This is a great commercial red that will please many, but I find that the identity of the place and varieties gets lost in all that new oak.” (90-92 points)
Ànima Negra - Wine Advocate	Son Negre	2016	94	Apr-2019
Review “There is a special bottling that is only produced in certain years, which has only happened in 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011 and now 2016. The 2016 Son Negre, a wine that is always dressed with a different design from artist Miquel Barceló, who is a friend. This comes from vines that are very old; they don't know how old, but the main plot (as it can contain grapes from different plots in the Son Negre zone of Felanitx) can be 70 to 80 years old, and it's mostly Callet with a little Fogoneu and Mantonegro. It's produced in the same way as their AN—fermentation in oak vat with their own yeasts and matured in brand-new 225-liter French oak barrels. This is quite spicy and smoky but more perfumed and subtle, the finest and most elegant of the more-recent years of this bottling. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannins, still quite oaky but with great balance and freshness, and I believe it has what is needed to absorb all that new oak and be one of the finest Son Negre to date.”
Ànima Negra - Wine Advocate	ÀN/2	2017	90	Apr-2019
Review “I also sampled the still-unbottled 2017 AN/2, the ‘second’ red wine. With a production of about 20% less than normal, it comes from a challenging year, where they worked hard in the selection (they have an optical sorting table, which allowed them to select the quality of grapes they want for the wine). It is mostly Callet with small amounts of Fogoneu and Mantonegro and a touch of Syrah from slightly younger vines, so the Syrah adds color and structure. It fermented in stainless steel and concrete vats with yeasts they have isolated from their own vineyards. It aged in new, second and third use oak barrels, with a small percentage of American and Central European oak. It has a perfumed nose with plenty of lactic notes and generous spice and smoke with a touch of violets and meat, marked by the élevage in barrel. The palate is juicy and revealed fine-grained tannins and plenty of oak-related flavors. I found it quite marked by the oak. This was in a tank settling down waiting for bottling, so it's very young.”
Ànima Negra - Vinous	Quíbia	2016	88	Apr-2019
Review “Light, bright yellow. Displays aromas and flavors of fresh peach and pear, with a mineral element adding lift. Chewy and focused, showing good depth and a trace of warmth on a zesty finish that leaves a hint of bitter lemon pith behind.”
Ànima Negra - Vinous			92	Apr-2019
Review “Inky ruby. A deeply perfumed, smoke-accented bouquet evokes ripe dark berries, cola, licorice and violet, along with a building mineral nuance. Offers sappy black and blue fruit and floral pastille flavors that show very good concentration and clarity and are supported by a spine of juicy acidity. Finishes very long and sweet, with building tannins and a resonating mineral quality.”
Ànima Negra - Vinous			90	Apr-2019
Review “Opaque ruby. Spice- and smoke-accented aromas of ripe red berries, cola and licorice on the deeply perfumed nose. Supple and broad on the palate, offering cherry liqueur and raspberry flavors that are given lift by a spine of zesty minerality. Picks up a subtle floral quality on the persistent finish, which is shaped by supple tannins.”

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