Winery: Bodegas el Nido                                  

Region: D.O. Jumilla

Vintage: 2021                                                         

Bottle: 75 cl                                                     

Grape Varieties: 70% Monastrell and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon.

Type: Red wine, oak-aged

Alcohol Volume: 15.5% vol.

Serving Temperature: 16-18 ºC

Production: 

After a careful selection process from old Monastrell and Cabernet Sauvignon vines planted 25 years ago, only the best grapes are selected and vinified separately. The wine is aged in new barrels for 22-26 months. 

Tasting Notes:

The wine is intense and rich with a complex bouquet, showing powerful ripe jammy fruit, cassis, blackcurrant, blueberry, chocolate, and spices. Dense, with a silky, creamy texture; deep, full, concentrated fruits; smooth and rich. Some firm tannins on the finish. Lengthy aftertaste.

Notes: Two hours decanting is recommended. Best up to 2035.

Bodegas El Nido, founded in 2002, is a joint venture between the Gil family, well known in the region for their wines; wine trader Jorge Ordoñez; and famed Australian winemaker Chris Ringland, who at the same time oversees the winemaking at the winery.

It is located in the Valle de la Aragona, inside the Murcia district of Jumilla. The vineyards, which total 64 acres of old Monastrell vines and 45 acres of Cabernet Sauvignon, are located on smooth hills overlooking north. Here, the tenacious vines survive on stony, sloping hills where they rarely receive any rain and produce intense, impetuous fruit that will mark the character of the wines.