Winery: Bodegas Olivares
Region: DO Jumilla
Vintage: 2022
Bottle: 75cl.
Grape Varieties: 100% Monastrell very old ungrafted vines and 10% Grenache.
Type: Young Red Wine briefly oaked
Alcohol Content: 14,5% vol.
Serving Temperature: 16º - 18º
Olivares tinto is the youngest wine of the winery. A blend of Monastrell selected Monastrell grapes from the estate's oldest, unirrigated vines with a small percentage of Grenache and Syrah.
The monastrel comes from a vineyard located in the site of "Hoya de Santa Ana" in the municipality of Tobarra, at an altitude of over 800 meters above sea level, the highest point in the DO. Surrounded by Mediterranean forest and with poor, sandy-loam soil, the Monastrell grape finds here the perfect place for its development.
Production:
Harvested by hand. Vinified with indigenous yeasts and fermented in stainless steel tanks. Aged for 3 months in 6000 and 10000-litre French oak barrels.
Tasting Notes:
Dark ruby colour. Black fruit-scented nose, blackberry and cherry, fresh with a slight peppery hint. Earthy and mineral on the palate, sweet, ripe black fruit flavours. Good acidity and long finish.
BODEGAS OLIVARES
The Olivares family still runs the family winery founded in 1930 by Pascual Olivares. The founder of the winery believed in the special qualities of the Monastrell variety to adapt to poor soils to produce wines that reflect the essence of the terroir where he was born and raised.
It began with small-scale production, which the succeeding generations have continued to produce, expanding the family business by increasing sales both nationally and internationally.
The 275-hectare estate is comprised of a singular soil type, situated at an altitude of over 800 meters, the highest point in the DO. The estate benefits from a climate with abrupt seasonal changes, where unique ungrafted vines grow in a resistant and enduring vineyard located in the municipality of Tobarra, "Haya de Santa Ana".
