Christi, Alex&The Andalusian Escapade! - a podcast by Alex Van Amburg, CSW
from 2019-06-06T21:00
This is a first for us! South of France & North of Africa, there is a little known country making amazing wines! (Well, okay... not really "little known" but people don't generally name it in the first three wine growing areas they think of, so close enough!)
It's savory, dark and sensational! It's a revelation in the glass! Join us & Drink Something Amazing!
Finca Ventura Monastrell Old Vines 2014
Jumilla DO, Spain
100% Monastrell (Mouvedre)
14% abv
$18.99 average price
35+ Year old vines.
Hand harvested.
Native yeasts for the fermentation.
6 months in French and American oak barrels.
"Gabriel Martinez Valero (a.k.a. Gabi), has always lived in Jumilla, where wine has been made since before Roman times. Gabi’s family is thought to be one of the families that used to export their Monastrell wines to France in the mid XIX Century, when phylloxera was devastating the French vineyards. The southern French vignerons fell in love with these wines that they started calling it Mourvedre, after the Mediterranean town of Morvedro (Morverdre in the local Valenciano language) where most of the wine was loaded in boats to go to France.
The wines shows an array of blackberries, blueberry jam, plum skin, cedar, very spicy with hints of lavender, dried wild grasses, thyme and a long aftertaste."
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