Bodega: Bodegas Juan Gil             

Region: D.O. Jumilla

Año: 2023                                                     

Bottle: 75 cl.

Grapes: 100% Monastrell

Type: Red wine barrel aged

Alcohol: 14.5% vol.

Temperature: 16º-18º. . 

Elaboration: 

Grapes sourced from very low-yielding Monastrell old vines with an average age of about 40 years.

It has been aged in new French oak barrels for 12 months.
 

Tasting notes: 

It presents intense aromas of red berries and a toasty and smoky nose. Warm, ripe fruit, lively and firm with a touch of well-integrated oak and ripe sweet tannins.

Notes: Drinks well now and over the next 6-8 years. Matching perfectly with rice, all sorts of red and white meats, grilled, stewed, or roasted poultry, smoked seafood, blue, and cured cheeses.

THE WINERY

Bodegas Juan Gil is a family-owned winery that dates back to 1916. It was the third generation who managed to consolidate the winery with a reliable, efficient, and good-quality wine image that the present generation is working hard to preserve and further develop.

The vineyards are located northwest of Jumilla and consist of 350 hectares. Of these, 120 hectares surround the winery, and the rest are scattered in smaller parcels, always within the area called “Termino de Arriba”, a perfect zone for wine growing. This region is located at an altitude of 700–850 meters above sea level and has sandy, chalky, rocky soil on the surface and is very poor in nutrients. Monastrell is the main variety grown, which is native to Jumilla and perfectly adapted to the climatic conditions in this area, for which it is used in all the wines produced in the winery.