Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The 2022 Monastrell Ecológico is juicy and fresh, varietal, clean and easy to drink. It fermented in stainless steel with indigenous yeast and matured in concrete (including malolactic) with lees until bottling. It has 13% alcohol and good freshness. It's primary, fruit-driven and has a velvety mouthfeel. Impressive volume: 650,000 bottles produced.

Tasting Notes

Bright, piercing cherry red, crisp and glistening. The nose is also bright, intense, concentrated with redcurrants, cherry, raspberry and some green pepper spice. The fruit is fresh, juicy but with piercing clean acidity and young grippy tannins. Concentrated and elegant redcurrant fruit persists to finish on spice, fresh tobacco and lots of morish acidity.

Winery Notes

Winemaker Maria Jover, who honed her craft at Vega Sicilia, before she returned to her native Levante, produces wonderfully fresh wines from the organic, old-vine Monastrell grapes in Spain's Jumilla DOP. Since its beginning, the winery has focused efforts on the preservation of the "Terraje" farming system whereby landholders rent their vineyard to the farmers, ensuring care and respect for the vines in return for a small percentage of production. While nearly all of the 80-90-year-old vines in Jumilla are currently farmed in this manner, the future is less certain as many landowners are advancing changes that would increase the productivity of the vines. Parajes del Velle is committed to ensuring that the "Terraje" farming system is preserved, ensuring the higher quality old vine fruit and higher pay for those tending the vines.

Blend: 100% Monastrell