The 2018 El Nido was produced with a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Monastrell fermented in stainless steel with neutral yeasts and matured in a combination of French and American oak barrels for 23 months. This regularly hits the scale at 16% alcohol and is produced in a ripe, powerful and heady Mediterranean style with generous oak. As with the smaller sibling, the 2018 is a little riper, rounder and lusher than the 2019, with higher alcohol and more abundant grainy tannins. They have lowered the toast of the barrels a little (less than in the Juan Gil wines), and it keeps its style and profile of a very ripe, concentrated, powerful and very generous Mediterranean red that transcends the varietals. For fans of the style. 5,500 bottles were filled in September 2020.

A thick, concentrated red, with herbed green olive, tobacco and tar notes meshed with blackberry coulis, mocha and star anise in a full-bodied frame. Lush and silky on the palate, with fine tannins emerging on the lightly juicy, velvety finish. Cabernet Sauvignon and Monastrell. Drink now through 2030. 450 cases made, 280 cases imported.??–AN??Region: Spain / Jumilla Select to Add